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К учебнику
«Счастливый английский. Книга 1;

для 5-6 классов

средней школы
Составители Т.Б.К лементьева, Б.Монк

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Российской Федерации

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 Contents
The Three C a t s .................................................................... 3
M illions o f C a t s .............................................................................................-
The Tale of Peter R a b b i t .............................. ■............................................5
The Tale of Two Bad M i c e .................................................. 7
The Hen and the R o s e ................................................................................ 9
The Story o f Doctor D o l i t t l e .................................................................11
The Frog P r i n c e ............................ 13
The Magic F i s h - b o n e ................................................................................ 17
Peter P a n ...................................................................................................... 20
Jack, and the B e a n s t a l k .............................................................................21
Alice in W onderland ................................................................ 24
Mary Poppins ................................................................................ 28
K e y .................................................................................................................32

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 Listen and then read tbe text, complete the table and answer
the questions.

The Three Cats

Jane is an English girl. She lives in the
country. Jane has three pets. She likes them
very much. They are cats. Their names are
Sooty, Smoky and Tiger. One is white, one
is black and one is black and white. The
name o f the white cat is not Sooty. Sooty is
not black and white, and Tiger is not black
and white.
1) W hat colour is Sooty? 2) W hat is the
name o f the black and white cat? 3) What
colour is Tiger?
Com plete the table.
C at’s colour white black and white black
Cat’s name
Sooty
Smoky
Tiger

p. 32
Listen to the fairy tales, re a d and continue them . Find the
m eaning of the words you d o n ’t know in the vocabulary in the
P u p ils ' book.

Millions of Cats
Adapted f r o m a story by Wanda G a’g
Once upon a time there was a very old man and a very old
woman. They lived in a nice clean house which had flowers all
round it. But they cou ld n ’t be happy because they were so very
lonely.
“If only we had a ca t!” said the very old woman. “A c a t? ” asked
the very old man. “ Yes, a sweet little cat,” said the very old woman.
“I will get you a cat, my dear,” said the very old man.
And he went over the hills to look for one. He walked a long.
long time and he came to a hill which was covered* with cats.
Cats here, cats there,
cats and kittens everywhere,
hundreds of cats,
thousands of cats,
m illions and billions and trillions of cats.
“ O h ,” cried the old m an happily, “ Now I can choose the p ret­
tiest cat and take it home with m e!” So he chose one. It was white.
But he saw another one all black and white and it was as pretty as
the first. So he took this one too. But then he saw a grey kitten
which was as pretty as the others, so he took it too. A nd just then
the very old m an found a kitten which was black and very beautiful.
So he took it. A nd then he saw a brown and yellow cat.
“I m ust take it!” cried the very old m an, and he did.
So it happened that every time the very old man looked up, he
saw another cat which was so pretty, and he chose them all. And so
he went back to show all his pretty kittens to the very old woman.
They came to a pond. “ Mew, mew! We are th irsty !” cried the
hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, m illions and billions and tril­
lions of cats.
“W ell, here is a lot of w ater,” said the very old man. Each cat
drank some water, and the pond was gone!^
“ Mew, mew! Now we are hungry!” said the hundreds of cats,
thousands of cats, m illions and billions and trillions of cats.
“There is a lot of grass on the h ills,” said the very old man. Each
cat ate some grass and nothing was left!^
The very old woman saw them coming. “ My d ear!” she cried.

^ was covered fkAvad] — был покрыт

^ was gone — зд. исчез
^ nothing['nA0n]] was left — ничего не осталось
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 “W hat are you doing? I asked for one little cat, and what do I see?
Cats here, cats there,
cats and kittens everywhere,
hundreds of cats,
thousands of cats,
m illions and billions and trillions of ca ts.”
1. Answer the questions.
1) Where did the very old woman and 8) What did the cats drink and eat on
the very old man live? the way?
2) Why weren’t they happy? 9) Was the old woman happy to see so
3) Where did the old man go one day? many cats? Why do you think so?
4) What did he find? 10) Have you got a cat or any other
5) How many cats were there on the pet? Do you like your pet?
hill?
*6) What colour were the first five cats 2. Look at the pictures and tell the
the old man chose? story about the m illions of cats.
7) How many cats did the old man take 3. Act out the tale.
home?

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

After Beatrix Potter
Once upon a time there w ere four little rabbits and their names
were Flopsy, M opsy, Cotton-tail and Peter. They lived with their
m other under a very big tree.
“ Now, my d e a rs ,” said old Mrs Rabbit one m orning, “ you may
go into the forest but d o n ’t go into Mr M cG reg o r’s garden; your
father was put* in a pie by Mrs M cGregor. Now run along. I am
going o u t.”

was put — был положен

 T hen old Mrs R abbit took a basket and her um brella, and went
through the forest to the b a k e r’s. She bought a loaf of brown bread
and five buns.
Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail, who were good little bunnies,
went to gather blackberries. But Peter, who was very naughty, ran
to Mr M cG regor’s garden. First he ate some lettuces and some
beans, and then he ate some radishes. But suddenly whom should he
m eet but Mr McGregor! Mr M cGregor was w atering young c a b ­
bages. He ran after Peter calling out, “ Stop thief!” Peter was afraid;
he ran all over the garden and c o u ld n ’t find the way back home. He
lost one of his shoes among the cabbages, and the other shoe among
the potatoes. He ran into the tool-shed and jum ped into a can which
had a lot of water in it. Then he jum ped out of a window. The
window was too small for Mr M cGregor, and he was tired of ru n ­
ning after Peter. He went back to his work.

1. Check your facts.

1) Four little rabbits lived a) in a field, 2) Old Mrs Rabbit went a) to the
b) in a garden, c) under a very big baker’s, b) to the market, c) to the
tree. supermarket.
3) Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-tail went
a) to play football, b) to gather
blackberries, c) to Mr McGregor’s
gaiden.
4) In Mr McGregor’s garden Peter ate
a) some cheese, b) some lettuces, c)
some cabbages and cucumbers, d)
some beans and radishes.
5) Peter ran into a) Mr McGregor’s
house, b) a tool-shed.
6) The naughty bunny jumped a) into a
can, b) from the balcony, c) out of a
window.
2. Answer the questions.
1) Where did the four rabbits live?
2) Where did Mrs Rabbit go?
3) Where did the bunnies go?
4) Which of the bunnies was
naughty? Why do you think so?
5) What did Peter do in Mr McGre­
gor’s garden?
6) Did he run away from Mr McGregor?
7) What do you think his mother said
to him at home?
3. You a re Flopsy, Mopsy or C o tto n ­
tail. Look at the p ictu res and tell
the story of your naughty b ro th e r.

