4. laura & the mountain lion

8/18/2019 4. Laura & the Mountain Lion

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Lorq

is

mg

mother,s

best

Jriend.

She,s

o vet,

thqt,s

q

doctor

who

loohs

oJter

sich

qni.mots.

I

wqnt

to

be

o vet

too.

One

day

I

oshed

her,

'Whg

did

gou

decide

to

be

a

vet,

Loro?'

'It's

o

stronge

storg,,

she

onswered.

,When

I

wqs

gour

oge,

I

hod

no

brothers

or

sisters

to

ptoy

with,

so

in

the

winter

[otidog"s

i

stoged

with

mg three

cousins

who

lived high

up

in

the

mountains.

Theg

were

tqtl

ond

strong

ond

cou[d

shi

very

Jast.

They

*.r.

u.rg

go"od

ot ctimbing

too.

But

I

coutdn't

shi

or

ciimb.

Mg

tegs

werenit"sirong

enougli

I

wos

oJten

i[[

too,

so

I

had

to

.orrg

iyJ.-r.nt

medicines

irith

me

o[[

the

time.

'One

doy,

my

cousins

wonted

to

climb

the

mountoin

thot

wqs

behind

their

house.

Theg

said,

,,You

must

come

with

us,

Loro ,,

They

were

unhi.nd.

Theg

hnew

I

wosn't

we[[ enough

or

brqve

enough.

'I

wqlked

o li.ttte

wag,

but

I

wos

soon

tlred,

so

I

had

to

stop

ond

sit

down.

Mg

cousins

toughed

at

mg

red

Joce.

,,See

you loter,

then ,,

they

colled

ond

went

on

up

the

mountoin

wlthout

me.

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,

.:;

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,t

,,..

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'l

storted

to

Jee[

better oJter o

Jew

minutes,

but then

I

heord on

onimol

behind

me.

I

JeLt

o big, worm,

Jurry,

soJt

Jace

on

mg shoulder.

It

wos o

mountoin [ion.'

'Wowl'I

soid.

'I

wos

very

oJroid,'

Lora soid,

'but

I

coutdn't run owou

beccuse

my

legs stitl

Jett

weoh,

so

I

just

sot there. The lion

opened

its mouth-'

'Oh

no '

I

soid.

(-ond

sold,

"I've

got

o terrible

toothoche." We[t,

I hnew

o[[ obout

toothoche beccuse I oJten hod thot, so

I

gave

it some medicine thot

wos in

mg

jocket

pochet,'

Loro sald.

I

loughed ond

soid,

'l

don't be[ieve

gou,

Loro '

'Whg

not?' she ashed.

'Stronge

things

hoppen in the

wortd olt

the

time '

I

x,

" lI/

'The

lion and I sqt ond tolked

obout cohes

ond snqhes

ond

other

things ond

oJter o

Jew

minutes,

it

said,

"Mg

tooth's

Jeeling

much

better

now, but I've

got

a

veru bod stomoch-oche.

I

ote

too

much

Jood

oJter

I wohe

up this

morning."

'I

oJten had stomoch-ache,

so

I

hod o bottte

oJ

stomoch-oche

medicine

in

mg

ruchsoch.

I

put

some

on

o llttte

plostic spoon

ond

gove

it to

the lion ond then we

sot ond tolhed

obout

porhs

qnd

shorks ond other

things.


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'AJter

o

Jew

minutes, the lion soid,

"Mg

stomoch's

Jeeting

much better

now, but I've

got

o horrible

heodoche.

I

log in the sun

Jor

hours

UesterdoU.

"

'l

hnew

about

heodoches,

so

I

tooh

o

cteon

hondherchieJ

Jrom

mg

jocket

pochet

and

put

it in the snow

beJore

I

put

it

on the lion's

Jurrg

heqd.

"Thot's

very cold but lt

Jeels

good "

the lion

soid.

'Then

we

sot and tathed obout tqi[s ond wholes ond

other things. But

suddenlg,

the lion

jumped

up

ond

scid,

"l'mJeeting

grrrrreot

now

Whot sha[[

we do

next?"

a

'l

pointed ot the mountoin. Mg

cousins were olreody

high up

obove

us.

"Con

gou

tohe me up to the

top?"

I

oshed.

"'Sure "

it

soid.

"You

con ride on mg boch. No

probtem "

So

I

jumped

on its boch

ond

put

both arms round its nech.

'The

tion

ron

Jaster

thqn the wind. It's

reollg

wonderJul

to

ride on

o

llon's

boch. Hove

gou

ever done that?' Lara ashed

me.

'No '

I

soid

and

[oughed.

'Wet[,

you

must tru

it

one dag. But we hove to

Jtnish

the

storg

...

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Loro

ond

the

mountqin

lion

Drow

lines

between

gour

new

words

ond

their

meonings.

itt

lovelg

hqs

lots

of fur

not

kind

@

*no

or

whot soid

rhis?

