Alcala 1958

THERE 'S NO PLACE LI KEYURT By FR. JO HN B. BREMNE R, M. S. En gli sh D ep ar tm en t Co lle ge fo r Men RE'S E . . , . s artment l ge

A BISO N is a ply ce whe re an Ors- try lian washe sh is fy ce . An d a yak is a sh ag gy mo ose . Th ere are 70 0, 00 0yaks in Out er Mon­ gol ia, but no bis on . Th ere are no yaks in Aus tral iaand no me ese or mo ose s. Tha t is, Aus tral ia ha s na ry a mo ose , wh ich is sin­ gul arl y cor rec t and, lik e Ou ter Mo ngo lia, singu lar lyunimport ant . Sumatra , how eve r, ha s bi g elephant s. Elepha nts tear down tele phone wir es in Sum atra and tan gle them up like spa ghe tti bec ause elepha nts like to scr atc htheir bac ks ag ain st tele pho ne pol es. Te lephon erepai r­ men do not like this. Ele phant sin Sum atra als o rip up unb uri edoil pip es. Oil com pan y for eme n in Sum atr ado no t lik e elephant s. Th ere are no oil com pany foremen in Out er Mo ngo lia. If the re wer e, the y wou ld be Russian oil com pan yfor emen. But ther e are yur ts in Ou ter Mo ngolia. A yur t is a tent ma de of unburie dyak ski n an d sha ped lik e a wi gwam . There are no Ind ian sin Oute r Mo ngoli a. If the re wer e, the y wou ld be Red Ind ian s. Th ere are 90 0, 00 0Out er Mo ngo lians in Out er Mo ngolia and 70 0, 00 0yak s. Th ey all liv e in yurt s. A yur t is di vid edint o thre e sec tio ns :one for yak s, on e fo r the Ru ssia n commis sarand one for huma nbe ing s. For an Out er Mo ngo lian ,the re' s no pla ce lik e yurt. A li n s i . gy . ,0 - i , . li s. lia , i - ly t , lia, l rly tant. , r, ts. ts one l t i s elephants h t i t ne . e - ts ried es. y n a ts. il ny n lia. , l y en. t li . ried . i s olia. , l i s. ,0 lians li ,0 s. s. ed ti n : s, n i s r n s. lian, 's

Out er Mo ngo lianme n take good car e of their yaks. They als o take go od car e of the ir wome n. An Out er Mo ngo lian is con ­ sid ere d a cad if he str ike sa wom an in the pre sen ceof fri ends. He is con sid ere da foo l if he str ike s acommissar . OuterMo ngo lian s do not lik e commis sar s,bec auseOut er Mon ­ go lia ns do not like Si be ria ,wh ich is ev en out er than Mo ngolia. Oute r Mo ngo lianslike yog urt . Yo gurt is clot ted sou r yak's mil k. Yur ted up all ni gh t wit h Russia ncommis sar s,eve n the sweet est yak s get sou r and goo d and clo tted . Lik e the Br itis h, Out er Mo ngo lian salso lik e tea . Th e British lik e tea bec ause the y do not kno w how to ma ke co ffe e. An d Am eri can slik e coffe e bec ause the y do no t know how to make tea . But Out er Mon ­ go lians lik e tea bec ause the y stew it with yak me at, sheep fat , salt and sca lde dma re' s mi lk. Do ub le double , toi l and tro uble, fir e bur n and cau ldr onbub ble ,bu t Out er Mon ­ gol ian tea tas tes so good that the mo re puritanic alOut er Mo ngo lians won der wh y it isn' t a si n. Th e mil k is sca lde d, no t the ma re. Th e Ru ssi an swant to ge t OuterMo ngo lia int o the Un ite d Na tions. Th e Am eri can s do not want to ge t Ca lifo rni aor Te xa sint o the Un ite d Na tio ns but the Am eri can sare rea dy to go alo ng wit h the Ru ssia nson the admi ssi onof Out er Mo ngolia and on many lian . n. lian - d i s ce ered l i s a i . Outer lians s r , - s ria, i l . lians t. l tt ' . t t n i sars, e t s . iti h, lians a . e. ricans e . - li s , , 's l . le , l l , l on l , - li t rit i al lians ' . , e. ssians ter lia it d ti n . icans ia s it d ti ns icans a ns is ion o

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