L isten to the fairy tales and stories, then re a d them . Find the
m eaning of the words you d o n ’t know in the vocabulary in the
P u p ils ' book.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

After Beatrix Potter
Once upon a time there was a very beautiful d o ll’s house: it was
red with white windows, and it had real m uslin curtains and a front
door. Two dolls called Lucinda and Jane lived there. Jane was the
cook; but she never did any cooking, because the dinner was
bought* ready-m ade. There were two red lobsters, some ham, a
fish, a pudding, some pears and oranges. They were not real, but
they were very beautiful.

^ was bought [bo:t] —noxyna;ica

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 One m orning Lucinda and Jane went out. There was no one in
the nursery. Tom Thum b put his head out of the hole near the
fireplace. Tom Thum b was a m ouse. A minute later, Hunca M unca,
his wife, put her head out, too.
The d o ll’s house was not far from the fireplace. Tom Thum b and
Hunca M unca came into the house and went upstairs to the living
room. Such a lovely dinner was on the table! There were spoons,
and knives and forks, and two dolly-chairs — all so comfortable!
Tom Thum b wanted to cut the ham, but it was very hard. “ Give me
some fish, H unca M unca!” said Tom. Hunca M unca tried every
spoon but the fish d id n ’t come off the plate.
T hen Tom Thum b lost his temper.* He put the ham on the floor,
and broke it with the shovel — bang, bang, smash, smash! The ham
flew all into pieces, for under the paint there was nothing but p la s ­
ter! Tom Thum b and Hunca Munca broke up the pudding, the lo b ­
sters, the pears and the oranges.
Then they went to the d o lls ’ bedroom . Tom Thumb took J a n e ’s
clothes out of the chest of draw ers and he threw them out o f the
window. W ith Tom T h u m b ’s help Hunca Munca brought a chair, a
bookcase, a birdcage, and some other small things to the mouse
hole. The bookcase and the birdcage d id n ’t go into it. Hunca Munca
left them behind the house, and went to get a cradle. Suddenly the
dolls came into the nursery. The mice ran back to their hole. Now
Hunca M unca has got the cradle and some of L uc in d a ’s clothes,
So that is the story of the two Bad Mice, — but they were not so
very, very naughty. Tom Thumb paid for everything he broke. He
found a sixpence^ under the rug; and upon Christm as Eve, he and
Hunca M unca put it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane.

' lost his tem per ftempa] — п о терял терпение

^ sixpence ['sikspens] — ш естипенсовая монета
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1. Find and read:
— about the doll’s house,
— about the ready-made dinner,
— what Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca
saw in the living room,
— how Tom paid for everything he
broke.
2. Say who did the following:
1) ... never did any cooking.
2) ... put his head out of the hole near
the fireplace.
3) ... went upstairs to the living room.
4) ... tried to cut the ham but it was
very hard.
5) ... tried every spoon but the fish did
not come off the plate.
6) ... put the ham on the floor and
broke it with a shovel.
7) ... broke up the pudding, the lobst­
ers, the pears and the oranges.
8) ... took J a n e ’s clothes out of the
chest of drawers and threw them out of
the window.
9) ... brought a cradle, a bookcase and a
birdcage to the mouse hole.
10) ... went to bring a cradle.
11) ... ran back to the hole.
12) ... found a sixpence under the rug.
13) ... put the sixpence into one of the
stockings of Lucinda and Jane.
3. Answer the questions.
1) Who lived in the doll’s house?
2) Why didn’t Jane do any cooking?
3) Why do you think the mice were
naughty?
4) Were Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca
kind? Why do you think so?
5) Are you naughty sometimes?
4. You are Hunca Munca (Tom Thum b).
Look at the pictures and tell the story
of the doll’s house to your mouse
friend.

The Hen and the Rose

There was a beautiful rose in a beautiful garden. Every m orning
she looked at the sun and smiled. But one m orning when the sun
cam e out he was surprised to see that his friend, the rose, looked
sad. He w anted to know what was the matter.
“ Dear R o s e ,” said the sun, “ why do you look so s a d ? ”
 “Oh d ear!” answ ered the rose, “I am so unhappy because an ugly
worm is eating my leaves and will not go away. ’
The sun felt very sorry for the rose. “I will not shine,” he said,
“until Rose is ha p p y .” So he hid behind a cloud.
The wind came along. “ Father Sun,” he cried, “ why are you not
shining today?”
“ Rose is so u n h appy,” answered the sun. “An ugly worm is
eating her leaves and he will not go away. I will not shine until
Rose is happy.”
“I, too, am so sorry for R ose,” said the wind. “I w on’t blow until
Rose is happy.”
And the wind stopped blowing.
A bird was surprised when the wind stopped blowing.
“ Mr W ind,” he called, “ why have you stopped blow ing?”
“Rose is so unhappy. An ugly worm is eating her leaves and will
not go away. So Father Sun will not shine and I will not blow until
Rose is happy.”
“I also love R o se ,” sang the bird. “I will not sing again until
Rose is happy.”
The bird m et a hen.
“ Why do you look so sad? Why aren’t you singing?” said the hen.
“Rose is so unhappy. An ugly worm is eating her leaves and it
will not go away. So Father Sun will not shine, Mr Wind will not
blow and I will not sing again until Rose is hap p y .”
“R eally!” cried the hen. “Please tell me how
this will help Rose? If you want to help Rose
you must do something for her. Come with m e.”
The hen and the bird went to see the rose.
The old hen asked no questions. She did not
even take the time to say good morning. She
looked at the leaves of the rose with her little
eyes. She found the worm and ate it.
“T here,” she said. “ See how I have helped
Rose and at the same time had a delicious
b reakfast.”
1, Check your facts. 3) The Rose was in a a) beautiful
1) The hen and the bird went to see garden, b) large forest, c) small
a) Father Sun, b) Mr Wind, c) Rose. garden.
4) Every morning Rose a) looked at
2) The worm was a) green and black,
the hen, b) looked at the clouds,
b) ugly, c) long and beautiful.
c) looked at the sun.

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1. Find and read:
— about the doll’s house,
— about the ready-made dinner,
— what Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca
saw in the living room,
— how Tom paid for everything he
broke.
2. Say who did the following:
1) ... never did any cooking.
2) ... put his head out of the hole near
the fireplace.
3) ... went upstairs to the living room.
4) ... tried to cut the ham but it was
very hard.
5) ... tried every spoon but the fish did
not come off the plate.
6) ... put the ham on the floor and
broke it with a shovel.
7) ... broke up the pudding, the lobst­
ers, the pears and the oranges.
8) ... took J a n e ’s clothes out of the
chest of drawers and threw them out of
the window.
9) ... brought a cradle, a bookcase and a
birdcage to the mouse hole.
10) ... went to bring a cradle.
11) ... ran back to the hole.
12) ... found a sixpence under the rug.
13) ... put the sixpence into one of the
stockings of Lucinda and Jane.
3. Answer the questions.
1) Who lived in the doll’s house?
2) Why didn’t Jane do any cooking?
3) Why do you think the mice were
naughty?
4) Were Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca
kind? Why do you think so?
5) Are you naughty sometimes?
4. You are Hunca Munca (Tom Thumb).
Look at the pictures and tell the story
of the doll’s house to your mouse
friend.