Write

A, B

or

C.

@

New words

for

gou

;fliolr;il-r

t'.i?riil

:i_-ra

i,(:i;'i

ii

t-;

i.*ri

ii

3t

s,,

"st

*

'

c

Whg

did gou

decide

to

be

q

vet?

I

couldnt

ski

or

ctimb.

l've

got

o

terrible

toothoche.

gou

toke

me

up

to

the

top?

Whot

hoppened

next?

It's

just

o storg.

..

...

@

*not

hoppened

nexr?

Put

the

sentences

in

the

right

order.

Write

2-g

in

the

boxes.

Loro

rode

on

the

lion's

bock.

I

Loro

went

to

see

her

cousins.

l-l

A

lion

come

qnd

tqlked

to

Loro.

I

The

bog

visited

Lqrq's

office.

fl

Lqrq

felt

tired

on

the

mountoin.

[-l

Loro

decided

to

be

o uet.

p

Lqro

stqrted

to

tell

the

bog

o

storg.

J-l

The

lion

hod

some

of

Loro's

medicine.

I

Lorq

ond

her

cousins

begon

to

climb

o

mountoin.

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@

i.

,,,

..',.

'

'r''

Look ot the

picture.

Write

ges

or

no.

Exomple:

There's

o

bolcong outside

the

door

of

Lorot

office.

UCS

.

sf .....

I One of the

photos

on

the

wotl hos o monkeg in it.

2

Loro

hos

ridden o

comel in

o hot

countrg.

3 Loro's kitten hos

o tqil which

is

greg

ond white.

4 The

bog

is holding

q

drink

in

his

left hond.

5

Lqrq

is

writing something on one of the

pieces

of

poper.

6

You

con

see

greg

squores

on the floor

of the office.

@

Drow lines

to

join

the

two

hotves

of

eoch sentence.

Exomple:

2 Loro hod weok legs,

3 Loro wos often i[[,

4 Lqro

got

tired

quicklg

on

the wolk,

5

Lorq couldn't

go

on up the

mountoin,

so

she often

hod to toke

medicine.

she

hod to

stop

ond

sit

down.

her cousins went

on

without her.

she

wosnt

good

ot

cousins

in the holidogs.

theg were verg

good

ot skiing.

\

ctimbing

or skiing.

,o

\

rh" stoged

with

her


7/8

@

Lcrro's

medicine

Comptete

the sentences.

Write 1,2

or

3 words.

e.

,

.

t{

,.-

Exompte:

The

toothqche

medicine

wqs

in H=' i

/

r-orqt

..

jg.9l9j.

P.

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'

I The liont tooth felt............... ofter o few minutes.

2 The

tion's

............ hurt

becouse

it hqd

too

much

food.

3 Loro

put

the lion's stomoch-qche

medicine on o..........

4

The

lion sot

in

the

sun

for

hours, so

it

hod

o

horrible

5

Loro

put

o hondkerchief thot wos

.............

on the lion's heod.

@

*"s

f;t before or sfter this?

Cross

out the wrong word

in

eoch sentence. Write one more

sentence.

Exomple: The lion felt itt

.),-'f

it sow

Loro.

1 The lion

cqme

to

Lqro

r

'.

,

..

'

her

cousins

went on without her.

2 Loro felt

tired

:,:.'

.

",,:'

ir

:,

she

sot down.

3

The lion

felt

much

better

Loro

gove

it

some

medicine.

4 The lion hod

o heodoche

'

,

it sot in the sun.

@

**st's

the

mstter, karc?

What

do Loro

ond

the lion sog? Motch the sentences.

A

B

c

D

E

Oh no

I'tl hetp

gou

cleon

it.

No

problem

I

con

get

it

for gou.

Me

too

I'll find some

fruit.

Sure

You con ride on mg bock

Oh deor Sit neorer the fire.

I

con't

pick

mg rucksock

up

becouse

mg

shoulder

hurts.

Mg feet ore cotd

Q

I'm

hungrg

Q

I cut mg hond

when I

jumped

off thot rock.

Con

gou

help

me?

I'm too

tirei

to

wotk.

Q


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2 There's o monster right ........,.. me

I con sme[[

it

in the

but

I

just

turn ond sog to it,

'You

need to comb

gour

hoir.'

4

There's o lion in m9............

It's o friendlg one 1...........,

but if one osks to be

YOUR

friend,

smile

kindlg

ond sog,'NO '

1 There's

o lion on thot mountoin

ond

onother

in this

cove,

but

I

just

ond cqll

to

it,

'Con

gou

see me? I'm

so...........

'

I climb

the

highest

rock

ond

I

see

o

hungrg

snoke,

but

ljust

wove

qnd...........

it,

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gou

like o

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doctor?

An

engineer?

An ostronout? A

poticemon

or

policewomon?

A

toxi

driver?

A tennis

ploger?

A

dentist?

A

businesswomon or

businessmon?

A

journotist?

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