Mrs Brown's old grandfather lives with her and her husband.

Every morning he goes

for a walk in the park and comes home at half past twelve for his lunch. But one morning a
police car stops outside Mrs Brown's house at twelve o'clock with two policemen helping
Mr Brown get out One of them said to Mrs Brown, 'The poor old gentleman was lost in the
park and after a phone call us for help, so we were soon by his side to bring him home.'
Mrs Brown was very surprised, but thankful. In a few minutes the policemen were out..
'But, Grandfather,', ……………………………………………………………….. How can
you get lost in the park?'
The old man smiles, closes one eye and says, 'I wasn‘t quite lost.
…………………………………………….‖

How did he find those helpful policemen?

You are a police officer speaking with a lost old man on the phone. Try giving him
directions to his house. Here`s a city map
Useful language:
Turn left/right. Go straight for about (10 meters). Take the first/second/third tunnel on the left/right. Turn
left/right at the end. Could you repeat that? Did you say (10 meters)? Was that (left)?
Let My Lion Out
Alison snatched Edward‘s last piece of toast. He was furious,
but before he could argue Mum plonked a wicker basket in
the middle of the table.
―Look,‖ she said. ―I‘ve won a raffle.‖
She began to unpack the goods: wine, cheese and jars of jam.
There was also a bar of chocolate and a red notebook.
―Tell you what, kids,‖ she said.―You can have the notebook and
the chocolate. One each.‖
―Ta Mum,‖ said Alison, grabbing the chocolate and scooting
off.
―That‘s not fair,‖ Edward shouted.―I wanted the chocolate.We
should have half each.‖
―Have the notebook instead,‖ said Mum.
―Who wants a lousy notebook?‖ Edward said, and he swore
under his breath.
―Language,‖ Mum hit the table with the flat of her hand. ―I
won‘t tell you again.‖
Edward felt his whole body clench with frustration. His horrible
sister had snatched all the chocolate, and he was the one
getting told off!
Angry and fed up, Edward trudged to school. He had almost
reached the school gates when Brigs Barker pushed him off the
pavement! His heart lurched as a car coming out of school almost
hit him. The driver gave a long, angry hoot. Brigs swaggered on,
leaving Edward feeling more furious than ever. Brigs, who was bigger,
often picked on Edward, which wasn‘t fair. But this had been
dangerous! Things often made Edward angry these days and he
hated the hot feelings that swelled in his head.
Once inside school Edward tried to calm down for his first
lesson.
―Today, we‘re going to write a poem‖, said Mrs Makibi,―about
how we feel.‖
Edward frowned. What a lousy idea, he thought.
―For example,‖ said the teacher, ―how do you feel, Edward,
right now?‖
―Pretty mad,‖ he said, which made everyone laugh.
―Mad as a hatter, or mad as a bear with a sore head?‖ asked
the teacher.
―A bear with a sore head,‖ Edward said.
―Good.Anger will give you plenty to write about.‖

