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THE FOX AND THE STORK

ONE LOVELY MORNING,MR.FOX WAS THINKING THAT HE 
SHOULD INVITE HIS NEIGHBOR,MISS STORK TO SUPPER.HE  
DID NOT USUALLY EAT VERY MUCH.SO ONE THIS PARTICULAR 
DAY,HE ONLY MADE A THIN BROTH READY TO SPOON OUT ON 

TO THE LITTLE SOUP PLATES.POOR MISS STORK!WITH A LONG 
THIN BEAK,SHE COULD NOT GET ON SINGLE DROP!NOT LIKE 
MR.FOX-HE MANAGED TO EAT HIS MEAL,ALMOST IN A SINGLE 
INSTANT!MISS TALK THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY RUDE.SO TO 
GET HER OWN BACK SHE INVITED HIM TO HER HOME.AND,MR.FOX 
ARRIVED RIGHT ON TIME!such a lovely small was coming from the kitchen.
THE MOST DELICIOUS-LOOKING MEAT WAS SERVED,CUT INTO 
LITTLE PIECES.BUT IS E DEAD OF PLATES,MISS STORK SERVES IT 
IN VASES WITH LONG ,NARROW NEAKS     .HER BACK WENT IN EASILY 
BUT BECAUSE MR.FOX'S NOSE WAS SO MUCH FATTER HE COULD 
NOT REACH THE FOOD.SHAMEFACED,HE WANT BACK HOME 
WITH EMPTY STOMACH,TAIL BETWEEN HIS  LEGS,EARS 
DROOPING-AND THINKING OF THE SAYING:-  
                   TREAT AUTHOR AS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO TREAT YOU.

FUN WITH WORDS

SALLY-ANNE WAS USUALLY QUITE A CHATTERBOX!SO IT WAS VERY STRANGE WHEN NO BODY
HEARD HER TALKING........."WHAT IS WRONG,SALLY-ANNE?"ASKED HER SISTER,CANDY.
"IT IS HORRIBLE OUTSIDE,"SAID SALLY-ANNE,"AND THERE IS NOTING TO DO!""WHAT
 ABOUT A WORD GAME?SMILED CANDY."YOU GUESS ONE WORD,THEN A SECOND.JOIN THEM
UP AND THEY MAKE ANOTHER WORD .LISTEN AND YOU WILL SEE!""NOW"CINDY WENT ON,"MY

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A TASTY TREAT

WE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!SO OFTEN,
THE NICEST GIFTS ARE THOSE WHICH WE MAKE OURSELVES. EACH
YEAR WHEN CHRISTMAS IS COMING,BRUCE AND ANNE MAKE CHOCOLATE
TRUFFLES FOR THEIR GODMOTHER.AND THIS YEAR TODAY IS "TRUFFLE - MAKING DAY"!
MAMMY HAS PUT THE INGREDIENTS ON THE KITCHEN TABLE:-

•  200 GRAMMARS OF COOKING CHOCOLATE
•   60 GRAMMARS BUTTER
•   THE YOLK OF AN EGG
•  4 DESSERT SPOONFULS OF ICING SUGAR
•   4 DESSERT SPOONFULS OF COCOA
•   SOME LITTLE PAPER CUPS TO PUT THE TRUFFLE MIXTURE INTO

ANNE HAS ALREADY DECORATED SOME BOXES TO PUT THE TRUFFLE INTO,LATER ON.FIRST,MUMMY MALTS

BUTTER OVER A LOW HEAT,THEN STIRS IN THE REST OF THE INGREDIENTS .THE MIXTURE IS ALLOWED TO GET NICE AND COLD IN THE FRIDGE. THEN COMES THE BEST PART FOR ANNE AND BRUCE...............ROLLING INTO LITTLE BALLS WITH THEIR FINGERS!"i can make mine nice and around!"grins Bruce."this one is too big"says Anne."I I'D BETTER EAT IT"IT IS LUCKY MUMMY IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM-JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES LEFT FOR THERE GODMOTHER'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

