BR1-09:The story of chocolate

I went to a library today. I found a book. The title of the book is “The story of chocolate”. I chose the book. Because, it seems like interesting and I like chocolates very much!! I eat it every day. So I wanted to know about it. I think that chocolates are popular sweets in the world. Girls and women buy or made chocolate sweets and present it for boy and man in February 14th. It was called “valentine’s day” and a special day for us!! We can convey our feelings like love or thanks!! Chocolates are necessary sweets for us.

I explain about history of chocolates. I can’t believe but, chocolates are drink first of all. People lived the rainforest in America who had dunked it first time. And they called Mayans. It was important parts of Mayan life. To my surprise, Mayan kings began to drink it every day. Cocoa beans became so valuable at that time. They treated as money.

Hundreds of years later, a group of merchants arrived in a Mayan village. They journeyed for some days to find strange goods and foods for their emperor. When they had known about the valuable chocolate, they brought for their emperor. He was so liked it.
There was Spanish explorer who named Hernan. He got chocolates and decided that it mixed lots of sugar. It became sweet and delicious.
Gossip of chocolates spread fast. But it was very expensive. Only rich Europeans can buy to drink it. Poor people couldn’t drink it. Today, we can buy the chocolates almost anywhere in the world. It is cheap now. I didn’t know history of chocolates. I’m glad to know about it!!

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