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1. My name is Jane. My grandfather is very careless. He is a very clever man, but he never remembers little things. April 27th is my birthday. My grandfather says to me，"I'm going to your home, and give you a present!」 I’m very excited. I wait for him all day, but he doesn't come, so I phone him and ask why. He answers, 「Sorry, I went to the other granddaughter's house.」 What a careless grandfather!
2. The bus stops at the next stop. A mother and her child get on the bus and sit down. The conductor comes to them for the tickets. The mother says, "One ticket to the Children's Park." The conductor looks at the small child, then says to him, "How old are you, little boy?" The mother wants to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says," Mother says I'm four years old at home and two on the bus." All the other people laugh.
3. The swing: Fred and his little sister Lucy are on the swing in the garden. Look what a nice large seat of wood it has! This is first day Lucy has been on the swing. She is a little afraid. But Fred will take care of her, and keep her from falling. Look at her as she sits by his side. When all is ready, Fred says, one, two, three, and away! Up and down, on we go!
4. A boy and a girl are playing in the sea. The boy has a little boat with him. The boat has a sail. He holds the boat with a string. The little girl says: Blow, wind, make the ship go! The sea is very calm. The little boy is called Fred. The little girl is his sister. Her name is Mary. She comes to see Fred sail his boat. She likes to help him when she can. Mary has always a smile on her face.
5. We got a big box. We put wheels on the box. Now the box is a car. We put plates and cups on the box. Now the box is a table. We made a sail for the box. Now the box is a boat. We made a door and windows for the box. Now the boat is a house. We made puppets for the box. Now the box is a stage. We made signs for the box. Now this box is a store.
6. One day, a little girl saw a house in the woods. She went in. She saw three bowls. 「I like this one,」 she said. She saw three chairs. 「I like this one,」 she said. She saw three beds. 「I like this one,」 she said. The three bears came home. Mama bear saw the bowls. 「Oh, no,」 she said. Papa bear saw the chairs. 「Oh, no,」 he said. Baby bear saw the girl in his bed. He said, 「oh, no.」 The girl saw the three bears. 「Oh, no,」 she said.
7. Mr. Brown lives in a nice house in a small town with his wife, Mrs. Brown. From Monday to Friday he works in an office near his house. He is free on Saturdays and Sundays. He has a nice garden beside his house. He likes growing flowers and he often works in the garden on Saturdays and Sundays. The flowers are very beautiful and Mrs. Brown likes them very much. She often helps Mr. Brown.
8. One day, Mr. and Mrs. White go shopping by car. They stop their car near a store. They buy a lot of things and they want to put the things in the car. But they can’t open the door of the car, so they ask a policeman for help. Just then a man comes up and shouts: 「What are you doing with my car?」 The Whites look at the car’s number and they are frozen there. It isn’t their car.
9. Tina has a lot of dolls. One doll of them is very beautiful. She has long hair and wears a white dress. The little girl likes her very much. She called her 「Sandy」. Tina teaches Sandy to speak. When she is free, Tina makes clothes for her. When she meets with some difficulties, Tina talks to her, because they are close friends. What a lovely girl she is! Do you like it, too?
10. A hippo lives in the zoo. I like him very much. I often go to see him. Today is Sunday. It is fine today. I go to see him again. After I leave the zoo, he follows me to my house. I give him bananas, apples and other food. He eats them up. When I sing songs, he stays in the pool. In the evening, he jumps onto my bed. My mum tells him to go home. He has to go back to the zoo.
11. Look at me, boys and girls. I am a little milk-maid. I am going home with my milk-pail and my tool. I keep milking the cow. You can see her in the field. The cow knows me. She never moves when I am milking her. Now my pail is full of sweet milk. Little baby is very fond of milk. When he can speak, I will teach him to say: Thank you, pretty cow.
12. One day, a monkey is playing by the well. He looks into it and shouts: 「my god! The moon has fallen into a well!」 A big monkey runs over, looks and says: 「my god! The moon is really in the water.」 A group of monkeys run to the well and shout: 「the moon is really in the water! Let’s pick it out!」 A monkey hangs upside down in a big tree and took the big monkey’s feet. The other monkeys follow. They join each other one by one until the well. The big monkey looks up and found the moon hanging in heaven! He shouts loudly: 「look, the moon is still hanging in the sky!」
13. Once upon a time, there lived a monkey in the woods. The monkey climbed up the tree and looked down at the river every day. One day, the monkey saw fishermen throw a net over the river. He watched how the fishermen caught fish. Sometime after, the fishermen left the net. Then, the monkey climbed down from the tree and went to the riverside. The monkey planned to throw the net like the fishermen did. The monkey was confident since he was good at imitating. However, the net wound around the monkey when he touched it. Then the monkey fell into the water. The monkey regretted what he did, but it was too late.
14. There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass, and the other was made of clay. When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one. So the brass pot cried out, 「Fear nothing, friend, I will not hit you.」 「But I may come in contact with you,」 said the earthen pot.」 If I come too close, whether I hit you or you hit me, I shall suffer for it.」 After that the earthen pot floated away.
15. A mouse ran from the face of a lion. The lion angrily jumped up, caught the mouse and wanted to kill it. The mouse cried: 「as long as you are willing to spare my life, I will repay your kindness.」 The lion laughed and let him go. Later, the lion was caught by some hunters, and fell to the ground with a rope tied. The mouse heard the lion’s sound, released him, and said: 「You laughed at me at that time, but did not expect me to have the opportunity to repay. But what you know now, even the little mouse, also can help a lion.」