Now Edward even felt angry with his nice teacher.How could
he write about Alison and toast, or Brigs?
―We‘re all going to think of animals who match our feelings.
Take anger, which Edward is feeling.What animal would match?‖
―A charging bull,‖ said Nazreen. In spite of himself, Edward saw
that she was right.A charging bull did look just like he felt.
―Good,‖ said the teacher.
She made the children write down one feeling and three animals
to go with it. Edward wrote Anger and ―a bear with a sore
head‖ and ―a charging bull‖.That was easy because Mrs Makibi and
Nazreen had given him the ideas. What about his third animal,
though? He thought about the film he‘d seen at the weekend.The
roaring lion at the beginning seemed angry. He wrote ―roaring
lion‖ on his page.
―Your poems needn‘t rhyme,‖ Mrs Makibi said. ―In fact it‘s
probably better if they don‘t.‖
Edward, in his cross mood, immediately decided that his would
rhyme if he could manage it and, for the first time ever, he wrote
a poem quite easily. He even liked it. He made some small changes
and liked it more. By the time he had finished, his anger had
completely vanished.
Mrs Makibi liked Edward‘s poem. She read it to the class.
Not Fair
Like a charging bull
Or like a baited bear
I‘m red in my head
Because it‘s not fair.
I feel a roaring rage
Like a lion in a cage
I want to stamp and shout
And let my lion out.
Mrs Makibi said it was good enough to go on the ―best work‖ wall,
and she pinned it up. Edward was pleased.
―Some people take their anger out on others,‖ said Mrs Makibi.
―That‘s called bullying. I saw a dangerous bit of bullying this morning.
It‘s being dealt with.‖ She smiled at Edward. Somehow he knew
she meant Brigs and he felt even more pleased.
The Pied Piper and the Cars
Once upon a time there was a pied piper. This is an old story. Everyone knows it. A city
is invaded by rats, and a young man comes with his magic pipe. He leads the rats to a
river where they all drown. Then the mayor doesn‘t want to pay him. So the pied piper
begins to play his pipe again, and he leads away all the children of the city.
Now my story also concerns a pied piper. Perhaps it‘s the same one. Perhaps not.
Once there was a city that was invaded, but this time it was invaded by cars. They
were on the streets, on the sidewalks, on the squares, and under the gates of the city.
There were cars everywhere—little ones like tin cans, long ones like ships, with trailers,
with campers. There were cars, trucks, vans, and light vans. There were many that moved
with great trouble, colliding with other cars, crashing fenders, squashing bumpers, tearing
away large mufflers. And finally there were others that did not have any more space in
which to move or park. Therefore, the people had to walk. But it was not so easy because
the cars occupied all the space available. It was necessary to go around them, to jump
over them, or to crawl under them. And from morning to evening all kinds of sounds
could be heard.
―Owwww!‖
That was a pedestrian who hit his head against the hood of a car.
―Oooh! Owww!‖
Those were two pedestrians who bumped into each other while crawling under a truck.
The people became enraged, which is quite understandable.
―It‘s time that we put an end to this!‖
―We‘ve got to do something!‖
―Why hasn‘t the mayor thought of something?‖
The mayor heard these protests and muttered, ―With regard to thinking about it, I‘ve
been thinking about it. I think about it day and night. I thought about it all day Christmas.
The fact is that nothing has occurred to me. I don‘t know what to do, what to say and
what measures to take. And my head is not any thicker than anyone else‘s. Look at how
sore my head is!‖
One day a strange young man appeared at city hall. He was wearing a sheepskin
jacket, sandals, and a cap shaped like a cone. In short, he really looked like a pied piper,
however, a piper without a pipe. When he asked to see the mayor, the guard responded
dryly, ―Why don‘t you leave quietly. He doesn‘t have any desire to hear a serenade.‖
―But I don‘t have a pipe.‖
―All the worse. If you don‘t even have a pipe, why would you want to see the mayor?‖
―To tell him that I‘ve come to free the city of cars.‖
―Tell the mayor I‘m here. I assure you that you won‘t regret it.‖
This was what was said and done so that the guard would accompany him to the
mayor‘s office.
―Good day, mayor.‖
―Huh, you‘re a bit quick to say good day. For me it will only be a good day when…‖
―When the city is freed of cars. I know a system to get rid of them.‖
―You? And who taught you? A goat?‖
―It doesn‘t matter who taught me. Let me try. It won‘t cost you anything. And if you
promise me a certain thing, I guarantee you that, by tomorrow evening, you won‘t have
any more troubles.‖
―I‘m listening. What thing must I promise you?‖
―That from tomorrow on the children will always be able to play in the great square,
and that there will be a merry-go-round, seesaws, slides, rubber balls, and kites.‖
―In the great square?‖
―In the great square.‖
―And you don‘t want anything else but that?‖
―Nothing else.‖
―Well then, let‘s shake on it. I promise. When will you begin?‖
―Right away, Mr. Mayor.‖
―Go, don‘t lose a minute.‖
The strange young man did not even lose a second. He stuck a hand in his pocket and
dug out a small pipe carved from the branch of a mulberry tree. And right away, in the
office of the mayor, he began to play a bizarre little tune. Once he left the office he
continued playing in city hall. Then he crossed the square and headed toward the river.
A moment later…
―Look! What‘s that car doing? It‘s moving by itself?‖
―Also the other one!‖
―Hey! That one‘s mine! Who‘s stealing my car? Thief! Thief!‖
―But there is no thief. Don‘t you see? All the cars are moving.‖
―They‘re picking up speed. …They‘re running.‖
―Who knows where they‘re going?‖
―It‘s my car! Stop, stop! I want my car!‖
―Try to put a pinch of salt on the tail.‖
From all points of the city the cars began moving in an incredible thunderous roar of
motors, exhaust fumes, horns, sirens. They moved and moved by themselves.
If one paid careful attention, however, a slight whistle of the pipe could be heard
above the uproar, even stronger and more resistant than the uproar; a bizarre tune, a very
bizarre tune.
First Ending
The cars moved toward the river. The piper did not stop playing and waited for the cars
on the bridge. When the first car arrived—and by chance it was actually the mayor‘s
car—he changed the melody slightly and reached a higher note. As if by signal, the
down went the second, then the third, down went all the cars, one after the other, two at a
time, in bunches. They sank with a last roar of the motor, a death rattle of the horn. Then
the current carried them away.
As the cars were disappearing, the children descended triumphantly into the streets
with their balls and their dolls in carriages. They took rides on their bikes and tricycles,
and babysitters smiled as they took a stroll.
But the people began to tear the hair out of their heads. They called the fire department
and complained to the police.
―And you‘re letting this madman do this? Stop him, arrest him, tell him to stop
playing.‖
―Dip him into the river a little, that crazy guy with his pipe!‖
―The mayor‘s also become crazy! He‘s had all our beautiful cars destroyed!‖
―He‘ll pay for it.‖
―He‘ll pay for it dearly!‖
―Down with the mayor! Resign your post!‖
―Down with the piper!‖
―I want my car back!‖
The people who were the most bold rushed toward the piper, but they stopped before
they could touch him. In the air, invisible, there was a wall to protect him, and those bold
people beat their fists and kicked with their shoes against this wall in vain. The piper
waited until the last car had plunged into the river. Then he also dove into the water and
swam to the other side. There he made a bow, turned, and disappeared into the woods.
Second Ending
The cars moved toward the river, one after the other, where they plunged into the water
with one final honk of their horns. The last car to plunge was the mayor‘s car. By this
time the great square was already crowded with children who were playing and their
joyous cries covered the groans of the city‘s inhabitants who had seen their cars disappear
far away, dragged by the current.
Finally, the piper stopped playing and raised his eyes. Only now did he see the
menacing crowd that marched toward him, with the mayor marching in front.
―Are you satisfied, Mr. Mayor?‖
―Now I‘ll show you just how satisfied I am! You think you‘ve done a beautiful thing?
Don‘t you know how much work goes into making a car and how much a car costs? You
really chose a beautiful way to free the city…‖
―But I…but you…‖
―But you, you‘re a nothing. Now, if you don‘t want to spend the rest of your days in
prison, put your pipe to your lips and make the cars come back from the river. And make
sure that they all come back, every single one of them.‖
―Bravo! Well done! Long live the mayor!‖ said the crowd.
The piper obeyed. And obeying the sound of his magic instrument, the cars returned to
the bank of the river, moved in the streets and the squares to occupy the spaces that they
had occupied before, chasing away the children, the balls, the tricycles, and the babysitters.
In short, everything returned to the way it was before. The piper walked away
slowly, full of sadness, and from then on nobody spoke about him ever again.
Third Ending
The cars moved and moved. …Toward the river like the rats of Hamelin? Not at all!
They moved and moved. …And at a certain point there was not a single one left in the
city, not a single one in the great square. The streets were empty, the alleys were free, the
little parks were deserted. Where did the cars disappear to?
Perk your ears and listen. They are now moving beneath the earth. With his magic
pipe the bizarre young man dug streets beneath the streets and squares beneath the
squares. There the cars were moving. They stopped to take their owners on board, and
then they continued on their way. Now there was a place for everyone. Beneath the earth
was for the cars. Above was for the inhabitants of the city who wanted to take a stroll
while talking about the government, the latest championship match, and the moon. For
the children who wanted to play, for the women who ran their errands.
―How stupid I was!‖ cried the mayor, full of enthusiasm. ―How stupid! Why hadn‘t I
thought about this before?‖
They made a statue in this city to honor the piper. Actually, two statues. One in the
great square, and the other beneath it, placed among the cars that constantly scoot about
in their tunnels.
WHO DOES WHAT?
1) The Mayor
The Pied Piper will get rid of the rats.
The people
2) The people
The Pied Piper say(s), ÔI do not like rats.Õ
The Mayor
3) The Mayor
The Pied Piper arrive(s) in town.
The people
4) The Pied Piper say(s), ÔWill you give me some
The Mayor money if I get rid of the rats?Õ
The people
5) The rats
The Pied Piper jump(s) into the river and drown.
The children
6) The Pied Piper say(s), ÔI will not give you the
The Mayor money you want.Õ
The rats
7) The rats
The Pied Piper play(s) a different tune.
The children
8) The children
The rats walk into the mountain.
The people
9) The Pied Piper wants to walk in but the
The lame boy mountain closes up.