The Hen and the Rose

T here was a beautiful rose in a beautiful garden. Every m orning
she looked at the sun and smiled. But one m orning when the sun
came out he was surprised to see that his friend, the rose, looked
sad. He w anted to know what was the matter.
“ Dear R o s e ,” said the sun, “why do you look so sad?”
5) The old h&n a) asked a lot of ques­ sedprisur, hunappy, wingolb
tions, b) spoke to the sun, c) looked p. 32
at the leaves of the rose. 3. Answer the questions.
1) How did Father Sun, Mr Wind and the
2. Check your vocabulary. Can you
bird try to help Rose?
write these words from the text
2) Who really helped Rose?
correctly?
4. Act out the tale.

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

Adapted f r o m a story by Hugh Lofting
Once upon a time, many years ago — when our grandfathers
were little children — there was a doctor and his name was John
Dolittle. He lived in a little town called Puddleby-on-the-M arsh.
All the people, young and old, knew him very well and when he
walked down the street in his high hat everybody said:
“There goes the doctor. H e ’s a very clever man.”
All the dogs and cats knew him and even the birds that lived in
the roof of the church knew him.
The house in which he lived was quite small but his garden was
very large and had a lot of grass and flowers. His sister, Sarah
Dolittle, took care of the doctor and the doctor took care of the
garden. He loved animals and kept many pets. He had goldfish in
the pond at the end of the garden, rabbits, white mice, a cow, a
horse, chickens and many, many more. His favourite pets were
Dab-D ab the duck, Jip the dog and Polynesia the parrot. His sister
always said that she could never keep the house tidy when there
were so many animals.

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 One day when an old lady came to see the doctor she sat on a
hedgehog which was asleep on the sofa. The old lady never came
again. Then his sister, Sarah D olittle, came to see him and said:
“ John, people will not come to see you if you have so m any pets in
the house. A doctor cannot have a living room for hedgehogs and
mice. Mr Jenkins and Mr Parsons say that they will never com e near
your house again. Soon we will have no money because the best
people w o n ’t have you for a d o cto r.”
“ But I like my pets m ore than the ‘best p e o p le ’,” said the doctor.
His sister left the room, she knew she c o u ld n ’t talk to him about
his pets.
So, as time went on, the doctor got more and more pets but
nobody came to see him. Only the C a t’s-m eat-M an came because he
liked all animals. John Dolittle had more and more pets and it took
a lot of money to buy them food. So he sold his piano. Then he sold
his brow n suit that he wore on Sundays. And now when he walked
dow n the street in his high hat people said to one another, “There
goes John Dolittle. There was a time when he was the best d octor in
town. Look at him now. He h a s n ’t any money and his socks and
shoes are nothing but h o les.” But the dogs and the cats and the birds
loved him as before.
One day the doctor was in his kitchen with the C a t’s-meat-M an.
“ You should take care o f p e o p le ’s p e ts,” said the C a t’s-meat-
Man. The parrot Polynesia stopped talking and started to listen.
“ You know so much about p e ts ,” said the C a t’s-meat-M an. “My
wife read your book about cats to me. I t ’s wonderful. You know
how cats think. You could m ake a lot of money. Do you know that?
I can send you all the people who have pets that are not very well.
You can be their d o c to r.”
The C a t’s-m eat-M an left the doctor to think about his idea. The
parrot flew on to the d o c to r’s table and said: “That m an is clever.
T h a t’s what you m ust do. Take care of animals and not people.”
“ Oh, there are a lot of animal d o ctors,” said John Dolittle.
“ Yes, there are a lo t,” said Polynesia. “But they are not as good
as you. Now listen and I ’ll tell you something. Did you know that
anim als can talk ? ” “I knew that parrots can talk ,” said the doctor,
“ Oh, we parrots can speak two languages — p e o p le ’s language
and b ird s ’ language,” said Polynesia. “If I say, ‘Polly wants a b is ­
c u it,’ you understand me. But listen: Ka-ka, oi-ee, fee-fee^”
“W hat did you say?” said the doctor.
“ I said, ‘Is the porridge hot y e t? ’ — in b ird s ’ language.”
“ You have never talked that way to me before,” said the doctoi.
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 ‘T e l l me some m ore.”
He went to get some paper and a pencil.
“ Now d o n ’t go too fast and I ’ll write it down. Give me the
B ir d s ’ ABC first — slowly now .” And that is how the doctor came
to know that animals have a language of their own and that they can
talk to each other. Soon, with the p a rro t’s help, the doctor learnt the
language of the animals so well that he could talk to them and
understand what they said.
When the C a t’s-m eat-M an told everybody that John Dolittle
was now an animal doctor people began to bring him their pets. He
had a lot m ore work than before. And you will understand that the
pets were so happy that at last they had a doctor who really knew
what they wanted or needed.
1. Check your facts. 4. Answer the questions.
1) John Dolittle sold his a) horse and
1) Where did John Dolittle live?
cow, b) house, c) piano and suit.
2) Dab-Dab was a a) dog, b) duck, 2) What animals lived in his house?
c) parrot. 3) Did Sarah Dolittle like the animals?
3) Who taught John Dolittle how to 4) Why did people stop coming to see
speak to the animals? a) The C at’s- John Dolittle?
meat-Man, b) Sarah Dolittle, 5) What did the C at’s-meat-Man tell him
c) Polynesia. to do?
4) John Dolittle’s sister’s name was
a) Mary, b) Jane, c) Sarah. 6) Was Polynesia a clever parrot? Why
5) Who lived in the roof of the do you think so?
church? a) cats, b) parrots, c) birds. 7) Why did the animals like John Do­
2. Check your g ra m m a r. little?
Try and find all the past simple 8) Do you like animals? Read the text
verbs in the text and then give their again and make a list of the animals.
present tense.
5. Tell us about:
3. Check your v o c abulary. Can you
w rite these w ords from the text 1) John Dolittle and his pets.
c o rrectly? 2) Your favourite animal or pet.
hisfoldg, netkich, gangluae
p. 32

The Frog Prince

Long ago there lived a king who had beautiful daughters. The
youngest was the m ost beautiful of them all. They all lived in a
very large palace. A round the palace there were wonderful gardens.

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There was also a large forest and there under a tree was a pond.
O ften on a warm day the little princess went into this forest to play
with her ball. It was a golden ball and it was her favourite toy. She
threw the ball and caught it. Sometimes she threw it over the
branches of the tree. She liked to see how high she could throw it.
Now it so happened that one day the princess threw it so high that
she c o u ld n ’t catch it and it fell in the pond. The princess knew the
pond was very deep. Her father often told her not to go too near the
pond because it could be dangerous. She sat down and cried. “I
shall never see my beautiful ball again,” she thought.
“W h a t’s the m atter, little princess?” said a voice. “Why are you
cry in g ? ” The little princess looked around her and saw a frog. “Oh,
what do you want, you ugly, old frog? I ’ve lost my beautiful golden
ball for ever because i t ’s fallen in the pond.” “T h a t’s no problem ,”
said the frog. “I can easily find it for you. W hat will you give me if
I do it for you?” “I will give you all my dresses and my toys,” said
the little princess.

