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    This story is about a shopkeeper who runs a pet shop. A strange old woman comes in asking for moles, which he does not have. Taking pity on her, he cuts his arm and gives her drops of his own blood, telling her it is mole blood. Her son is healed, and word spreads that mole blood can cure illnesses. More desperate people come demanding blood, and the shopkeeper is forced to continue the ruse to help the sick, though he knows it is just his own blood.

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    Blood of A Mole PPT 21stLIt 1

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    This story is about a shopkeeper who runs a pet shop. A strange old woman comes in asking for moles, which he does not have. Taking pity on her, he cuts his arm and gives her drops of his own blood, telling her it is mole blood. Her son is healed, and word spreads that mole blood can cure illnesses. More desperate people come demanding blood, and the shopkeeper is forced to continue the ruse to help the sick, though he knows it is just his own blood.

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    This story is about a shopkeeper who runs a pet shop. A strange old woman comes in asking for moles, which he does not have. Taking pity on her, he cuts his arm and gives her drops of his own blood, telling her it is mole blood. Her son is healed, and word spreads that mole blood can cure illnesses. More desperate people come demanding blood, and the shopkeeper is forced to continue the ruse to help the sick, though he knows it is just his own blood.

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    338 views15 pages

    Blood of A Mole PPT 21stLIt 1

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    Nikko Briones
    This story is about a shopkeeper who runs a pet shop. A strange old woman comes in asking for moles, which he does not have. Taking pity on her, he cuts his arm and gives her drops of his own blood, telling her it is mole blood. Her son is healed, and word spreads that mole blood can cure illnesses. More desperate people come demanding blood, and the shopkeeper is forced to continue the ruse to help the sick, though he knows it is just his own blood.

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    By: Zdravka Evtimova

    §Zdravka Evtimova is a Bulgarian writer.


    She has four short story collections. She
    currently works as a literary translator
    from English, French and German. She
    has won the short story competition of
    lege artist foundation. Her short story title
    “The little Boy” was nomated for the best
    story published is an online literary
    magazine in the USA and Canada in 2003.
    §This story is written by Zdravka
    Evtimova in 2003. The story is
    about a nameless character who
    runs a some kind of pet shop.
    Everyday the main characters is
    setting and waiting for some to
    come in and buy something.
    §Fisherman
    §Strange small old woman
    §Shopkeeper
    §This is a strange small woman
    entered his room. And ask, are moles
    here? Person had no moles.
    §The strange woman goes slowly
    outside finding herself hopeless in
    finding a mole.
    §The person felt pity so he had to make
    a plan.
    §The person cut his left arm and drop
    10 drops of blood.
    §He made the small old woman wait and
    gave her the blood of his wrist
    §The old woman left the shop and gave the
    person some money which the person
    disagrees accepting it, but the small
    woman was in a rush.
    §The next day the same old woman come
    back and smiled at him saying “HE
    WALKS”. She bought him things which is
    also a gift for making her son heal with the
    help on his blood.
    §The next day a man comes
    asking/begging for mole and blood,
    and he denies it but he was forced to
    and gave 3 drops of blood to the man
    begging to heal his wife dying with a
    mole of blood.
    §The next days at his house many
    people fighting each other to beg for
    blood of a mole and the shopkeeper
    was shocked.
    § man vs man- The shopkeeper and the
    customers demanding blood of a mole.
    § man vs society- The people in the end
    demanded more blood from the shopkeeper.
    § man vs him/herself – The
    shopkeeper had a dilemma on how to help
    the strange woman and the people
    §Third person limited

    §Mole
    The mole or blood of a mole can symbolize any
    resource or need that people must have
    desperately, including water, food or medicine.
    § “The
    Blood of a Mole can Cure sick
    people” – Metaphor

    §They are making medicine using


    animals, like in the story, they used
    the blood of moles as a medicine.
    § Murder- The people are willing to do
    anything for the blood and what they need, even
    if they will resort to murder, which they are
    likely to do in the end.
    § Greediness- The people became greedy for
    blood of moles because of the belief that it has
    great medical abilities.
    § Desperation – The people are desperate for
    a cure of illnesses and despite the knowledge
    that the blood is not of a mole, they accept it.
    §The title implies the story,
    because it states that they used
    the blood of a mole as a
    medicine to cure those people
    who has illnesses.

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