One Sixteenth

Aidan Hits His Stride

Aidan has always hated doing narrations, but I think he's got it figured out. Here are today's (he insisted that I leave in the "blah, blah, blah" bits):

Hideyoshi, Japan's Great Leader

Nobunaga tried to take Japan by killing everyone that got in his way. When the twisted old man died, Hideyoshi became ruler of Japan. He wanted to expand Japan, so he tried to take over China, but he didn't succeed. The Chinese were too powerful. He tried to get the Chinese princess to marry the Japanese emperor. It didn't work. Soon he died, and got out of his twisted old life. The end.

Searching for the Northwest Passage

Henry Hudson was a twisted old man, with a twisted old life, blah, blah, blah. He tried to get to Japan by going up over America. It didn't work because there was so much ice there, blah, blah, blah. Then his crew tried to mutiny, and he had to go back home. He tried again with the same old crew. He went into what is now called Hudson Bay. And then his crew mutinied him again. They had trouble getting back home, blah, blah, blah. He died, and some people say his ghost is still wandering around looking for Japan, blah, blah, blah, whatever. The end.