“ Thank you but I d o n ’t want your dresses and your toys,” said
the frog. “Can I be your friend, sit near you at the palace table, eat
from your golden plate, drink from your golden cup and sleep near
you in your lovely bed?” “Oh yes, yes. I ’ll do anything if you ju st
bring me my golden ball.” The princess thought that the frog could
only live near water. “ How could he come into the palace?" she
thought.
W hen the frog heard the princess say “ yes” he jum ped into the
pond to find the ball. Soon he was there again and the golden ball
was in his mouth. He dropped it on the grass next to the piinccss.
She was so happy to have her ball. She threw it and caught il. She
forgot about the frog and started to run home.
“ Wait, w ait,” said the frog. “ Please d o n ’t run sc fast. I cannot go

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as fast as you.” The princess just didn’t want to hear him. She ran
through the palace gardens and into the palace and closed the door.
“W hat are you doing?” her father, the king, asked. The princess
then told h im everything about the golden ball, the pond and the
frog. "I d o n ’t want the ugly frog to come into the palace,” said the
princess to her father. “ I have always taught you to be kind and to
do what you say you will d o ,” said her father unhappily.
He told her to go and open the door and invite the frog to dinner.
At dinner the princess said she really w a s n ’t very hungry and d id n ’t
want to eat. The frog was very hungry and thirsty and had a very
good meal. The princess ju st d id n ’t want to eat from the same plate
as the frog and she certainly d id n ’t want to drink from the same
cup. “ Will you take me to your bedroom now ?” said the frog. “ Oh
dear,” the princess began to cry. “I cannot sleep in a bed with a
frog. I t ’s.too much to ask.”

“I would like to go to bed,” said the frog. “ Please take me there

n o w .”
“ No, I will n o t,” said the princess. “ You will not sleep in my
be d .”
But the king said, “Rem em ber what the frog did for you and
what you said to h im .”
There was only one thing the princess could do. She took the
frog to her room where she very quickly dropped him on the floor
and went to bed. She could hear the frog. He came nearer to the bed
and clim bed on the pillow next to her. The princess was so unhappy
and she shouted at the frog to go back to the pond. The frog just
said, “I will tell your father if you are not good and k ind.”
The princess cried and cried. She cried so much that she cried
herself to sleep.
Next m orning the frog jum ped to the floor and the strangest

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 thing happened. W hen the princess woke up she saw in front of her
a most handsom e, young prince. “Oh prin c e ss,” he said. “ Look at
me. I w a sn ’t what I seem ed to be. Only you could help me. T h a t’s
why I waited and waited in the pond for you to com e.”
The princess was so surprised but now she was very happy. T he
prince then asked her again if they could be friends. You can guess
that when they were older they m arried and lived happily ever after.

1. Check your facts. 1) There lived a king who had some

1) Often on a warm day the little prin­
cess a) went to the kitchen to eat ice
cream, b) went to bed early, c) went
into the forest to play with her ball,
d) went to play with the frog.
2) When the frog heard the princess
say “yes” a) he ran to the garden,
b) he sat down and cried, c) he went
into the palace, d) he jumped into
the pond to find the ball.
3) When the princess woke up she saw
in front of her a) an ugly frog, b) a
most handsome prince, c) the king,
d) her mother.
2. Say which of these sentences are
right and which are wrong. Cor­
rect the wrong sentences.
beautiful daughters. The oldest was
the most beautiful of them all.
2) The princess often went to the
forest to play with her ball and one
day she lost it there.
3) The frog asked if he could be her
friend, sit beside her at the palace
table, eat from her golden plate and
drink from her golden cup.
4) The king told her lo send the frog
back to the pond.
5) The princess was very happy that
the frog was in the palace and
happily took him to her bedroom.
6) The frog was really a prince. The
prince and princess lived happily
ever after.
3. Act out the story.

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 The Magic Fish-bone
Adapt ed f r o m a fa iry story by Charles Dickens
There was once a king and he had a queen. They had iiiuetccn
children, They were from seven to seventeen years old. A licia, the
oldest, took care of them all. One day the king was on his way to
work and he slopped at the fishm onger’s to buy a pound and a half
of fish. Mr Pickles, the fishm onger, said, “Good m orning, sir. A
pound and a half of fish, certainly. Do you want anything e ls e ? ”
The king d id n ’t want anything else and he went on his way to work.
He was not very happy because his children did not have any new
clothes.

Just then an old lady came up. She was in very expensive
clothes. “ King W atkins the F irst? ” said the old lady. “W atkins is
my na m e ,” said the king. “ Father of the beautiful A licia?” “And of
eighteen other c h ild ren ,” said the king. “ You are going to your
w ork,” said the old lady.
The king thought that the old lady m ust be a fairy or how could
she know that. The old lady read the k in g ’s thoughts again and said,
“ You are right. I am the good fairy Grandm arina. When you go
hom e to dinner tonight invite Princess Alicia to have some of the
fish you have just bought. W hen the beautiful Princess Alicia eats
the fish you will find she will leave a fish-bone on her plate. Tell
her to wash it and keep it. It is a present from me. She must take
care o f i t.” The king did not really understand what the old lady
wanted to say. The old lady read his thoughts again and said, “Tell
Princess A licia that the fish-bone is a m agic present. It will give
her anything that she wants. But this can happen only once and it
m ust be at the right time. That is all.”
The king wanted to ask G randm arina a question. But where was
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 The Magic Fish-bone
Adapted f r o m a fa iry story by Charles Dickens
There was once a king and he had a queen. They had nineteen
childrea. They were from seven to seventeen years old. A licia, the
oldest, took care of them all. One day the king w a s on his way to
work and he stopped at the fishm onger’s to buy a pound and a half
of fish. M r Pickles, the fishm onger, said, “Good m orniog, sir. A
pound and a half of fish, certainly. Do you want anything else ? ”
The king d id n ’t want anything else and he went oh h i s way to w o r k .
He was not very happy because his children did not have any new
clothes.

