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From If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The entire story is told in second person.A boy gives a cookie to a mouse. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. He then requests a straw (to drink the milk), a napkin and then a mirror (to avoid a milk mustache), nail scissors (to trim his hair in the mirror), and a broom (to sweep up his hair trimmings).
Gordano (or the Gordano Valley; / ɡ ɔːr ˈ d eɪ n oʊ /) is an area of North Somerset, in England. It has been designated as a National Nature Reserve . [ 1 ]
Gordano may refer to: Gordano Valley in Somerset, England; Gordano Round, a long-distance trail in the Gordano Valley; Gordano Messaging Suite, a brand of e-mail server; Gordano School, a secondary school in Portishead, Somerset; Gordano services, a motorway service station on the edge of the Gordano Valley
The name Gordano comes from Old English and is descriptive of the triangular shape of the whole valley from Clevedon to Portishead, [3] being the ablative singular of the Latinised form of Gorden meaning muddy valley. [4] Easton in Gordano was an ancient parish in the Portbury Hundred. [5] The parish also included the village of Pill.
Weston in Gordano is a village and civil parish in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is situated in the middle of the Gordano valley on the north side, and in the Unitary Authority of North Somerset, on the road between Clevedon and Portishead. In 2011 the parish had a population of 301. [1]
The Gordano Round route was first suggested by Jim Dyer of the Gordano Footpath Group in 1983 and walked by four members of the group in 1984. It was adopted by North Somerset Council as a recreational route and now marked on the Ordnance Survey Explorer map 154. The route is described in the book The Gordano Round first published in 2000.
The Anglican Church of SS Peter & Paul, Weston in Gordano, Somerset, England, has been designated as a Grade I listed building. [1]The tower and porch were built around 1300, while the rest of the building is from the 15th century, [1] with the work being funded by Sir Richard Percivale who died in 1483 and whose tomb is in the north isle of the nave.
The Church of St Michael in Clapton in Gordano, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, [1] and is a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. [2] It was vested in the Trust on 1 June 1995. [3]