The Mayor
10) The lame boy
The children should have paid The Pied Piper.
The Mayor
Why Dogs and Cats and Cats and MiceAre Enemies
A dog had loyally served the lion for many years. Therefore, the king of the animal realm
thought he would reward his trustworthy servant with honors.
―Listen,‖ he said to the dog one day, ―from now on you will be counted among my
nobles.‖
And he gave him a document made out of parchment, elegantly written and glossed
with gold, that certified he was an aristocrat. The faithful dog was tremendously happy
about all this and went to the cat, with whom he was on most familiar terms, and said to
her, ―My dear sister, the king has bestowed great honors on me and anointed me an
aristocrat. He has given me a document made out of parchment, elegantly written and
glossed with gold. Would you please be so kind and keep this document for me and look
after it every now and then to make sure that it‘s not spoiled or stolen until I return to
pick it up?‖
The cat promised to do this and hid the document in a hole within a tall oak tree where
it seemed to be very safe. Moreover, for the sake of her dear brother dog, she diligently
checked to see whether the document might be spoiled by rain. Gradually, however, she
forgot all about it and let the parchment be. About this time a hungry little mouse found it
and nibbled bits of the parchment each day until it was completely torn and tattered.
Soon the dog came back to the cat and asked to have the parchment because he wanted
to bring it to a tournament at the king‘s court. It was then that the cat discovered the
catastrophe that the mouse had caused in the tall tree. The cat became so mad at the
mouse, and the dog at the cat, that the cat swore she would be the mouse‘s enemy
forever, and the dog swore he would be the cat‘s eternal enemy. Ever since that time they
cannot stand another.
The Three Wishes
Once upon a time, and to be sure it was a very long time ago, a poor woodcutter was
living in a large forest, and every day of his life he went out to cut down trees. Now one
day he started out, and his good wife filled his knapsack with food and drink so he could
refresh himself during the day. Then he slung the sack over his back and trudged off into
the woods. He had marked out a huge oak, which, he thought, would furnish a good deal
of timber when he was done chopping it down. As soon as he arrived at the tree, he took
his axe in his hand and swung it around his head as though he wanted to cut down the
tree with one stroke. However, he had not given one blow when, all of a sudden, he heard
some pitiful moans and groans and pleas. Right before his nose he saw a fairy, who
begged him and pleaded to spare the tree. As you might imagine, he was dazed with
wonderment and fright, and he couldn‘t open his mouth to utter a word. Finally, he found
his tongue and said, ―Well, there‘s no reason for me to harm this tree. No harm to me.‖
ungrateful, I‘m going to grant you your next three wishes whatever they may be.‖
Upon saying this, the fairy vanished from sight. The woodsman slung his knapsack
over his shoulder and started for home. The way was long, and the woodsman kept
thinking about the wonderful thing that had happened to him. He could not get it out of
his head, which was still whirling by the time he got home so that he wished for nothing
than just to sit down and rest. Maybe, too, this was the trick of the fairy. Who can tell?
Anyhow he sat down by the blazing fire, and he started to feel hungry even though it was
a long time before supper.
―Don‘t you have anything for supper?‖ he asked his wife.
―It won‘t be ready for a couple of hours yet,‖ she responded.
―Ah!‖ groaned the woodsman. ―I wish I had a huge portion of black pudding right
before me!‖
No sooner had he said these words, when clatter, clatter, clatter, what should come
down the chimney but a gigantic bowl of the finest black pudding a man‘s heart could
ever wish for. If you think the woodsman was surprised as he stared at the pudding, you
should have seen his astonished wife‘s face!
―What‘s all this?‖ she asked.
All at once the woodsman remembered the fairy he had met that morning, and he told
his tale from beginning to end, and as he told it, his good wife glowered and glowered,
and when he came to the end, she burst out, ―You‘re nothing but a fool, John, nothing but
a fool! I wish the pudding was stuck to your nose. I do indeed!‖
And before you could say Jack Robinson, there the good man sat, and his nose was
longer and covered completely with black pudding. He tried to pull off the pudding, but it
stuck, and they both pulled and pulled until they nearly pulled the nose off. But the
pudding stuck.
―What‘s to be done now?‖ he said.
―Well, you don‘t look all that bad,‖ she replied looking hard at him.
But the woodsman took a look in a mirror and almost fainted. He realized that if he
was going to make a wish, he had better do it in a hurry. And wish he did that the black
pudding might come off his nose. Well, within seconds, the pudding lay in a large bowl
on the table. Even though the good man didn‘t get to ride in a golden coach and the good
woman didn‘t get to wear a dress in silk and satin, they had at least for their supper as
fine a black pudding as a man‘s heart could desire.
3.5 Father, son, and donkey
A father and his son take their donkey to the market.
A man says, ‗You are stupid! Why do you walk? You can ride
the donkey!‘
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So the father gets on the donkey.
A woman says, ‗You are not very kind. You ride on the donkey
and your little boy walks!‘
So the father gets off the donkey and his son gets on the
donkey.
A man says, ‗You are not very nice to your father! You ride and
he walks!‘
So the father gets on the donkey and sits behind his son.
A woman says, ‗Is that your donkey? Are you crazy? Two
people? You are very heavy! The donkey is nearly dead.‘
So the father and son get off the donkey.
A man says, ‗Are you going to the market? Then carry the
donkey! It is very tired!‘
So the father and his son carry the donkey to the market.
In the market everybody laughs! They don‘t want to buy the
donkey!
‗It‘s a very lazy donkey! You are carrying it to the market!‘
So the father and his son and the donkey walk home
again.
If you try to make everybody happy you will make nobody
happy.
Ma Liang
Ma Liang is a Chinese girl and she loves drawing but she is very
poor and she hasn‘t got a brush. Ma Liang draws her pictures on
the ground. She draws with a stick.
One day she closes her eyes and she says three times, ‗I want a
brush! I want a brush! I want a brush!‘
Ma Liang opens her eyes and there, in front of her, is an old
man. He has got a long white beard and he is holding a brush.
The old man says, ‗This brush is for you!‘
‗For me?‘
‗Yes, it‘s for you. Take it! It‘s yours!‘
‗It‘s mine?‘
‗Yes, it‘s yours! It‘s for you!‘
Ma Liang takes the brush and she looks at it. It is a beautiful
brush. She wants to say ‗Thank you‘. But the old man isn‘t
there! Ma Liang looks in front of her; he isn‘t there. She looks
to the right; he isn‘t there. She looks to the left; he isn‘t there.
She looks behind her; he isn‘t there.
Ma Liang finds a piece of paper. ‗What can I draw?‘
Then she sees a cock so she draws a cock.
‗Here‘s its head. Here‘s its handsome hat. Here‘s its bright eye.
Here‘s its proud neck. Here‘s its strong body. Here are its long,
strong legs. And here are its long tail feathers.‘
Suddenly, the picture begins to move. The cock is standing up
on the paper! It is a real cock! Then it jumps off the paper and it
runs away!
‗Wonderful! It‘s a magic brush!‘
‗What can I draw now? I know, a hen!‘
‗Here‘s its red hat and here‘s its head. Here‘s its bright eye.
Here‘s its fat neck and fat body. Here are its legs and its feet.‘
Suddenly, the picture begins to move. The hen is standing up on
the paper! It is a real hen!
Ma Liang picks up the hen and goes to a little house. The
woman in the house is very poor. She hasn‘t got any hens. Ma
Liang says, ‗This hen is for you.‘
‗For me?‘
‗Yes, it‘s for you. Take it. It‘s yours.‘
‗It‘s mine?‘
‗Yes, it‘s yours. It‘s for you.‘
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The hen lays an egg. The poor old woman is very happy!
Then Ma Liang sees an old man. He is trying to cut some sticks.
But his axe is very old.
Ma Liang draws an axe: a new, shiny, sharp axe.
Suddenly, the axe begins to move. There it is, on the paper! Ma
Liang takes the axe to the old man.
‗This axe is for you.‘
‗For me?‘
‗Yes, it‘s for you. Take it. It‘s yours.‘
‗It‘s mine?‘
‗Yes, it‘s yours. It‘s for you.‘
The old man cuts the sticks. He is very happy.
Then Ma Liang sees a farmer. He is trying to pull a plough in
his field.
Ma Liang draws a cow: a big, strong cow.
‗Here‘s its small head and big gentle eye. Here‘s its short, strong
neck and its long, strong body. Here are its short, strong legs.‘
Suddenly, the cow begins to move. It stands up on the paper and
then it jumps on to the ground and it begins to grow, bigger and
bigger and bigger. Ma Liang takes the cow to the farmer.
‗This cow is for you.‘
‗For me?‘
‗Yes, it‘s for you. Take it. It‘s yours.‘
‗It‘s mine?‘
‗Yes, it‘s yours. It‘s for you.‘
The cow pulls the plough. The farmer is very happy!
Everybody in the village knows Ma Liang. She draws things for
all the poor people.
One day two soldiers come to the village. ‗Where is Ma Liang?‘
The people in the village say, ‗She‘s there! That‘s Ma Liang! She
is our wonderful girl!‘
‗Are you Ma Liang?‘
‗Yes.‘
‗The king wants you. Come with us.‘
‗Why?‘
‗The king wants a picture.‘
‗No, I won‘t come! I won‘t draw a picture for the king! He has
got a palace, and soldiers, farms and horses, and a lot of money!
No, I won‘t come!‘
The two soldiers take Ma Liang to the king. The king is in the
garden.
‗Are you Ma Liang?‘
‗Yes.‘
‗Have you got your brush?‘
‗Yes.‘
‗Draw me a tree. Draw a tree for me! Draw me a tree, full of
golden coins!‘
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‗No, no, I won‘t! I won‘t draw a tree! I won‘t draw a tree, full of
golden coins.‘
‗Draw me a tree. Draw a tree for me! Draw me a tree, full of
golden coins!‘
‗No, no, I won‘t! I won‘t draw a tree! I won‘t draw a tree, full of
golden coins.‘
‗Put her in prison!‘
Ma Liang is in prison. What can she do?
Ma Liang draws a key, a big key for the door of the prison.
She puts the key in the lock. She turns the key. She opens the
door. She looks into the corridor. She sees some soldiers. She
walks slowly and quietly down the corridor. Suddenly, the
soldiers see her! ‗Hey! You! Stop! Come back!‘ ‗Hey! You! Stop!
Come back!‘
Ma Liang begins to run. The soldiers begin to run. What can
she do?
Ma Liang draws a horse! She jumps on the horse and the horse
begins to run. The soldiers and the king jump on their horses
and they begin to run!
Ma Liang‘s horse is very fast. But the king and the soldiers get
nearer and nearer and nearer.
What can Ma Liang do?
Ma Liang draws a hole! She throws the hole on the ground
behind her. The hole grows bigger and bigger and bigger. The
king and all the soldiers and their horses run into the hole!
Ma Liang walks slowly back home to her village. The people are
very happy! They love Ma Liang.
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A Little Supper Joke