Just then an old lady came up. She was in very expensive
clothes. “ King W atkins the F irst? ” said the old lady. “W atkins is
my n a m e ,” said the king. “ Father of the beautiful A licia?” “And of
eighteen other c h ild ren ,” said the king. “ You are going to your
w ork,” said the old lady.
The king thought that the old lady m ust be a fairy or how could
she know that. The old lady read the k in g ’s thoughts again and said,
“ You are right. I am the good fairy G randm arina. W hen you go
hom e to dinner tonight invite Princess Alicia to have some of the
fish you have jus* bought. When the beautiful Princess A licia eats
the fish you will find she will leave a fish-bone on her plate. Tell
her to wash it and keep it. It is a present from me. She must take
care o f it.” The king did not really understand what the old lady
wanted to say. The old lady read his thoughts again and said, “Tell
Princess A licia that the fish-bone is a magic present. It will give
her anything that she wants. But this can happen only once and it
m ust be at the right time. That is all.”
The king wanted to ask G randm arina a question. But where was

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 she? She was not there. The king went on his way to work. There he
wrote and wrote and it was time to go home again.
At hom e he invited Princess A licia to eat some fish. She enjoyed
it very much. The king saw the fish-bone on the plate and he told
A licia to wash it and to take good care of it. “ It is a m agic fish­
b o n e ,” he said, “ and it will bring you anything you want but only
once and the time m ust be rig h t.”
The next day the queen was not very well. “Oh dear, my head,
my h ead,” she said. Princess Alicia took care of her mother. She
cooked her a good breakfast, a delicious lunch and a wonderful
dinner. She took care o f all her brothers and sisters. But the queen
was not well for a very long time and every day A licia was very,
very busy. There were not many people to help her because the king
had no money.
Every evening when the queen was not well A licia sat with her
father next to her m o th e r’s bed. One evening the king said to A li­
cia, “W here is the magic fish-bone?” “In my p o cket.” “ You h a v e n ’t
forgotten it then?” “ No, I h a v e n ’t, father,” Alicia said.
Another time one of the young princes cut his hand badly. Alicia
took care of him and put his hand in a bowl of cold water. She washed
and cleaned his hand and it was soon much better. When the king saw
this he said to Alicia, “What are you doing, Alicia?” “One of the
young princes cut his hand badly. 1 have washed and cleaned his
hand,” she said, “and now it is much better.” “Where is the magic
fish-bone? Have you forgotten about it?” asked her father. “No, I
haven’t forgotten, father. It is in my pocket.” Other things happened
and each time the king asked Alicia if she still had the magic fish­
bone. Each time Alicia answered that she still had it in her pocket.
One day Princess A licia said to her brothers and sisters, “Today
you will all be cooks.”
All the children baked bread and cooked the meal. They had a
wonderful time and danced and sang in the kitchen. But Alicia saw
her father at the door. He was so unhappy. A licia spoke to her
brothers and sisters. They quietly went out of the kitchen and left
Alicia with their father. “W hat is the m atter?” she asked. “I haven’ t
any money and the children need new clothes,” said the king.
“ Have you no m oney at all?” “ None, my child.” “C a n ’t you get
any from anyw here?” “I have tried very hard. I have tried e v e ry ­
th in g .”
W hen she heard these last words, Princess Alicia began lo put
her hand into her pocket where she kept the magic fish-bone. " F a ­
th e r,” said Alicia, “ when we have tried very, very hard and w hen

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 wc have done our very best, I think it is time to ask others for h e lp .”
As she took the fish-bone out of her pocket the good fairy G rand­
marina cam e into the room in her beautiful clothes. “ You have
always been a good and clever girl,” said the old lady, “ and you
have alw ays helped your family and friends. Now you have found
the secret o f the m agic fish-bone.” G rand­
marina turned to the king and said, “ Do you
understand why Alicia did not need the magic
fish-bone before?” The king said he did and
that he was very sorry. Then the queen and all
the children came into the room. They were
dressed in new clothes. The last words that the
old lady said to them were,“ Clothes are not
everything. Be good and try your best and you
will be happy ever after.”
1. Check your facts. 2) “It is a magic fish-bone,” he said,
1) Alicia kept the magic fish-bone in “and it will bring you anything you
a) her bedroom, b) her bag, c) her want at any time.”
pocket, d) the kitchen. 3) When we have tried hard and have
2) The king bought a) a pound and a done our best, I think we shouldn’t
half of meat, b) a pound and a half ask for help.
of potatoes, c) a pound and a half of 4. Say who did the following.
tomatoes, d) a pound and a half of 1) ... took care of her mother.
fish. 2) ... was very, very busy.
3) The king thought that Grand­ 3) ... was in very expensive clothes.
marina was a fairy because a) she 4) ... cut his hand badly.
said she was, b) she could read his 5) ... began to put her hand into her
thoughts. pocket.
4) The young prince cut a) his hand, 6) ... didn’t want anything else.
b) the bread, c) his foot.
5. Answer the questions.
5) The queen was not well for a) two
1) What did the king buy?
days, b) two weeks, c) three hours,
2) Who was Grandmarina?
d) a very long time.
3) Why did Alicia take care of her br­
2. Check your v o c abulary. Can you
others and sisters?
w rite these w ords from the text
4) How did the magic fish-bone help
correctly? the family?
neetneevs, tentogrof, luftieaub 5) Do you agree with Grandmarina’s
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words “Be good and try your best
3. C o rrec t these sentences from the
and you will be happy ever after”?
text.
1) She cooked her a nice breakfast, a 6. You are Alicia. Tell the story of
good lunch but a bad dinner. the fish-bone to your friend.

