Adrian Mitchell

Man-made fibres and raw materials

Old rolled gold and breakfast cereals

Platinum linoleum

I like that stuff

Skin on my hands

Hair on my head

Toenails on my feet

And linen on the bed

Well I like that stuff Yes I like that stuff

The earth

Is made of earth

And I like that stuff

Text 29

The nature of the family varies widely from culture to culture. In some societies, family members tend to stay in close proximity to their kin, never moving more than a few miles away from the ancestral home. In other places, while the members of one generation may all live near one another, their descendants in the next generation scatter widely. In such a case, it’s difficult to maintain the same family cohesion enjoyed by those who live close together. Sometimes marriage can govern family structure; for example, there may be strict traditions requiring a new bride to leave her paternal home and siblings to move in with her new husband’s family. Such traditions are followed, even by young couples who don’t like them, because going against them is likely to result in the loss of inheritance. Whatever one’s own sentiments about family structure, it is important to recognize that one culture’s family system is as legitimate as another’s.

*** The Apple of His Parents` Eye

Abai Kunanbayev

The apple of his parents` eye,

He was their only son and heir.

His every wish they gratified

And cherished him with loving care.

But infancy soon over, the darling boy was growing, as spoiled as he could be.

They took him to the mullah then,

Great things they hoped to come.

The teacher proved an ignorant

The boy learned nothing from.

He did show promise as a child, the parents could not be so blind, but that`s love is said to be.

Translated by Olga Shartse

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