TREE PLANTING

TODAY IS ST.CATHERINE'S DAY-THE DAY WHEN.ACCORDING TO TRADITION,
ALL TREES PUT DOWN ROOTS.MR.ELLIOTT IS CLASS ARE GOING TO SEE 
IF THAT IS TRUE BY PLANTING THREE BEECH TREES!NOBODY FORGETS 
TO PUT IN THE STAKES,OTHERWISE THE FIRST GUST OF WIND COULD 
EASILY UPROOT A TINY TREE.THEN COMES A PIECE OF FENCING ALL 
AROUND,TO STOP CATS SCRATCHING AT THE THIN BARK.THE NEXT 
THING TO DO IS TO PUT STEW AROUND THE ROOT OF THE TREE 
TO KEEP THE ROOTS WARM DURING THE WINTER."I CAN NOT UNTIL THE 
SPRING TO SEE THE BUDS AND THE LEAVES!"CRIED HALEN."HOW LONG 
WILL IT TAKE TO GROW IN TO A FULL-SIZE TREE?"PATRIC WENT TO KNOW.
"FIFTEEN TO TWENTY YEARS,YOUNG MEN!!"SMILES MR.ELLIOTT."WELL THAT IS 
NO GOOD!PATRIC BASTS OUT."WE WILL BE GROWN UP"AGREES MR.ELLIOTT.
"BUT WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN-PERHAPS YOUR OWN CHILDREN-PLAYING 
AROUND THESE TREES YOU WILL THINK "THAT WAS A GOOD THING WE 

THE PILLOW FIGHT

  DO YOU KNOW WHAT OLIVER LIKE TO DO EVER AND GILES RY 

MORNING,ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY WAKE UP?THAT IS RIGHT!

THEY HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT!THEN ONE MORNING,GILES STEPPED 

BACK AND KNOCKED DOWN HIS NEW BEDSIDE LAMP MUM 

WAS VERY ANGRY,WHEN SHE CAME IN TO THE ROOM TO SEE 

WHAT ALL THE NOISE WAS ABOUT."RIGHT!SHE SAID,"NO PILLOW 

FIGHTS FROM NOW ON!""NEVER MIND!"WHISPERED OLIVER."AS SOON 

AS WE ARE WASHED AND DRESSED,WE WILL GET SOME DUSTBIN 

BAGS FROM THE CUPBOARD."GILES WAS RATHER PUZZLED."I 

CAN NOT SEE WHY YOU WANT DUSTBIN BAGS,"HE SAID."BUT ALL RIGHT!"

soon,the two boys WERE OUTSIDE."HURRY UP!"CRIED OLIVER."WE CAN PLAY

OUT HERE,CAN'T WE?LET'S FILL UP DUSTBIN BAGS  WITH DEAD LEAVES 

THEN WE CAN HAVE OUR PILLOW FIGHT ,JUST THE SAME!"then Giles SMILED AGAIN.

AU TAM IT SEEMED HAD GIVEN THEM A NEW GAME!

WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE VILLAGE

IN THE AUTUMN WOODLAND COME IN ALL SHAPE
AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT  COLORS-LITTLE,ROUND,YELLOW
ONES;VIOLET,TRUMPET-SHAPED ONES;SHORT,FLUFFY ONES......A
WHOLE,LITTLE VILLAGE OF MUSHROOM HOUSES!AND IF YOU
LOOK LONG AND HARD,EACH ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE,
TILED ROOF .PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS WHERE THE ELVES LIVE.........
"WELCOME TO FLYPAPER TOWN!"CALLED ONE OF THE ELVES."I AM
THE MAYOR,AND THIS IS MY FRIEND,MR.MARTIN,THE CARPENTER,
WHO KEEPS OUR LITTLE HOUSES IN GOOD RAPER!THEN THERE  IS
OUR CHIEF COOK,MR.BARKER." "WE CALL OUR HOME FLYPAPER TOWN
BECAUSE WE DO NOT LIKE TO BE DISTURBED BY FILES!WE SLEEP
THOUGHT THE DAY,WHICH IS WHY NOBODY EVER SEES US
AROUND.IT IS AT NIGHT-TIME THAT WE LIKE TO GO OUT,GATHERING
UP ALL THE FILES ARE THE BIRDS TO EAT!"
"AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ONLY EXIST
IN FAIRY STORIES!"