An elderly gentleman of 85 feared his wife was getting hard of hearing. So one day he
called her doctor to make an appointment to have her hearing checked. The Doctor made
an appointment for a hearing test in two weeks, and meanwhile there's a simple informal
test the husband could do to give the doctor some idea of the state of her problem.
"Here's what you do," said the doctor, "start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a
normal conversational speaking tone see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet,
and so on until you get a response."
That evening, the wife is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and he's in the living room. He
says to himself, "I'm about 40 feet away, let's see what happens."
Then in a normal tone he asks, "Honey, what's for supper?" No response.
So the husband moved to the other end of the room, about 30 feet from his wife and
repeats, "Honey, what's for supper?" Still, no response.
Next he moves into the dining room where he is about 20 feet from his wife and asks,
"Honey, what's for supper?" Again he gets no response.
So he walks up to the kitchen door, only 10 feet away. "Honey, what's for supper?" Again
there is no response.
So he walks right up behind her. "Honey, what's for supper?"
"Damn it Earl, for the fifth time, CHICKEN!"

CAUSATIVE : do something yourself and have something done

I‘m going to fix this radio AND I‘m going to HAVE this radio
FIXED
I‘m going to do it Someone else is going to do it
Make causative sentences:
1. I‘m going to go to the dentist and I ______________________________________
(pull out, tooth)
2. Our house needs redecorating. We _____________________________________
(paint, it)
3. I went to the dentist and I ______________________________________ (pull out,
tooth)
4. Our house needed redecorating so we
_________________________________________ (paint, it)
IS THERE A CAUSATIVE SENTENCE IN THE TEXT ABOVE?
Decide: causative or not:
1. I usually have my students shot if they don‘t do their HW.
2. Tom has never been in Portugal.
3. We have had a lot of problems since 1999.
4. We have had a lot of problems fixed since 1999.
5. We have our health checked at least twice a year.

Find the words in the text that mean:

1. in the meantime 6. standard, usual, typical,
ordinary
2. go to 7. arrange to meet someone
3. once more 8. situation, circumstances,
condition
4. don‘t hear well 9. darling, dear, sweetheart
5. reply 10. not difficult

a) I tried to call him a few times, but there was no __________________.

b) It‘s great to have you home __________________!
c) The flight will be announced soon. ______________________, please remain seated.
d) There are great fears for the ___________________ of our country‘s economy.
e) You know ________________ well what I'm talking about.
f) It‘s ____________________ to feel nervous before an exam.
g) Hi, _________________, I‘m home!
h) ______________, will you tell me what really happened?
i) You should phone his secretary if you want to ______________________________.
j) When you dial a phone number, you should hear a ringing ________________.
k) We use the word ____________________ to say that someone is old or getting old in
a polite way.
l) ________________ six months ago he quit his job and moved to Italy.
If I can‘t clean it…

A man selling vacuum cleaners appeared at the door of an old lady's cottage and, without
allowing the woman to speak, rushed into the living room and threw a large bag of dirt all
over her clean carpet. He said, "If this new magical cleaner doesn't pick up every bit of
dirt, I'll eat it."
The woman, who by this time was losing her patience, said, "Sir, if I had enough money to
buy that, I would have paid my electricity bill before they cut it off. Now, what would you
prefer, a spoon or a knife and fork?"
Vocabulary Practice
Mark the best choice.

1. A 'cottage' is a ___.
 kind of shop
 small house in the country
 very big expensive house
 kind of car
2. To 'rush' means to ___.
 drive slowly
 talk rapidly
 move quickly
 walk heavily
3. To 'cut off' here means to ___.
 remove by cutting
 make by cutting
 disconnect
 pay the bill
Questions for Discussion
1. Why did the man throw the bag of dirt over the carpet?
2. Why should the man choose either a spoon or a knife and fork?
3. What do you think the man will do the next time he wants to sell something?

Things are not always what they seem

Read the text and fill in the blanks.

avoiding spare hesitation stepped flew reached stash consumed obvious

about refilled intimidating pulled had to won failed collapsed
make getting mightily behaving delivered Perspiration average
spectacle roaring hard

1 On a recent weekend in Atlantic City, a woman _________a bucketful of quarters at a

slot machine. She took a break from the slots for dinner with her husband in the hotel
dining room. But first she wanted to _________the quarters in her room. "I'll be right
back and we'll go to eat," she told her husband and carried the coin-laden bucket to the
elevator.
2 As she was _____________to walk into the elevator she noticed two black men already
__________. One of them was big.. Very big... and ______________figure. The woman
froze. Her first thought was: These two are going to rob me. Her next thought was: Don't
be a bigot, they look like perfectly nice gentlemen. She stood and stared at the two men.
She felt anxious, flustered and ashamed. She hoped they didn't read her mind - but God,
they _________ know what she was thinking! Her _____________about joining them in
the elevator was all too __________ now. Her face was flushed. She couldn't just stand
there, so with a mighty effort of will she picked up one foot and ____________ forward
and followed with the other foot and was on the elevator.
3 _____________ eye contact, she turned around stiffly and faced the elevator doors as
they closed. A second passed, and then another second, and then another. Her fear
increased! The elevator didn't move. Panic ________________her. My God, she thought,
I'm trapped and about to be robbed!
Her heart plummeted. ______________ poured from every pore. Then one of the men
said, "Hit the floor." Instinct told her to do what they told her. The bucket of quarters
________upwards as she threw out her arms and ________________on the elevator floor.
A shower of coins rained down on her. Take my money and ___________me, she prayed.
More seconds passed. She heard one of the men say politely, "Ma'am, if you'll just tell us
what floor you're going to, we'll push the button." The one who said it had a little trouble
____________the words out. He was trying ____________to hold in a belly laugh.
4 The woman lifted her head and looked up at the two men. They _____________down to
help her up. Confused, she struggled to her feet. "When I told my friend here to hit the
floor," said the __________ sized one, "I meant that he should hit the elevator button for
our floor. I didn't mean for you to hit the floor, ma'am." He spoke genially. He bit his lip. It
was obvious he was having a __________time not laughing.
5 The woman thought: My God, what a ______________I've made of myself. She was too
humiliated to speak. She wanted to blurt out an apology, but words ___________her.
How do you apologize to two perfectly respectable gentlemen for ______________as
though they were going to rob you? She didn't know what to say.
The three of them gathered up the strewn quarters and _____________ her bucket. When
the elevator arrived at her floor they insisted on walking her to her room. She seemed a
little unsteady on her feet, and they were afraid she might not _________it down the
corridor. At her door they bid her a good evening. As she slipped into her room she could
hear them _____________with laughter as they walked back to the elevator.
6 The woman brushed herself off. She _______________herself together and went
downstairs for dinner with her husband.
The next morning flowers were _______________to her room - a dozen roses. Attached
to EACH rose was a crisp one hundred dollar bill. The card said: "Thanks for the best
laugh we've had in years."
It was signed,

Eddie Murphy & Michael Jordan

A Find the words in the text that mean:
paragraph 1
container took heavily
loaded

paragraph 2
frightening red worried
hypocrite embarrassed uncertainty
looked intently

paragraph 3
uncomfortably stopped stomach
looked at respectfully became
bigger

paragraph 4
puzzled warmly
evident

paragraph 5
embarrassed, decent scattered
shaky said enter
cry out

paragraph 6
criticize, twelve
glued
new

B True or False:
1. The woman waited for a few moments before she decided to enter the elevator.
2. She was scared of the two men because they were very tall.
3. She put the bucket on the floor of the elevator.
4. The men were highly amused with the whole situation.
5. When she finally got to her room she cried.
6. The next morning she received ten flowers.
7. The men apologized to her for the whole thing.

C Prejudice:
An unreasonable dislike and distrust of people who are different from you in some way,
especially because of their race, sex, religion etc - used to show disapproval

Discuss the following (Do you agree? What do you think? What is your experience?)

People/Groups who usually suffer prejudice Reasons

a) The blacks g) The disabled a)

Religion
b) Women h) Less mentally developed b)
Race
c) Children i) Uneducated c) National
Origin
d) The old j) Fat people d)
Abilities
e) The poor e)
Intelligence
f) The rich
Holmes and Watson

Imagine Holmes and Dr Watson camping in the wilds. They pitch their tent and go to
sleep. Holmes wakes up in the middle of the night:
" Watson, look up at the stars and tell me what you figure out."
" The universe is a vast and incredible place. I am so amazed."
" Yes," comments Holmes," remarkable,…… and, who stole our tent? "

Find the words that mean:

1. put up 6. so wonderful you can‘t believe it

2. think 7. very surprised
3. think about 8. fantastic
4. a place where there are no towns 9. when you take something that
isn‘t yours
5. very big 10. something you can sleep in
when you‘re
camping

Make questions for the underlined words:

1. I sometimes go to bed after midnight.

2. There were too many people in the street last night.

3. I have got a little time left for playing computer games.

4. She‘s studying in the library at the moment.

5. We‘re trying to watch a film.

Finish the story:

Holmes and Watson are ______________ in ______________ wilds one day. They are in
their ___________, when Holmes wakes _____________ and asks Watson a
_______________.
―Watson, what do you think of the __________________?‖
Watson says that a universe is an __________________ place and that he is
______________.
Just then, Holms says:
― And, who do you ______________ ________________ our tent?‖

Now tell the story in past tense. Begin like this: Holmes and Watson were…

Fill in with: A, AN, THE, or /

1. ………… USA is one of …………most powerful countries in the world.

