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Yalta
Yalta is the center of the south coast. Yalta is a great city in Ukraine
where I often rest on summer holidays. Yalta is a big, beautiful city. The
boundless space of the Black Sea imparts a particular charm to Yalta.
First I’ll tell about The swallow’s nest. It is the tiniest castle on the south
coast. It is situated on the middle prominence of Cape Ai-Tudor, on
Aurora’s rock. Four volumes make a stepped composition rising to the
sea. The highest part is the tower with the balconies in two levels. Lancet
windows and steeples increase visually the height of the castle. A
magnificent view opens up from the balcony. The swallow’s nest is now
an inseparable part of the Crimean (in Yalta) landscape and a visitingcard
of the south coast too.
Second - the State Botanical Garden. The State Nikitsky Botanical
Garden is the most popular and well-known place in Crimea (in Yalta).
The Nikitsky Garden is nice every time of the year. In spring and
summer it is full of flowers’ aroma, birds’ twitter and excursionists’
voices. It is spacious in the Garden in winter. The leaf-bearing trees
became greener against the background of the gray rocks. Sometimes the
Garden looks like a fantastic land when it is snowing. The Nikitsky
Botanical Garden can be called indeed The Green Treasury of the
Crimea (in Yalta). It’s really beautiful.
Ira Omelchenko
Grade 8
Gymnasium #30 Eco Nad, Kyiv
Ukraine
A strange cat
I have got a strange cat:
Black and white and brown and red.
He's got a long tail and sharp teeth.
He is slim. His name is Markeese.
Markeese is crazy about fish and meat.
He can swim well in case of need.
His character is mild,
But sometimes he's rather wild.
Sasha Zenko
Secondary School #8, Slonim
Belarus
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