the camera safari

DOMINIC,GARY AND SONIA WERE OUT WITH THERE UNCLE,
WALKING ON THE FOREST.WHEN THEY GOT T A SPRING,THEY STOPPED
RESTING THEIR RUCKSACKS AGAINST SOME ROCKS.ANYONE
LOOKING ON MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THEY SAW THE BUTT
OF A RIFFLE IN DOMINIC IS RUCKSACK
............THE THREE
CHILDREN NIBBLED BISCUITS,THE SAT IN SILENCE IN THE
FOREST,WELL HIDDEN IN SOME SEWN-UP BLANKETS.THEY
WHERE WAITING FOR THE WILD ANIMALS TO COME AND DRANK
AT THE SMART. SUDDENLY,THEY ALL BEGAN SPEAKING IN
WIPERS .COULD IT BE A SQUIRREL,A RABBIT,OR A HERE COMING NEAR?
NONE OF THEM WERE RIGHT! IN FACT IT WAS A DEER EARS
PRICKED UP,COMING UP TO THE WATER WITH LIGHT,GRACEFUL
LITTLE LEAPS.WITH OUT A SOUND,DOMINIC TOOK AIM,LOOKED CAREFULLY
-AND CLICK! HE TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH!
"I AM THE FEARLESS  HUNTER OF PICTURES,"HE SAID,"THANKS TO
DAD'S OLD CAMERA!"AND HE PATTED THE SHINY,BROWN CASE.

the mountain and the mouse

ONE DAY THERE WAS A BATTLE OF WITS BETWEEN A MOUNTAIN
AND A MOUSE.THE MOUNTAIN SAID"WHAT A POOR LITTLE THING
YOU ARE!"THE MOUSE SNAPPED,"I KNOW I AM NOT AS BIG AS YOU
ARE.BUT,YOU ARE NOT AS SMALL AS I AM."  "BIG SIZE HAS BIG
ADVANTAGES,SAID THE MOUNTAIN,"I CAN STOP THE CLOUDS
SAILING ACROSS THE SKY"
"SO YOU CAN,"AGREED THE MOUSE.BUT YOU CAN'T STOP ME
FROM
MAKING BIG HOLES IN YOUR VERY FOUNDATION,CAN
YOU?"THE TINY MOUSE OUTWITTED THE MIGHTY MOUNTAIN.

                  BIG OR SMALL,EACH ONE HAS 

                  HIS IMPORTANCE. 

A SURPRISE PICKING

  IT WAS A BLACKBERRY PICKING SEASON!DARRY
AND MARY IS MUMMY AND DADDY SAID THAT TOMORROW
THEY COULD GO OFF THE WOODS.BUT,NEXT DAY ,THEY
WERE GOING ALONE A LITTLE COUNTRY LANE,WHEN THE
CAR BROKE DOWN!ALL DADDY COULD DO WAS TO GO
AND TRY TO GET SOME HELP!THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT
WANDER AROUND .THEIR MUMMY SAID THEY JUST MIGHT
FIND SOME BLACKBERRIES TO PICK,AFTER ALL.......BUT
THE ONLY BLACKBERRIES WERE BEHIND THE HEDGES
ALL ALONG THE LANE!DARRY AND MARY WERE VERY,
VERY DISAPPOINTED."DO NOT SAY WE HAVE GOT TO GO
HOME EMPTY
-HANDED!SAID MERRY."OPEN YOUR
EYES!"SMILED MUMMY."THERE ARE DOZENS OF
HAZEL TREES ALL AROUND,WITH HAZELNUTS JUST
RIGHT FOR PICKING!"AND SO,ALL  THOUGHTS OF MAKING
BLACKBERRY JAM WERE SAT ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
BUT THE HAZELNUTS?WHAT A DELICIOUS TREAT THERE WERE!