2. There are …………many people who live in ………… Africa.
3. ………… apple is ………… very good thing for ………… your health.
4. ………… teachers are sometimes good and sometimes ……………bad.
5. ………… cows give ………… milk.
6. There is ………… man in front of ………… cinema.
7. I don‘t think that ………… wild animals should be kept in ………… ZOO.
8. Where is ………….. cat? Is it in ………… kitchen?
9. ………… table is made of …………. wood.
10. ………… Japanese work ………….. lot.
11. One of ………….greatest things in my life was when my parents gave me …………..
computer.
Charlie Chaplin, who brought laughter to millions worldwide as the silent "Little Tramp"
clown, had the type of deprived childhood that one would expect to find in a Dickens
novel. Born in East Street, Walworth, London on 16 April, 1889, Charles Spencer Chaplin
was the son of a music hall singer and his wife. Charlie Chaplin's parents divorced early in
his life, with his father providing little to no support, either financial or otherwise, leaving
his mother to support them as best she could. Charlie Chaplin's mother Hannah was the
brightest spot in Charlie's childhood; formerly an actor on stage, she had lost her ability to
perform, and managed to earn for the living for herself, Charlie, and Charlie's older half-
brother Sidney by sewing. She was an integral part of Charlie's young life, and he credited
her with much of his success. Sadly, she slowly succumbed to mental illness, and by the
time that Charlie Chaplin was 7 years old, she was confined to an asylum; Charlie and
Sidney were transferred to a workhouse (a government facility for orphaned and
abandoned children) -- not for the last time. After 2 months, she was released, and the
family was happily reunited, for a time. In later years, she was readmitted for an 8-month
stretch later, during which time Charlie Chaplin lived with his alcoholic father and
stepmother, in a tense environment.
Vocabulary
1. To be deprived of something a) supply someone with something
2. Provide b) to provide financially /emotionally for a long
time
3. Otherwise c) before, in the past – but not any longer
4. To support a child d) a child without parents
5. Formerly e) praise or recognition for something done or
achieved
6. Credit f) to keep somebody from leaving an enclosed
 or limited space such as a prison, room,
or bed
7. Orphan g) prevent someone from having something
8. Confine h) if things had been different
Did you know?
Chaplin‘s first wife was only 17 years old.
He was left-handed.
He was a musician and he composed himself for many of his films.
On 3 March 1978 his dead body was stolen from the Corsier-Sur-Vevey cemetery. It took
until 18 May when the police found it.
A much-repeated story claims that he once entered a Charlie Chaplin-look-a-like-contest
and finished third! In some versions of the story, he came in second.
Most people (now and during his lifetime) believe that Chaplin had brown eyes because
they had only seen him in black and white with black eye makeup on. It fact they were
very blue.
Was 73 years old when his youngest son, Christopher, was born.
In all his years of living and working in the United States he never became a U.S. citizen.
In 1952, Chaplin left the US for what was intended as a brief trip home to England;
Hoover learned of it and negotiated with the immigration service to revoke his re-entry
permit. (because his views were criticized as dangerously communistic) Chaplin then
decided to stay in Europe, and made his home in Switzerland. He briefly returned to the
United States in April 1972, with his wife, to receive an Honorary Oscar. Even though he
was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy Awards),
he was only issued a one-time entry visa valid for a period of two months. However, by
this time the animosities towards the now elderly and apolitical Chaplin had faded, and his
visit was a triumphant success.
The Lefthanders
scissors
dangerous
gloves
tools
cutting Franklin
electrical
using
face
annoyance knobs
openers
instruments
flexible
presidents Find the words that mean:
made
irritation
contain
very
attempt

About 10% of all people are left-handed. Being left-handed means that a person is
naturally most comfortable ______________their left hand. For example, left-handers
write using their left hand. Some famous lefties include 7 US ____________________,
Benjamin ____________________, Mark Twain, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and
Babe Ruth .
Since most people are right-handed, many ____________________ are made for right-
handed people. This can make everyday life difficult (and sometimes
____________________) for lefties. For example, most ____________________ are
designed to be used with the right hand. If you are right-handed and try to use scissors with
your left hand, you'll probably have a very hard time ____________________ anything
with them. This is a type of ____________________ that lefties
____________________every day. Most lefties become quite ____________________ in
using both of their hands because of years of practice using objects that were designed for
right-handers.
Other common objects that are difficult for lefties to use are door_________________,
baseball __________________, can ______________, most ____________________
tools, gear shift, light bulbs and many other things.

Matching activity – people

Benjamin Franklin a) one of the best baseball players who got more home runs than any
other player in the history of baseball
Michelangelo b) the first person to speak about the Oedipus
complex and the founder
of psychoanalysis
Leonardo Da Vinci c) His real name was Samuel Longhorne Clemens, a
writer best known
for novels, like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin
Mark Twain d) a US politician, writer and scientist, famous
for his kite experiment
where he proved that lightning is a form of electricity,
he also invented
bifocals – glasses for both long-sighted and short-
sighted people
Shakespeare e) an Italian painter, inventor and scientist, one
of the greatest geniuses
that ever lived. His most famous paintings are ―The last
supper‖ and
a controversial ―Mona Lisa‖.
Freud f) He is regarded as one of the best English
writers. Some of his most famous plays are: Macbeth,
Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, etc.
Babe Ruth g) An Italian painter, sculptor and architect. One of the
greatest artists
Who ever lived. His work: a sculpture of David and
Sistine Chapel,
Famous lefthanders:
Monica Seles, Paul McCartney, Julia Roberts, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Jack The
Ripper, The Boston Strangler, Alexander the Great, Mahatma Ghandi, Napoleon, Charlie
Chaplin, David Duchovny, Aristotle, Joan of Arc, Bill Gates, and many others…
True or false:
1. Left-handers find it difficult to use some instruments and they can be hurt by using
them.
2. Left-handers are different from right-handers.
3. There are also left-handed elephants.

