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Умоляю!!!Помогите пожалуйста сделать краткий пересказ текста на англ The diary of Marian Fitzwalter Part I 25 February, in the year of our Lord 1190 I am starting this diary because my life is going to change. Finally. I want to remember every detail of it. It all started yesterday at breakfast when Father looked at me and said: "The girl is sixteen. She needs to learn some good manners and the duties of a real lady. I think we should send her to Lady Isabel, who will teach her." Since then Mother has been sighing and crying all the time, but my heart has been singing with joy. I'm going to live in a big, rich Norman castle! I'm going to eat good food and learn beautiful songs and fashionable French dances! The minstrels are going to sing for me! What a life! 26 February Father sent a letter to Lady Isabel. We'll get an answer in a couple of days. So today was the usual boring day. I got up early and helped the maids sweep the floor in the great hall. After breakfast I had to spin with my mother and her women all day. It was only before dinner that I had some time, so I'm writing my diary. Oh, I forgot. There was a hanging in Nottingham today, but we didn't go. What a pity! Our family never goes to interesting events like that. Maybe that's because Mother doesn't like them. She gets very upset. 1 March Still no answer from Lady Isabel. Maybe, she won't take me? I'm getting worried. Today is the day when our villagers pay my father for the land which they hold from him. Those who have more land pay first. And at the end come the sheep boy, and the widow Megan who has no land but has to pay for her little cottage. This year the faces of the villagers were angry. They swore at my father when they paid. I don't understand why. Did they have to pay more than usual? In fact, we are not rich at all. My father is a Norman knight. Ten servants, fifty villagers and 100 acres of land is all he got from the King for his loyal services. 2 March Today I asked Father about the angry villagers. He said that it was none of my business (не мое дело). Then I asked mother. She shook her head first, but then talked to me. "Our villagers are getting very poor," she said. "Greedy Prince John wants more and more gold and silver and invents more and more taxes which everybody has to pay. He says that our king, Richard, needs the money, but I don't believe it." I like my mother. She is different from all the other women, I know. She is brave and always says what she thinks. Mother comes from a noble Celtic-Saxon family. She says that there were kings and Druids in it. Unfortunately, it didn't help Mother's family when the Normans came. Her grandfather kept his land, but lost his power. 3 March We finally got an answer from Lady Isabel! I'm going in ten days. I have to pack my things quickly. Mother is sadder than usual. I have been thinking about King Richard. I've never seen him, but my father did. Together they went to the Holy Land and fought for Christ against heretics. It's called the Crusades. Father says that King Richard is fair and brave. For his courage everybody calls him the Lionheart. Unfortunately, on his way back King Richard got into a trap, and now the Austrian emperor keeps him in prison. He wants a large ransom. Richard's younger brother, John, is ruling England for him. John raises taxes higher and higher but he hasn't paid the ransom for his brother yet. So maybe Mother is right. He simply doesn't want to do it. Nobody likes John and his stupid, greedy French friends. I hope King Richard will be back soon, and life will be easier for everybody. 12 March Today is the last day at home. I hope I'll impress Lady Isabel with my good manners, clothes and appearance. I even washed my hair... Before I went to bed, Mother came into the room. She was very pale, but smiled at me. On her finger there was a golden Celtic ring, which I had never seen before. She took it off and gave it to me. "Take it," she said, "It's magic. It's been in our family since 1066. It has saved the lives of a lot of people. Never take it off, but don't show it to anybody." With these words she put a thin chain through the ring and put it around my neck. I didn't understand anything about magic, but I liked the ring. It's nice and heavy with two big snakes on.

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The Diary of Marian Fitzwalter: Part I

Marian Fitzwalter, a sixteen-year-old girl, begins her diary because her life is about to change. Her father suggests sending her to Lady Isabel to learn good manners and the duties of a real lady. Marian is excited about this opportunity to live in a big, rich Norman castle, eat good food, learn beautiful songs, and fashionable French dances. She is also looking forward to the minstrels singing for her [[1]].

Marian's father sends a letter to Lady Isabel, and they are waiting for a response. In the meantime, Marian helps the maids sweep the floor in the great hall and spends most of the day spinning with her mother and her women. She writes in her diary during her free time. Marian mentions that there was a hanging in Nottingham, but her family didn't attend because her mother doesn't like such events [[1]].

Days pass, and there is still no response from Lady Isabel. Marian starts to worry that Lady Isabel might not take her. On the day when the villagers pay Marian's father for the land they hold from him, Marian notices that the villagers' faces are angry, and they swear at her father when they pay. Marian doesn't understand why they are angry and wonders if they had to pay more than usual. She mentions that her father is a Norman knight with ten servants, fifty villagers, and 100 acres of land, which is all he received from the King for his loyal services [[1]].

Marian asks her father about the angry villagers, but he dismisses it as none of her business. She then asks her mother, who explains that the villagers are getting very poor because Prince John keeps inventing more taxes for everyone to pay. Marian's mother doesn't believe that the money is truly needed by King Richard. Marian admires her mother for being brave and always speaking her mind. Her mother comes from a noble Celtic-Saxon family that lost its power when the Normans arrived [[1]].

Finally, Marian receives a response from Lady Isabel. She is going to Lady Isabel's castle in ten days and needs to pack her things quickly. Marian's mother is sadder than usual. Marian also mentions that her father fought alongside King Richard in the Holy Land during the Crusades and describes King Richard as fair and brave [[1]].

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