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Asia Minor now belongs to Turkey—in fact, it is about all there is left of Turkey except Istanbul, although before World War I, Turkey owned much more land.

You have probably seen Angora cats—beautiful cats with long hair and bushy tails. They come from Angora, the capital of new Turkey. In the country round Angora is raised a peculiar kind of goat which has long silky hair. The hair from this Angora goat is used to make lovely rugs and shawls which can be bought here in America. Mohair suits which men wear in hot summer weather because they are so thin and cool are made of Angora goats’ hair—if genuine.

In Asia Minor is a very crooked river that flows lazily along to the sea, turning this way and that way as if it had no particular place to go. Its name is the “Meander.” So when a boy goes lazily along to school, turning this way and that, or when he goes along on an errand and does not go straight there but wanders along as the Meander goes to the sea, we say he “meanders.” Girls sometimes "meander" too.

Figs grow in the valley of the Meander River and dates grow in many parts of Asia. Figs and dates are brought on camel back across to a beautiful city called Smyrna on the Mediterranean Sea, and from there are shipped to us in America. You can probably get at your corner grocery store a package of Smyrna figs or “Dromedary Dates” that have been picked far away in Asia, carried by caravan to Smyrna, and shipped here. Another thing sent us from Smyrna is sponges. Sponges grow in the sea near Asia Minor. Naked men dive for the sponges and pull them off the rocks, where they grow on the bottom of the sea. They gather as many as they can at a time, as long as they can hold their breath.

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现在，小亚细亚地区属于土耳其——事实上，除了伊斯坦布尔，土耳其国土差不多就是以前的小亚细亚。尽管第一次世界大战之前，土耳其拥有多得多的土地。

你很可能见过安哥拉猫——安哥拉猫很漂亮，有长长的毛和毛茸茸的尾巴，它们产自新土耳其的首都安哥拉。安哥拉的周边地区饲养一种奇特的山羊，羊毛又长又柔软，可以用来制作精美的小地毯和披肩，在美国也可以买到。男人在炎热的夏季穿的马海毛衣服，就是由安哥拉山羊毛制成的，因为这种衣服——如果真是这种羊毛制成的，就又薄又凉爽。

在小亚细亚，有一条弯弯曲曲的河流，慢悠悠地流向大海，一会儿向这边转个弯，一会儿向那边转个弯，好像漫无目的地游荡，这条河流的名字叫“曲流河”。于是，当一个小男孩懒洋洋地去上学，一会儿这儿逛逛，一会儿又那儿逛逛，或者，让他跑腿时，不是直接去办事而是到处溜达像曲流河流向大海那样，我们就说他在“曲流”，女孩有时也“曲流”。

曲流河流域生长无花果，亚洲许多地方生长海枣。无花果和海枣都是由骆驼运到地中海沿岸的一座名叫士麦那（现在叫伊兹密尔）的美丽的城市，再从那儿装船运到美国。在美国，你可以在街头杂货店买到一袋“士麦那牌”无花果或一袋“单峰骆驼牌”海枣。这些无花果和海枣都产于遥远的亚洲，由商队运到士麦那，再用船运到美国。另一种从士麦那运到美国的东西是海绵，海绵生长在小亚细亚附近的海里。光着身子的男人潜入海底，从海底的岩石上采摘海绵。只要能屏住呼吸，他们就一次采集尽可能多的海绵。