The Little Engine(s) that Could

Dear all,

The blog has been really quiet and I am certainly pleased about it because this shows that you all have been too busy studying?! :)

Anyway, it's one more week to your Mid-Year Examinations. Sorry to remind those who are visiting the blog hoping for some respite -- please get going if you haven't started revisions! Also, for those who have been mugging most of your holidays away and are feeling the heat, here's a little story to encourage you to press on. Read it aloud to achieve maximum effect!!

The Little Engine that Could
A little railroad engine was employed about a station yard for such work as it was built for, pulling a few cars on and off the switches. One morning it was waiting for the next call when a long train of freight-cars asked a large engine in the roundhouse to take it over the hill "I can't; that is too much a pull for me," said the great engine built for hard work. Then the train asked another engine, and another, only to hear excuses and be refused. In desperation, the train asked the little switch engine to draw it up the grade and down on the other side. "I think I can," puffed the little locomotive, and put itself in front of the great heavy train. As it went on the little engine kept bravely puffing faster and faster, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can."
As it neared the top of the grade, which had so discouraged the larger engines, it went more slowly. However, it still kept saying, "I--think--I--can, I--think--I--can." It reached the top by drawing out bravery and then went on down the grade, congratulating itself by saying, "I thought I could, I thought I could."

P.S. For those who have signed up for consultations with me next week (starting 17 June), please turn up punctually.

Ms. Lim