The tales of the unexpected: Ghost Handprints

My wife Jill and I were driving home from a friend's party late one evening in early May.
It was a beautiful night with a full ____________. We were laughing and discussing the
party when the ____________started to cough and the emergency light went on. We had
just reached the railroad crossing where Villamain Road becomes Shane Road. According
to local legend, this was the ____________where a school bus full of children had stalled
on the tracks. Everyone on ____________the bus had been killed by an oncoming freight
train. The ghosts of the children were reported to ____________this intersection and were
said to protect people from ____________.
Not wanting a repeat of the train crash, I hit the gas ____________, trying to get our car
safely across the tracks before it broke down completely. But the dad-blamed car wouldn't
cooperate. It stalled dead centre on the railroad tracks.
As if that weren't enough, the railroad signals started ____________and a bright light
appeared a little ways down the track, bearing down fast on our car. I turned the key and
hit the gas pedal, trying to get the car started.
"Hurry up, Jim! The train's coming," my wife urged, as if I didn't hear the whistling
blowing a warning. I broke out into a sweat and tried the engine again. Nothing.
"We have to get out!" I shouted to my wife, reaching for the door ____________.
"I can't," Jill shouted desperately. She was struggling with her seat belt. We'd been having
trouble with it recently. She'd been stuck ____________than once, and I'd had to help her
get it undone.
I threw myself across the stick-shift and fought with that seat ____________. My hands
were shaking and ____________poured down my body as I felt the rumble of the
approaching train. It had seen us and was whistling sharply. I risked a quick glance over
my shoulder. The engineer was trying to ____________down, but he was too close to stop
before he hit us. I redoubled my efforts.
Suddenly, the car was given a sharp shove from behind. Jill and I both gasped and I fell
into her lap as the car started to roll ____________, slowly at first, then gaining speed. The
back end cleared the tracks just a second before the train roar passed. As the car rolled to
a stop on the far side of the tracks, the engineer stuck his head ____________the window
of the engine and waved a fist at us; doubtless shouting something nasty at us for scaring
him.
"Th..that was ____________," Jill gasped as I struggled upright. "How did you get the car
moving?"
"I didn't," I said. "Someone must have helped us."
I jumped out of the door on the driver's ____________of the car and ran back to the tracks
to thank our rescuer. In the ____________moonlight, I searched the area, looking for the
person who had ____________our car out of the path of the train. There was no one there.
I called ____________several times, but no one answered. After a few minutes struggle
with her seatbelt, Jill finally freed herself and joined me.
"Where is he?" she asked.
"There is no one here," I replied, puzzled.
"Maybe he is just shy about being thanked," Jill said. She raised her ____________.
"Thank you, ____________you are," she called.
The wind picked up a little, swirling around us, patting our hair and our shoulders like the
soft touch of a child's hand. I shivered and hugged my wife ____________to me. We had
almost died tonight, and I was ____________to be alive.
"Yes, thank you," I repeated loudly to our mystery rescuer.
As we turned back to our stalled vehicle, I pulled out my cell phone, ready to call for a tow
truck. Beside me, Jill stopped suddenly, staring at the back of our car.
"Jim, look!" she gasped.
I stared at our vehicle. Scattered in several places across the back of our car were several
glowing handprints. They were small handprints; the kind that decorated the walls of
elementary schools all over the country. I started shaking as I realized the truth; our car had
been pushed ____________the tracks by the ghosts of the schoolchildren killed at this
____________. The wind swept around us again, and I thought I heard an echo of childish
voices whispering 'You're welcome' as it patted our shoulders and arms. Then the wind
died down and the handprints faded from the back of the car.
Jill and I clung together for a moment in terror and delight. Finally, I released her and she
got into the car while I called the local garage to come and give us a tow home.

Fill in the blanks:

1. The car started shouting because there was something wrong with the
_________________.
2. In a fatal train accident, everyone ________________________________ was killed.
3. If it hadn‘t been for the ghosts the couple
____________________________________.
4. The train driver was angry because
____________________________________________ .
5. The greatest danger for Jill was her ________________________________which she
couldn‘t get ______________________.

Prepositions:
1. He accused me _______ not doing my job properly, but that was all rubbish.
2. I apologized ________ not answering ________ your e-mail.
3. She blamed me ________ not signing the contract.
4. Mary is always boasting ________ her children‘s achievements.
5. I wish you‘d stop complaining ________ everything.
6. The manager complimented the staff ________ their loyalty and devotion.
7. He congratulated me ________ pulling the deal off.
8. I managed to convince him ________ the need to invest his earnings.
9. She‘ll never forgive me ________ not backing her ________ at the meeting.
10. He insisted ________ leaving immediately.

CAN:
a) ability b) request c) not true d) should (not) e) surprise / anger
h) sometimes i) order f) possibility g) (not) allowed
1. I‘m positive that we can find the solution to this problem.
2. Can I borrow your car for tonight?
3. I‘m sorry, but you can‘t park here.
4. They are getting married! You can‘t be serious.
5. I could swim when I was 5.
6. OK, OK, you can borrow the car, but make sure you get it back by 6.
7. How can you be so stupid!!!
8. There can be no doubt. The firm is going bankrupt.
9. This can‘t be the right road.
10. We can‘t go on like this any more. We have to change something.
11. Yes, she left her husband, but can you blame her, especially when you know how he
treated her?
12. I‘m afraid he can‘t see you right now. He‘s busy.
13. If you can‘t stop quarrelling, you can both get out and do it outside.
14. Can you help me carry this bag? It‘s too heavy.
15. It can be quite cold here at night.
16. She can speak French very well.
Must: a) order b) likely to be true c) strong suggestion d) intention e)
emphasis f) irritation
g) allow someone to do something although you disagree h) so silly you can‘t believe
1. You must try the lobster. It‘s delicious.
2. You must do the dishes and ironing. There‘s no alternative.
3. I must say that seeing him like this was quite a shock.
4. Tom‘s getting married! You must be joking!
5. This must be Tom. He said he would be home around 5.
6. There must be something wrong with my computer. The monitor is blank.
7. Why must you always spoil all the fun?
8. I must phone you tonight to tell you the whole story.
9. No one must disturb him while he‘s sleeping.
10. OK, come along, if you must.
11. It was a wonderful evening. We must do this again!
12. If you must smoke, please go outside.
Before reading:

1. What do you think the story is about?

2. What is the role of the ghosts? Why handprints?
3. Are the ghosts good or bad?
4. The key words for the story are: car, married couple, tracks, ghosts. Can you guess what
happened now?

Guess the word:

1. Dad's coming! Stall him for a minute while I hide this.

2. A place where roads cross each other is called an intersection.

3. The washing – up has been left undone.

4. Your zipper is undone.
5. Armed police shoved the protestors aside to make way for the president's car.
6. Tidying the room seems to mean shoving everything under the bed!

7. Keep the bottle upright if you don‘t want to spill all that juice.

8. The train was gradually picking up speed/ gaining speed.

9. Broken glass lay scattered over the floor.

10. This is my favourite pair of old faded jeans.

11. Over the years the green paint has faded.

12. After having parked it in the wrong place, our car was towed away
13. The damaged ship was towed to the nearest port.

The Sun and the Wind

ONE day the sun and the wind had a quarrel. The wind said, "I am stronger than you."
"No," said the sun, "I am stronger than you."
While they were disputing they saw a traveler coming along the road. He wore a heavy
coat.
"See that man!" cried the wind. "Let us see which of us can take off his coat. The one who
can do that is the stronger."
"Agreed," said the sun. "You may begin."
The wind blew and blew and blew. But the traveler only drew his coat closer about him.
The wind now blew more fiercely than before. The trees rocked, and the dust flew, but the
traveler only buttoned up his coat.
"What a gale this is!" cried he, and turned up his coat collar to his ears.
"I give it up," said the wind.
Then the sun had his turn. He shone and shone and shone.
"How the weather has changed," said the traveler, and he unbuttoned his coat.
Still the sun shone, and presently the traveler wiped the moisture from his face.
"This thick coat is too much for me; I will have to take it off and carry it on my arm," said
he, and he took it off.
"You have won," said the wind. "I see now that gentleness succeeds where rudeness fails."

The Dog and His Image

A DOG once stole a piece of meat and ran away. Down the road he went, and across the
brook on a plank. Midway across he stopped and looked into the water. He thought he saw
another dog with a piece of meat in his mouth.
This meat looked larger to him than his own.
"I'll have it!" growled he, and sprang into the water. But he lost the first piece of meat, and
did not get the other, for what he saw was his own reflection.
Do not be greedy, or you may lose all you have.

The Little Red Hen and the Grain of Wheat

A LITTLE red hen once found a grain of wheat. "Who will plant this wheat?" she said.
"I won't," says the dog.
"I won't," says the cat.
"I won't," says the pig.
"I won't," says the turkey.
"Then I will," says the little red hen. "Cluck! cluck!"
So she planted the grain of wheat. Very soon the wheat began to grow and the green
leaves came out of the ground. The sun shone and the rain fell and the wheat kept on
growing until it was tall, strong, and ripe.
"Who will reap this wheat?" says the little red hen.
"I won't," says the dog.
"I won't," says the cat.
"I won't," says the pig.
"I won't," says the turkey.
"I will, then," says the little red hen. "Cluck! cluck!"
So she reaped the wheat.
"Who will thresh this wheat" says the little red hen.
"I won't," says the dog.
"I won't," says the cat.
"I won't," says the pig.
"I won't," says the turkey.
"I will, then," says the little red hen. "Cluck! cluck!"
So she threshed the wheat.
"Who will take this wheat to the mill to have it ground?" says the little red hen.
"I won't," says the dog.
"I won't," says the cat.
"I won't," says the pig.
"I won't," says the turkey.
"I will, then," says the little red hen. "Cluck! cluck!"