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 Peter Pan
Adapted f ro m a story by James M. Barrie
If you ask your m other if she knew about Peter Pan when she
was a little girl, she will say, “Why, of course I did, ch ild .” A nd if
you ask her if he rode on a goat in those days, she will say, “ W hat a
foolish question to ask. C ertainly he d id .”
Then if you ask your grandm other if she knew about Peter Pan
w hen she was a girl, she also says, “W hy, of course I did, ch ild .”
But if you ask her if he rode on a goat in those days, she says that
she never heard that he had a goat. Perhaps she has forgotten, ju s t
as she som etim es forgets your name and calls you M ildred which is
your m o th e r’s name.
G oat or no goat it shows that Peter is very old but that really he
is always the same age. His age is one week. W hen he was seven
days old he went out of the window and flew to Kensington G a r­
dens. If you think that he was the only young child who wanted to
do this it shows how you have forgotten your own young days.
Think very hard and you will rem em ber that you wanted to go back
to the trees just as the birds.
W hen Peter Pan stood on the windowsill he
could see the trees in K ensington Gardens.
W hen he saw them he forgot that he was a little
boy in pyjamas and he started to fly. He flew
over the houses to the gardens. It is wonderful
that he could fly without wings. He came down
on the grass and started to play. He already
d id n ’t know that he was a little boy. He
thought that he was a bird. When he tried to
catch a fly he c o u ld n ’t because he tried with
his hand which a bird never does. He saw a lot
o f fairies. They were all very busy and d id n ’t see him. He was
thirsty now, so he flew to the pond to have a drink. He tried to drink
like a bird but forgot that he d id n ’t have a beak but a nose.
Then he wanted to sleep. At first it was hard to be c o m ­
fortable on the branches of the trees but soon he learnt and fell
asleep. He woke up in the night. As everybody knows what seem s a
warm night to a bird is a cold night to a boy in pyjam as.
Peter wanted to talk to the fairies but to his surprise they all ran
away and hid when he came near. They shouted, “ T h e re ’s a boy in
the p a rk .” Peter never thought for a m om ent that he was the boy
because he was a bird. He wanted to talk to the birds bal he couldn't
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 find any to talk to. They all flew away. Every living thing ran away
or flew away from him. Poor little Peter Pan! He sat down and
cried. But even if he thought he was a bird he did not sit as a bird
does. Happily he did not know this and so he d id n ’t lose his faith in
the fact that he could fly. Why can birds fly and we c a n ’t? It is only
because they have faith, because to have faith is to have wings.
1, Check your facts. 1) Peter Pan was the only child who
1) When Peter Pan stood on the wanted to fly to Kensington Gard­
windowsill he could see a) the pond ens.
in Kensington Gardens, b) the 2) Peter had two wings with which he
fairies in Kensington Gardens, could fly.
c) the trees in Kensington Gardens, 3) He thought that he was a bird.
d) the birds in Kensington Gardens. 4) He was thirsty, so he flew to the
2) When Peter Pan went out of the pond to have a drink and he drank
window he was a) two years old, like a bird.
b) two months old, c) seven years 5) What seems a warm night to a bird
old, d) seven days old. is a cold night to a boy in pyjamas.
6) Peter wanted to talk to the fairies
3) Peter Pan thought he was a) a cat,
and they liked his company.
b) a bird, c) a parrot.
3. Answer the questions.
4) Peter Pan went to sleep a) in the 1) How old is Peter Pan?
pond, b) on the grass, c) on the bran­ 2) What do they say he rode on?
ches of the trees. 3) Who did he meet in Kensington
2. Say which of these sentences are Gardens?
r ig h t and which a re wrong. C o r ­ 4) Why did he sit down and cry?
re c t the w rong sentences. 5) What do the words “to have faith is
to have wings” mean?

Jack and the Beanstalk

Jack and his m other did not have very much money. At last the
day came when they n eeded to sell the one cow they had in order to'
buy bread. So J a c k ’s m other sent him to m arket to sell the cow and
try to get a lot of money for it. Jack was lazy and d id n ’t like the
long walk to m arket. On the way he met a inan who looked at the
cow. “I ’ll give you these beans for your c o w ,’’ said the man. The
beans were blue, black and red. “They are very special b ean s.” Jack
was not always very clever. He took the beans and the man took the
cow. W hen Jack came hom e with the beans and no m oney or food

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his m other was not very happy. She threw the beans into the garden.
Both Jack and his m other went to bed hungry.
Next m orning w hen Jack woke up and went into the garden he
was very surprised at what he found. He ran back into the house to
tell his m other. “The beans have grow n,” he said. “Their stalks
have m ade a sort o f ladder. You c a n ’t see the end of the stalks
because they are so tall. They are higher than the c lo u d s.”
Jack ran into the garden again. “I wonder* where the end is ,” he
said to him self. “I ’ll clim b up and se e.”
So Jack clim bed up and up and up. Above the clouds he came to
the door o f a great palace and there stood a tall giantess. “W hat do
you want and where do you come from? D on’t you know my h u s ­
band is a giant and he eats little boy s? ” “Oh please. I ’m so hungry.
Could I have som ething to e a t? ” “Are you that lazy son o f the
wom an in the house dow n below? I think you came here to take
back the harp that talks and the hen that lays the golden eggs.” “The
harp that talks and the hen that lays the golden eggs?” “ Yes, my
husband took them from your father years and years ago ju st before
he died. He took some m oney, too. He w o n ’t give them back you
know. Rem em ber, h e ’s a giant and y o u ’re only a boy. But y o u ’re
strong and I need somebody to work for me. Come in. I ’ll give you
b rea k fa st.” “ Yes, I ’m very, very hun g ry .”
“ But when my husband the giant comes in you m ust hide. Get
into the great oven. Quickly! Here he comes. Into the oven. H e ’ll
never look there.”
There was a lot o f noise and in came the biggest giant you could
ever see.
“W ife, is there anybody here? I ’ll eat him for my d inner.”
“T h e re ’s nobody here. I ’ve made a m eat pie for your dinner, Eat it
all. I t ’s delicious. There is beef in it and a lot o f onions.”
A fter dinner the giant took out his gold and started to count it.
Then he went to sleep. Jack came out of the oven, took the bags of
m oney and ran to the beanstalk. He climbed down as fast as he
could to his own garden. His m other was so happy to see him and to
get the m oney back.
A fter a week Jack decided to clim b the beanstalk again. He
wanted to find the harp that talks and the hen that lays the golden
eggs. J a c k ’s m other told him to be very careful because the giant
was very dangerous. Jack climbed up and up and cam e to the dooi

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of the palace. He saw the giantess but she did not see him. She was
busy in the kitchen. Jack hid in the cupboard.

There was a lot of noise and the giant came in. The giant sat
down and ate his dinner. A fter dinner he told his wife to bring him
the harp that talks and the hen that lays the golden eggs. The giant
told the hen to lay him a golden egg. “T h a t’s fine,” he said. He told
the harp to play him beautiful music. The music was so beautiful
that the giant and the giantess quickly went to sleep.

Jack came out of the cupboard and took the harp that talks and
the hen that lays the golden eggs. He ran to the door of the palace
and started to climb down the beanstalk. There was now no beau­
tiful m usic in the kitchen and the giant woke up. He saw Jack on the
beanstalk and ran after him. Jack climbed very quickly down the
beanstalk to his garden and ran into the house to get a big knife. He
could see the giant on the beanstalk. He took the big knife and cut
the beanstalk. The giant fell from the beanstalk and made a big hole
in the garden. That was the end o f the giant.
Jack and his mother lived happily together and were never
hungry again.

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1. Check your facts.
1) In the giant’s pie for dinner there
was a) beef and tomatoes, b) beef
and carrots, c) beef and onions,
d) beef and potatoes.
2) Jack took from the giant’s palace
a) beans and the harp that talks,
b) beans and the hen that lays
the golden eggs, c) beans and bags
of money, d) bags of money, the
harp that talks and the hen that lays
the golden eggs.
3) The giant told the harp to a) make
him some gold, b) cook dinner,
c) play beautiful music, d) sell the
cow.
4) Jack sold the cow for a) the harp
that talks, b) the hen that lays the
golden eggs, c) blue, black and red
beans.
2. Check your vocabulary. Can you
write these words from the text
correctly?
nedarg, steanbalk, setangis
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3. Say who did the following.
1) ... sent him to market to sell the cow.
2) ... was often lazy.
3) ... went to bed hungry.
4) ... climbed up and up and up.
5) ... took out his gold and started to
count it.
6) ... climbed very quickly down the
beanstalk to his garden.
7) ... fell from the beanstalk and made
a big hole in the garden.
4. Answer the questions.
1) How many rooms do you think there
were in the giant’s palace?
2) Can you say what there was in the
rooms?
5. Act out the story.

