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Wild Cat wa~ted to havemuch warm white milk and to Ье near the fire in cold weather. But the Cat did not want to Ье а Servant, he wanted to Ье the Cat that walked Ьу himself. The Woman didn't like the Cat. Не went away for some time. Much time passed. The Woman gave а birth to а child. The Child was nice, but the Woman had very much work to do and little time to play with her Child.

The Wild Cat сате to the Cave and made а bargain with the W oman:

-if the W oman said one word in praise of the Wild Cat he would соте into the Cave;

-if the W oman said two words in praise of the Wild Cat he would sit Ьу the fire;

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- if the W оmап said three words in praise о! the Wild Cat he would get warm white milk three times aday.

The Woman was working day and night and did not play with her Child. The Child cried. And the Wild Cat began to play with the Child. Не was happy and laughed. The Woman said опе word in praise о! the Wild Cat and he entered the Cave.

Then the Cat sang а long song to the Child and he fell asleep.

The Cat got two words in his praise from the Woman. The Wild Cat could sit Ьу the fire.

The Woman was afraid о! the mice in the Cave. Even the Dog could not catch them quickly. The

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Wild Cat caught the mouse very quickly and got three words in praise. Since then he drank warm white milk three times а day.

But the Man and his First Friend - the Dogdidn't have any bargain with the Cat. That's why sometimes а man throws his boot in а cat, and а dog runs after а cat very quickly.

VOCABULARY

to find [fашd] (found [faund]) - находить

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to hang [Ь(Е1)] (hung [hЛ1)]) - повесить

STEPl

Ответь на вопросы:

1.Were аН animals wild тапу years ago?

2.Was the Мап wild too?

3.Did the Мап meet anybody in his life?

4.Did he live weH ог badly?

5.Did the Woman change his life?

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6.What did she do?

7.Did the Wild Animals want to соте into the

Сауе?

8. What do уои know about these Wild Animals?

STEP2

Chainword

1. А person who changed the Wild Man's life.

2.The Сауе was clean and ...

3.When the Wild Cat got one word in praise what did he do?

4.А wild-horse skin across the mouth of the сауе

was ...

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5.The first animal to соте to the Cave was ...

6.If the Woman said three words in praise of the Wild Cat he would ...

7.Men don't like cats sometimes and ...

STEP3

Agree (+) or disagree (-):

1.The Woman liked the Cat at once.

2.The Wild Cat asked the Woman to give him much warm milk.

3.The Woman was sorry for the Cat and invited him to sit Ьу the fire.

4.The Woman gave а birth to а Child and played with him аll thetime.

5.The Cat wanted to Ье himself and made а bar-

gain with the Woman.

6.The bargain was short.

7.The Child didn't like the Cat that walked Ьу him-

self.

8.The Woman said many words in praise of the Wild Cat~

9.The Man and his First Friend made а bargain

with the Wild Cat too.

10. Sometimes men and Dogs don't like cats.

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HOW ТНЕ LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS

КАК у ЛЕОПАРДА ПОЯВИЛИСЬ ПЯТНА

Long time ago тапу animals lived in the Desert. There was sand everywhere. The Desert was sandy, yellow and Brownish. And аН the animals were of such colours. It was easy for the Leopard to hunt the animals because he ran quickly and was as yellow and bright as sand. Не was not hungry.

The Giraffe, the Zebra and the Antelope were afraid of the Leopard. They ran off the Desert. There were по animals there.

The Leopard was hungry and angry.

Не сате to the

ВаЬооп for а piece of advice.

The ВаЬооп knew where the animals hadgone.

. Не advised the Leopard to go the Forest.

And the Leopard did so. Не сате to the Forest and saw much green, grey,

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black with spots and stripes. An Etblopian who was hunting in the Forest said that the colour of the Leopard' s skin was very bright for the Forest.

The Ethiopian' s skin was black.

The Giraffe had тапу

-brown spots and could not Ье seen in the shadow of the trees. The Zebra had тапу stripes and looked

like а striped shadow.

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The Antelope could not Ье seen in а distance.

80 they could see the sandy-brownish Leopard in the Forest very well.

The Ethiopian wanted to help the Leopard and

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gave him some black colour with his fingers. The

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Leopard got тапу spots and Ьесате as а spotty shadow in the Forest. Since then the Leopard was not hungry, hr had got much food in the Forest.

VOCABULARY

а desert [' dеzЭ"t] - пустыня

sand [srend] - песок

sandy [' srendI] -. песочного цвета brownish ['ЬrаuшЛ - коричневый to hunt [hлпt] - охотиться hungry ['hЛl)gп] - голодный

to Ье afraid of [гffreId] - бояться angry [' rel)gп] - злой

the ВаЬооп [ЬзtЬи:п] - бабуин, крупная обезья­

на

the Ethiopian [, i:8I' оuрjЭ"п] - эфиоп, житель

страны Эфиопия

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