So she took the wheat to the mill, and by and by she came back with the flour.
"Who will bake this flour?" says the little red hen.
"I won't," says the dog.
"I won't," says the cat.
"I won't," says the pig.
"I won't," says the turkey.
"I will, then," says the little red hen. "Cluck! cluck!"
So she baked the flour and made a loaf of bread.
"Who will eat this bread?" says the little red hen.
"I will," says the dog.
"I will," says the cat.
"I will," says the pig.
"I will," says the turkey.
"I will," says the little red hen, "Cluck! cluck!"
And she ate up the loaf of bread.
The Crow and the Pitcher
ONCE there was a thirsty crow. She had flown a long way looking for water to drink.
Suddenly she saw a pitcher. She flew down and saw it held a little water, but it was so low
in the pitcher that she could not reach it.
"But I must have that water," she cried. "I am too weary to fly farther. What shall I do? I
know! I'll tip the pitcher over."
She beat it with her wings, but it was too heavy. She could not move it.
Then she thought awhile. "I know now! I will break it! Then I will drink the water as it
pours out. How good it will taste!"
With beak and claws and wings she threw herself against the pitcher. But it was too
strong.
The poor crow stopped to rest. "What shall I do now? I cannot die of thirst with water
close by. There must be a way, if I only had wit enough to find it out."
After a while the crow had a bright idea. There were many small stones lying about. She
picked them up one by one and dropped them into the pitcher. Slowly the water rose, till at
last she could drink it. How good it tasted!
"There is always a way out of hard places," said the crow, "if only you have the wit to find
it."

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

(A New Version)
Little Red Riding HoodÕs mother says, ÔGrandma is on the phone. She
says sheÕs ill. Why donÕt you get your motorbike and take her some
magazines?Õ
ÔOK,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔI will.Õ
ÔBe careful with the traffic. DonÕt go too fast,Õ warns her mother.
Little Red Riding Hood drives to her grandmotherÕs. When she gets
there, she knocks on the door.
ÔCome in,Õ says grandmother. ÔThe door is open.Õ
When Little Red Riding Hood walks into the bedroom, Grandmother is
listening to rock music on her Walkman.
ÔGrandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔThis is a surprise! You like
rock music!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI listen to a lot of rock every day.Õ
ÔAnd Grandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood.ÔYou like reading
comics!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI read a lot of comics every day.Õ
ÔAnd Grandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔYou like chewing gum!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI like chewing gum but I like little girls like you
better.Õ
Suddenly, Little Red Riding Hood takes an aerosol out of her pocket
and sprays Grandma until she faints.
ÔI knew you were not Grandma.Õ
Later, she finds her grandmother hiding in the garage.
ÔThank you,Õ says Grandma. ÔThat burglar wanted to steal all my
things.Õ
ÔI know how to deal with burglars,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood,
putting the spray back into her pocket. ÔLetÕs call the police.Õ

THE TORTOISESÕ PICNIC

Once upon a time there were three tortoises Ð a father, a mother and a
baby. One beautiful spring day, they decided to go for a picnic. They got
tins of salmon, and sandwiches, and chocolates, and ice-creams, and
fruit, and orange squash and put everything in their baskets and after
three months they were ready. It was summer and it was sunny and very
hot, and they set out carrying their baskets.
They walked and walked and walked and after three months they sat
down and had a rest. They were a mile from home. It was autumn and
it was cloudy and raining. They set out again and walked and walked
and walked and in three months they reached the picnic place. They
were two miles from home. It was winter and it was snowing and very
cold. They unpacked their baskets and spread out the cloth, and
arranged the food on it and it looked lovely.
Then Mother tortoise looked into the baskets. She turned them all
upside down and shook them, but they were empty.
At last she said, ÔWeÕve forgotten the tin-opener!Õ
They looked at each other and at last Father tortoise said, ÔBaby,
youÕll have to go back for it.Õ
ÔWhat!Õ said the baby. ÔMe! Go back all that long way!Õ
ÔWe canÕt start without a tin-opener. WeÕll wait for you,Õ said Father
tortoise.
ÔDo you promise that you wonÕt touch a thing till I come back?Õ Baby
said.
ÔYes, we promise,Õ they said, and Baby disappeared behind the trees.
And Father and Mother waited. They waited and waited and waited
and a whole year passed and they got really hungry.
ÔDonÕt you think we could have just one sandwich each?Õ said Mother
tortoise.
ÔNo,Õ said Father tortoise. ÔWe promised. We must wait till he comes
back.Õ
So they waited and waited and waited, and another year passed, and
they got really hungry.
ÔItÕs six years now. LetÕs just have one sandwich while weÕre waiting,Õ
said Father tortoise.
They picked up the sandwiches, but just as they were going to eat
them, a little voice said, ÔAha! I knew you would cheat.Õ And Baby
tortoise popped his head out of a bush. ÔItÕs a good thing I didnÕt go
back for the tin-opener,Õ he said.
1 Look at the food and the prices. The tortoises buy three tins of
salmon, six sandwiches, a box of chocolates, three ice-creams and
a bottle of orange squash. What is the cost of the picnic food?
2 YouÕve got ten pounds. What can you buy in the supermarket?
3 The tortoises walk a mile in three months. How many miles can
they walk in six months/nine months/a year?
The Selkie Wife
Once, a fisherman lived all alone in a cottage by the sea. He loved the
sea. Every evening he would walk along the beach. He would look
out to sea, and enjoy the peace of the evening and listen to the sound
of the waves on the shore and his heart would fill with happiness.
But though the sea, and the peace and the sounds of the waves on
the shore made him happy, there was one thing missing – he had no
one to share his happiness with and he was lonely, living all by
himself.
One day, as usual, he went for a walk along the beach. He looked
out over the sea and enjoyed the peace of the evening and listened to
the sound of thewaves on the shore, and his heartwas filled with happiness.
Then he heard voices. He walked a little further along the beach
and he saw people dancing. He walked a little further and he found
skins lying behind a rock, soft, silky seal skins and he knew that these
were from seal people, seals from the sea who had taken human form
just for one night so that they could dance upon the sand. He was so
lonely that he stayed behind the rock all night towatch them dance.
One seal person was more beautiful than all the rest, and the fisherman
watched her all night, and as he watched, he fell in love.
As dawn broke and the sun came up, the seal people stopped
dancing, ran down the sand, pulled on their seal skins and dived back
into the sea where they belonged. All except one. The most beautiful
sealwoman of them all could not find her seal skin. And she could not
find it because the fisherman had hidden it in his pocket.
The seal woman ran to the fisherman and told him she had lost
her seal skin and begged him to help her find it so that she could go
back to the sea, where she belonged.
The fisherman looked at the seal woman and told her that he had
lost his heart to her and begged her to stay with him and to be his
wife.
The seal woman looked at the fisherman with pity and love in her
deep dark eyes and she said yes, she would stay with him, but she
could only stay for seven years. At the end of that time, she said, she
would have to return to the sea, where she belonged, or she would
surely die.
The fisherman agreed and the two of them were married the very
next day.
Every day after that, the fisherman and his seal wife walked
together along the beach. They looked out over the sea, and they
enjoyed the peace of the evening, and they listened to the sound of
the waves on the shore, and their hearts were filled with happiness.
In time, they had children and together the family would walk
along the beach. They would look out over the sea and enjoy the
peace of the evening and listen to the sound of thewaves on the shore,
and their hearts would be filled with happiness.
But at the end of the seven years the seal wife began to miss the
sea. Her skin became dry, her hands and her feet began to hurt, her
deep dark seal eyes became cloudy and she began to find it harder to
go for walks along the beach. At last, one day, she went to the fisherman
and asked him to give her back her seal skin. The fisherman
looked at her and could not bear the thought of losing her, and he said
‗no‘.
After that, the seal woman stayed home alone more and more,
leaving her husband and family to walk along the beach without her.
One day, the fisherman and his children went down to the beach,
leaving the seal wife in the cottage.While they were gone, to take her
mind off the pain in her hands and her feet, she began to clean the
house, and while she was cleaning she found a key, hidden in an old
jug. It was the key to a wooden chest that the fisherman always kept
locked. She took the key and unlocked the chest. She opened the lid
and there, inside, was her seal skin.
The fisherman and his children were walking together along the
beach. They looked out over the sea and enjoyed the peace of the
evening and listened to the sound of the waves on the shore. But that
evening their hearts did not fill with happiness but with fear because
there, running down the sand, was their mother and she was wearing
her seal skin.
The sealwoman dived into thewater and disappeared beneath the
waves, and they thought that they would never see her again. But her
head bobbed up out of the water, and she looked at her children with
love and pity in her deep dark eyes, and she told them that she loved
them and would always remember them.
Then she dived into thewater and disappeared beneath thewaves,
and they thought they would never see her again. But her head
bobbed up out of thewater once more, and she looked at her husband
with love and pity in her deep dark seal eyes, and she told him she
loved him, but she had to go back to the sea where she belonged or
else she would surely die. She told him that she would always
remember him.
In time, they had children and together the family would walk
along the beach. They would look out over the sea and enjoy the
peace of the evening and listen to the sound of thewaves on the shore,
and their hearts would be filled with happiness.
But at the end of the seven years the seal wife began to miss the
sea. Her skin became dry, her hands and her feet began to hurt, her
deep dark seal eyes became cloudy and she began to find it harder to
go for walks along the beach. At last, one day, she went to the fisherman
and asked him to give her back her seal skin. The fisherman
looked at her and could not bear the thought of losing her, and he said
‗no‘.
After that, the seal woman stayed home alone more and more,
leaving her husband and family to walk along the beach without her.
One day, the fisherman and his children went down to the beach,
leaving the seal wife in the cottage.While they were gone, to take her
mind off the pain in her hands and her feet, she began to clean the
house, and while she was cleaning she found a key, hidden in an old
jug. It was the key to a wooden chest that the fisherman always kept
locked. She took the key and unlocked the chest. She opened the lid
and there, inside, was her seal skin.
The fisherman and his children were walking together along the
beach. They looked out over the sea and enjoyed the peace of the
evening and listened to the sound of the waves on the shore. But that
evening their hearts did not fill with happiness but with fear because
there, running down the sand, was their mother and she was wearing
her seal skin.
The sealwoman dived into thewater and disappeared beneath the
waves, and they thought that they would never see her again. But her
head bobbed up out of the water, and she looked at her children with
love and pity in her deep dark eyes, and she told them that she loved
them and would always remember them.