Alice in Wonderland
Adapted f r o m a story by Lewis Carroll
I
Alice sat next to her sister under some trees. She had nothing to
do. She looked at her s is te r’s book but it had no pictures in it. Alice
thought it w a sn ’t very interesting to look at a book with no p ic ­
tures. The sun was hot and Alice felt a little sleepy. Suddenly a
white rabbit with pink eyes ran by. Well that w a s n ’t so strange.
Alice also d id n ’t think it curious when she heard the rabbit say,
“Oh dear, oh dear, I shall be late.”
But then the rabbit took a watch out of its pocket. Alice thought
this was very strange. She stood up and ran after the white rabbit
and was ju st in time to see it go down a large rabbit hole. Alice went
after the rabbit. She did not think how dangerous this was. The
rabbit hole was just like a long passage. Suddenly Alice fell. She
fell and fell. She had a lot of time to look around her as she went
down. She saw that on the walls of the hole there were cupboards

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and bookshelves. There were also some maps and pictures. Down,
down, down she fell. “ How m any miles have I fallen?” thought
Alice.

At last she stopped. She d id n ’t break anything when she fell.

She felt fine. It was dark but she could just see the white rabbit. The
rabbit ran down a long passage. Alice heard the rabbit say, “Oh,
how late i t ’s g etting.” A lice was ju st behind the rabbit. Suddenly it
went round a corner and disappeared.
Alice was now in a long hall with many lamps. There were many
doors but they were all closed. Alice did not know how to get out.
On a table by one of the doors was a golden key but Alice co u ld n ’t
open the doors with the key. Then she found a low curtain and
behind it a little door only fifteen inches* high. Yes, the key opened
this door. But Alice c o u ld n ’t even get her head through the door.
W hat could she do?
She went back to the table to look for another key but there were
no other keys. This time she found a little bottle. “ Drink m e,” said
the words on the bottle. “ Oh, but what if it is po iso n ? ” thought
Alice. Alice tried it and it was so nice that she drank it all. “ How
c u rious,” thought Alice. “I ’m getting sm aller.” Now she was only
ten inches tall. But the key was on the table and now she was too
short. This was too m uch and Alice sat down and cried. But then
she saw a little glass box under the table. She opened it and found a
small cake with the words “ Eat m e ” on it.
“W ell, I ’ll eat it,” thought Alice. “I have nothing to lose. If I am
bigger I can get the key. If I am smaller then I can go under the
d o o r.” She ate the cake and was big again.

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 II
Alice came to the house of the M arch Hare. Under a tree there
was a tea table. At the table w ere the M arch Hare and the Hatter.* A
Dormouse^ was betw een them but he was asleep. The table was very
large but the three were all together at one corner. “No room. No
room .” They cried out when they saw Alice.
“T h e re ’s a lot of ro o m ,” said Alice and sat down in a large

armchair.
“Have some w ine,” said the March Hare.
“I d o n ’t see any,” said Alice.
“There is n ’t any,” said the March Hare.
“Then that w asn’t very nice of you to ask,” said Alice.
“It w a sn ’t very nice of you to sit down without an invitation,”
said the M arch Hare. And so it continued.
It was the strangest tea party. W hen she left they d id n ’t say
goodbye. She saw three gardeners dressed as playing cards.
“Why are you painting the roses?” Alice asked them.
“The roses should be red but this one is white. If the Queen finds
out she will chop off our h ead s,” said the gardeners. “That is why
we are painting the roses red .”
Then they heard a great noise. It was the Queen and her soldiers.
First came ten soldiers. They walked two by two. Then came the
white rabbit and last of all the King and Queen of Hearts.^ When
they all came opposite Alice they stopped and looked at her.

' the Hatter ['hasta] — Шляпник

2 Dormouse ['do:maus] — Соня ( грызун, больше похож на бедку,
чем на мыш ь)
3 King and Queen of Hearts [ha:ts] — Червонные Король и К оро­
лева
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 “ W h o ’s this?” said the Queen to a soldier.
He ju s t smiled. “Id io t,” said the Queen.
“W h a t's your name, child?”
“ My n a m e ’s Alice, Your M ajesty,” * said Alice very politely.
But she thought, “Why, th e y ’re only a pack of ca rd s.”
“And who are th ese ? ” said the Q ueen when she saw the garden­
ers.
“I d o n ’t know ,” said Alice.

The Queen was very angry and shouted, “O ff with her head!”^
“ N onsense,” said Alice.
“ S h e ’s only a child, my dear,” said the King.
The Queen spoke to the three gardeners.
“W hat are you d o ing?” she said to them.
They started to tell her but before they could finish the Queen
said, “ O ff with their heads.”
A lice quickly put the three gardeners into a large flowerpot that
stood near to them. The soldiers looked for the gardeners but could
not find them...
The Queen shouted that it was time to start the trial.
“ W hat trial?” Alice asked the Duchess.
“ D o n ’t you k now ?” said the Duchess.
“I ’m afraid I d o n ’t,” said Alice.
“D o n ’t you know that somebody has taken the Q u e e n ’s tarts?”
This was all too much for Alice but more was to come. The
Queen said that A lice must speak at the trial. They asked her some
very strange questions. In the end Alice said, “Oh, this is all
nonsense. Y ou’re only a pack of c ards” .

' Your M ajesty fmaedfeasti] — Ваше Величество

^ O ff with her head! — Отрубите ей голову!
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 Suddenly the whole pack of cards started to fly and they came
dow n on Alice. She woke up under the trees next to her sister.
There were some leaves from the trees on A lic e ’s dress.
“W ake up, A lice ,” said her sister. “W hat a long sleep y o u ’ve
h a d .”
“ Oh, I ’ve had such a curious dream ,” she said and started to
tell her sister all that she could rem em ber o f her strange time in
W onderland.
“One day w hen I have ch ild ren ,” she thought, “it will m ake a
w onderful story. Alice in W onderland.”
1. Check your facts. 2. C o rre c t these sentences from the
text.
1) The white rabbit took out of his po­
cket a) a handkerchief, b) a watch, 1) “Eat me,” said the words on the
bottle.
c) gloves.
2 ) But the key was under the table and
2) As Alice fell she saw that on the now she was too tall.
walls of the hole there were 3) The roses should be white but this
a) lamps, b) cupboards and book­ one is red.
shelves, c) coats and hats, d) maps 4) They asked her some very strange
and pictures. questions and Alice answered them.
3) She then came to the house of the 3. Say who did the following.
March Hare. Under a tree there was 1) ... looked at her sister’s book.
a) a sofa, b) a tea table, c) a bed. 2) ... then came to the house of the
4) Then they heard a great noise. It was March Hare.
a) the March Hare and the Hatter, 3) ... took a watch out of his pocket.
b) the white rabbit, c) the Dormouse, 4) ... was between them but he was as­
d) the Queen and her soldiers. leep.
5) Suddenly the whole pack of cards 5) ... was very angry and shouted, “Off
started to a) dance, b) sleep, c) fly. with their heads!”
4. Act out the story.

