Howard's Found an Owl

Howard: Brownie, if you vow not to make a sound, I'll show you an owl that I've found.

Brownie: An owl? You've found an owl?

Howard: Don't shout so loudly. We don't want a crowd to gather round the house. Tie that hound up outside the cowshed. He's so bouncy and he's bound to growl.

Brownie: There. I've wound his lead round the plough. No amount of bouncing will get him out now.

Howard: Now, not a sound. It's down by the fountain Where the cows browse.

Brownie: Wow, Howard! It's a brown mountain owl! It's worth about a thousand pounds down in the town.

Howard: No doubt. But my proud owl is homeward bound — south to the Drowned Mouse Mountains.

No Wonder the Boat Was Low!

Miss Jones: So the boatman put the goat and the roses and the load of coal into the boat —

Toby: I hope the goat won't eat the roses. Goats eat most things, you know. Miss Jones.

Miss Jones: They told the boatman so. But oh no, the goat and the roses both had to go in the boat.

Toby: Was it a rowing boat. Miss Jones? Was the boatman going to row?

Miss Jones: No, they told the boatman rowing would be too slow. So the postman sold him an old motor mower and he roped it to the boat. And so, you see, Toby, he had a motor boat.

Toby: Did the boat go?

Miss Jones: It was a bit low, with the goat and the coal and the roses and the boatman —

Toby: And the postman and Rover, I suppose — Miss Jones: Oh no, there was no room for the postman and Rover. They went home by road. And then it began to snow...

110. Read the rhymes and learn them.

     1. Little mouse, little mouse, Will you come out of your house? Thank you, pussy! says the mouse I won't leave my little house! 2. See-saw, See-saw Up and down, Up and down, This is the way To London town. 3. Mr Brown, Mr Brown, Are you going down town, Could you stop and take me down, Thank you kindly, Mr Brown.

     4. There was an Old Man who supposed That the street door was partially closed, But some very large rats Ate his coats and his hats. While that futile Old Gentleman dozed. 5. There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said. "I'm afloat! I'm afloat!" When they said, "Not You ain't!" He was ready to ,faint, That unhappy Old Man in a boat. 6. There was an Old Man who said, "How Shall I flee from this horrible cow?" I will sit on this stile, And continue to smile, Which may soften the heart of that cow.

111. Transcribe the proverbs and learn them.

1. Great boast, small roast.

2. Little strokes fell great oaks.

3. Man proposes, God disposes.

4. To know everything is to know nothing.

5. Stones grow old.

6. To hope against hope.

7. Out of sight, out of mind.

8. Burn not your house to rid it of your mouse.

9. As you sow you shall mow.

10. These is no place like home.

11. In a roundabout way.

Sound [Iq]

112. Track 35. Tick the words a) or b) that you hear in the sentences.

     1 a) bee	□	b) beer	□
     2 a) tea	□	b) tear	□
     3 a) bead	□	b) beard	□
     4 a) pea	□	b) pier	□
     5 a) E's	□	b) ears	□
     6 a) Dee	□	b) dear	□

113. First practise the target sound [Iq] in some words from the dialogue.

Read the words aloud.

dear Lear here nearly bearded idea Austria windier disappear atmosphere beer clear year hear cheers beard mountaineer beer

114. Track 36. Listen to the dialogue, paying attention to the target sound. Then read the dialogue and fill the gaps 1-8 with the correct words from the box below.

beer clear year hear cheers beard mountaineer beer