Then she dived into thewater and disappeared beneath thewaves,

and they thought they would never see her again. But her head
bobbed up out of thewater once more, and she looked at her husband
with love and pity in her deep dark seal eyes, and she told him she
loved him, but she had to go back to the sea where she belonged or
else she would surely die. She told him that she would always
remember him.

A Fishy Story
TOPICS
KEY VOCABULARY
ADDITIONAL
VOCABULARY
LISTENING SKILLS
DISCUSSION
USEFUL LANGUAGE
Fishing, Losing things
bite, discover; incredible, jewelry, spot, swallow
codfish earring, fish hook, "I couldn't believe
my eyes!", North Sea, Notway, Norwegian,
stomach
• Listening for gist: identifying the best summary
• Following a sequence: ordering pictures
• Identifying factual details
Story telling and fact checking: Losing things
• What did you lose?
• Where did you lose it?
• How did you feel when you lost it?
How did you lose it?
A TRIP AROUND THE EARTH
Last night you saw a UFO landing next to your house.
Questions: What were you doing?
How did you see it?
Whose is the UFO?
How did it land?
What was it like?
You meet people from outer space.
Questions: Did anybody see you?
How did you meet them?
What were they like?
What did they say to you?
They invite you to go aboard.
Questions: What was the inside of the UFO like?
How many rooms did it have?
Did you see robots?
You take a trip around the Earth with them.
Questions: What was the Earth like from the UFO?
How fast was the ship?
Who drove the ship?
Back here, you tell your parents and friends.
Questions: Where did you land?
What did your parents say?
What did your friends say?
But they donÕt believe you...
Questions: What did they say to you?
Did you get upset/angry?
. . . until you show them something.
Questions: What did you show them?
What did they say?
You are going to hear a story about smoking . Look at the picture. What do you think happened?
Little Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood‘s mother says, ‗Little Red Riding Hood!
Come here. Take this basket to your grandmother. There are
sandwiches and there is a cake in the basket. Be careful! There is
a wolf in the forest and he is very dangerous.‘
Litde Red Riding Hood walks in the forest. There are many big
trees and beautiful flowers in the forest and the birds are singing.
Little Red Riding Hood likes flowers and she picks them. She
doesn‘t see the wolf hiding behind the tree. The wolf is thinking!
The wolf meets Little Red Riding Hood. He says, ‗Hello.‘
‗Hello,‘ says Little Red Riding Hood.
‗Where are you going?‘ asks the wolf.
‗I‘m going to my grandmother‘s cottage.‘
‗Oh! Where does she live?‘
‗She lives in a cottage in the forest.‘
‗That‘s nice. OK. Goodbye. See you later.‘
‗Bye-bye!‘
‗Bye-bye!‘
The wolf runs to Grandmother‘s cottage. He knocks on the door.
‗Who‘s that?‘ says Grandmother.
‗It‘s me!‘
‗Who‘s me?‘
‗It‘s Litde Red Riding Hood!‘ says the wolf.
‗Come in, dear!‘
The wolf goes into the cottage and eats Grandmother. The wolf
gets into bed. He waits for Little Red Riding Hood. He is
hungry!
STORIES AND LESSON PLANS 97
Little Red Riding Hood dances and sings in the forest. At last
she comes to her grandmother‘s cottage.
She knocks on the door. ‗Who‘s that?‘ says the wolf.
‗It‘s me.‘
‗Who‘s me?‘
‗It‘s Little Red Riding Hood,‘ says Little Red Riding Hood.
‗Come in, my dear.‘
Litde Red Riding Hood goes into the cottage.
She looks at the wolf in bed. ‗What big ears you‘ve got, Grandmother!‘
‗I want to hear you, my dear,‘ says the wolf.
‗What big eyes you‘ve got, Grandmother!‘
‗I want to see you, my dear.‘
‗What big teeth you‘ve got, Grandmother!‘
‗I want to eat you, my dear!‘
The wolf jumps out of bed and eats Litde Red Riding Hood.
A man comes. He has an axe. He kills the wolf. Grandmother
and Little Red Riding Hood jump out of the wolf.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
1 Take this basket to your grandmother.
2 The wolf meets Little Red Riding Hood.
3 The wolf runs to Grandmother‘s cottage.
4 The wolf gets into bed.
5 Little Red Riding Hood comes to her grandmother‘s
cottage.
6 She looks at the wolf in bed.
7 The wolf jumps out of bed and eats Little Red Riding
Hood.
8 A man comes and kills the wolf.
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
(A New Version)
Little Red Riding HoodÕs mother says, ÔGrandma is on the phone. She
says sheÕs ill. Why donÕt you get your motorbike and take her some
magazines?Õ
ÔOK,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔI will.Õ
ÔBe careful with the traffic. DonÕt go too fast,Õ warns her mother.
Little Red Riding Hood drives to her grandmotherÕs. When she gets
there, she knocks on the door.
ÔCome in,Õ says grandmother. ÔThe door is open.Õ
When Little Red Riding Hood walks into the bedroom, Grandmother is
listening to rock music on her Walkman.
ÔGrandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔThis is a surprise! You like
rock music!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI listen to a lot of rock every day.Õ
ÔAnd Grandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood.ÔYou like reading
comics!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI read a lot of comics every day.Õ
ÔAnd Grandma,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood. ÔYou like chewing gum!Õ
ÔYes,Õ says Grandma. ÔI like chewing gum but I like little girls like you
better.Õ
Suddenly, Little Red Riding Hood takes an aerosol out of her pocket
and sprays Grandma until she faints.
ÔI knew you were not Grandma.Õ
Later, she finds her grandmother hiding in the garage.
ÔThank you,Õ says Grandma. ÔThat burglar wanted to steal all my
things.Õ
ÔI know how to deal with burglars,Õ says Little Red Riding Hood,
putting the spray back into her pocket. ÔLetÕs call the police.Õ
52 Text © Sagrario Salaberri Design and illustration © Macmillan Publishers Ltd 1995
C H A P T E R 6 New stories The learner as storyteller
Activity 2
Get the class to identify and write down all the changes as they listen to the story. This
can be done in note form and in the learners‘ own language.
Activity 3
Once the class have made notes of the differences between the two versions, they can
read the new version a second time and do the following more controlled activity.