Mary Poppins
Adapted f r o m a story by Pamela L. Travers
If you want to find Cherry Tree Lane you should ask the p o lic e ­
man at the crossroads. He will say,
“ First to your right, second to your left, then right again and
y o u ’re there.”
And if you do what he tells you you will come to Cherry Tree
Lane. On one side of the street there are houses, on the other side
there is a park and there are cherry trees in it. If you are looking for
num ber seventeen you will very soon find it. It is the only one that
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needs a new coat of paint. Mr Banks, who lives in the house, said to
his wife, Mrs Banks, that they could have a nice clean, com fortable
house or four children but that they did not have enough money for
both. Mrs Banks thought about this and decided to have Jane,
Mi chael, John and Barbara. So that was that and the Banks family
came to live at num ber seventeen with Mrs Brill to cook for them,
Emma to lay the tables for them and clean for them, and Robertson,
the gardener, to cut the grass and grow vegetables and flowers.
And, of course, there was also Katie Nanna who should not really
come into the story because at the time that I am speaking she is
just leaving the house and going down the road to the station.
“I am not w orking with those c hildren,” she said as she left.
“Oh, what shall we do ? ” said Mrs Banks.
“Just write to the M orning Paper,” said Mr Banks, “ and say that
Jane, M ichael, John and Barbara Banks need a kind nanny to take
care of them. Now I must go to w ork.”
Mr Banks said goodbye to his wife, left the house and went
down the street to the station with his black bag in his hand. Mrs
Banks went into the living room, sat down and wrote letters all day
to the newspapers. She wrote that the family needed a nanny. U p­
stairs in the house Jane and Michael sat near the window. They
watched the birds in the cherry trees and talked about their nanny.
“I ’m happy that Katie Nanna has gone,” said M ichael. “I never
liked her. She was never k in d .”
At the end of the afternoon Mrs Brill and Emma came to give
them their dinner and to bath the two youngest children. After
dinner the children sat at the window again and waited for their
father to come home.
“There he is!” said Michael.
“T h a t’s not daddy,” Jane said. “I t ’s
somebody else .”
They could now see that it was a woman
with a bag in one hand. The wind was strong.
W hen she came into the garden a strange thing
happened. The wind seemed to take her, lift her
up and throw her at the house.
“I ’ve never seen that happen b e fo re ,” said
Michael.
W hen she came down at the door the whole house shook.
“L e t ’s go and see who it is!” said Jane and they went to the stairs
from where they could see everything and everybody in the hall.

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They saw their m other in the hall with a visitor. The lady had black
hair. She was thin and had large feet and hands and blue eyes.
“Y o u ’ll find that they are very nice children,” said Mrs Banks.
“ They are never a problem .” They could see that their m other did
not really think this was true and they felt that the visitor u n ­
derstood it too.
“ Have you a letter from the house where you worked before?”
said Mrs Banks.
“Oh, I never have those letters,” said the visitor.
Mrs Banks did not know what to say.
“I thought people usually have such letters when they come to
work in a new house.”
“ Not these days, you know ,” answered the visitor.
Mrs Banks did not want her guest to think that she did not do the
same as everybody else, so she quickly said, “T h a t’s fine then. I
d o n ’t think we need a letter. The children are upstairs in their
bedroom .”
And she went upstairs. Then Jane and M ichael saw a very
strange thing. Mrs Banks saw nothing as she did not look behind
her. The visitor sat on the banisters and slid up them with her bag in
her hand. The children often slid down the banisters but to slide up
them was something really new. The visitor got to the children’s
bedroom at the same time as their mother.
“ Everything will be fine,” said Mrs Banks. “W hy, children,
what are you doing here? I ’d like you to meet your new nanny,
Mary Poppins. Jane, M ichael, say how do you do! And these are the
youngest children, John and Barbara.”
Mary Poppins looked at the children and thought for several
m inutes, then she said, “ Yes, I ’d like to work here.”
“ And we will be very happy if you work here,” said the
c h ild re n ’s mother.
Mrs Banks then left Mary Poppins with the children and went
downstairs.
“ How did you come h ere?” Jane asked. “It looked as if the wind
brought y ou.”
“It d id ,” said the new nanny as she took off her coat and hat.
Then Mary Poppins started to open her bag.
“W h y ,” said Jane, “ th e re ’s nothing in it!”
“ Nothing in it, did you say?” She did not look very pleased and
started to take things from the bag. First she took out some soap,
then a toothbrush, then a small armchair and so on. The children
just looked. Could all this be true?
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 Магу Poppins then took out a large bottle. There were the words
“One Teaspoon at B edtim e” on it.
Mary Poppins poured from the bottle.
“Is that for you?” M ichael asked.
“ No, i t ’s for yo u ,” Mary Poppins answered.
“I d o n ’t want it. I d o n ’t need it. I w on’t!”
But Mary Poppins looked at him and M ichael quickly discover­
ed that there was no other way. There was something very strange
and special about their new nanny. He closed his eyes and drank
from the spoon. A happy smile came to his face.
“ Straw berry ice ,” he shouted. “ More, more, m ore!”
But Mary Poppins poured some for Jane.
“R aspberry,” said Jane. “ D elicious!”
Mary Poppins turned to the youngest children. Jane and M ichael
could tell that in the spoon this time there was milk. Then Mary
Poppins poured out some m ore and took it herself.
“ N ow ,” she said, “ into b e d .”
In a m inute the children were in bed.
1. Check your facts. 2) When Mary Poppins came into the
1) Robertson was the a) gardener, garden a strange thing happened.
b) cook, c) nanny. The wind seemed to take her, lift her
2) In Jane’s teaspoon at bedtime was up and throw her at the house.
a) milk, b) strawberry ice, c) rasp­
4. Say who did the following;
berry.
1) ... said goodbye to his wife.
3) Mr Banks told his wife to write to
2) ... is just leaving the house and
the a) Afternoon Paper, b) Evening
going down the road to the station.
Paper, c) Morning Paper.
3) ... led him to the stairs from where
4) The Banks family lived at number
they could see everything.
a) fifty, b) ten, c) seventeen.
4) ... took out a large bottle.
2. Check your v o c abulary. Can you
write these w ords from the text 5. Answer the questions.
1) How many people were there in the
c o rrectly?
harmcair, redboom, isitorv Banks’ house? Can you name them?
p. 32 2) How did Mary Poppins go up the
stairs?
3. Say which of these sentences are
3) What did Mary Poppins give the
r ig h t and which are w rong.
children at bedtime?
C o r r e c t the w rong sentences.
4) What do you have at bedtime?
1) The words “Two Teaspoons at Din­
ner Time” were on the bottle. 6. Act out the story.

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