Funny Farm

«Yes, they are,» I answer. «They are very tasty.»

«Why don’t you eat it?» she asks again.

«I am not hungry.»

«But I am,» says Chloe and she begins to eat the bone.

«What are you doing?» I cry. «It is my bone!»

«I am helping you because I am your friend,» answers Chloe.

«You are not helping me, you are eating my bone!» I say angrily.

«Look, Tim! You are not hungry so you can’t eat your bone. You want to play tags with rabbits so you can’t guard it. That’s why I must eat it up!»

«I can hide it there under the bush. No one can find it»

«But I can find it under the bush,» she says. «I know where you want to put it.»

There is nothing I can do so I say, «OK!»

Chloe eats up my bone and we are going to play tags with the rabbits. I run after Chloe, she runs after the rabbits and the rabbits run after me. We jump and laugh. It is so funny! We have a great time together!

Exercises

1. Put the sentences in the correct order

a) Mary gives to Tim a juicy bone.

b) Tim puts his bone among the flowers.

c) The sun is coming up.

d) Chloe eats up the bone.

e) Farmer’s wife Mary feeds the animals.

f) Tim puts his bone under the bush.

g) The rabbits have fun.

h) Chloe climbs down the tree.

i) Tim puts his bone behind the kennel.

2. Guess. What is it?

a) It is a house for a dog.

b) The flowers grow there.

c) It is a funny game. You run after someone or someone runs after you.

d) He sings in the morning and wakes the people up.

e) They are beautiful. They can be yellow, red, orange and violet.

3. Circle the odd word out

a) run, fence, jump, walk

b) hungry, beautiful, tasty, hide

c) flowerbed, behind, among, between

d) bone, kennel, guard, bowl

4. Fill in the gaps with: into, out of, behind, among, near, on, under, between, in

a) He comes __________ the henhouse.

b) I put it __________ my bowl __________ the kennel.

c) I take my beautiful bone and put it __________ the kennel.

d) Scratchy often walks ______ the fence.

e) No one can see it __________ the flowers.

f) There is a big bush __________ two trees.

g) I put my bone __________ the bush.

h) I look up and I can see Chloe __________ the tree.

Chapter III

It is autumn. It is warm. The leaves are falling off the trees. I like autumn. I like those beautiful autumn leaves. They are orange and red, yellow and brown. The wind blows them away and I try to catch them.

Chloe doesn’t like autumn. She is fluffy. So when the wind is blowing, she looks like a hedgehog.

«Oh, it is so boring to play with the leaves,» says Chloe. «Let’s go to the lake!»

Mrs Squirrel who is sitting in the big old tree comes to us.

«Don’t go to the lake!» she says. «A monster lives there.»

«A monster?» we ask with interest. «Are you sure?»