Stories{القصص} 2

[Pedro]

The big family in the little house

Vladimir does not know what to do. He has a big family
And he lives in a little house. He is not very happy
One day he goes to town. He talks to a wise woman
"please help me," he says. "my wife and I have six children
We live in a very little house. Eight people in a few
rooms! We cannot live in this way
The wise woman listens. She closes her eyes for a minute
Then she asks, "how many animals do you have
" we have eight animals. We have a horse, a cow
two pigs, and four chickens, "says vladimir
"good. Go home now," says the wise woman
"take all your animals into the house with you
" our animals!" says Vladimir. He goes home and does
what the wise woman tells him. The next week
he goes back to the wise woman
"this is very bad!" he says. "The animals eat our food
They fill all the rooms. They sleep in our beds
The wise woman closes her eyes a gain. Then she tells
Vladimir, "now go home. Take the animals out of the house
Vladimir goes home. He takes the animals out of the house
The next day, he goes back to the wise woman
This time he is happy .
"thank you, thank you, "he says. "it's very different
without the animals. Now we can eat. Now we can sleep
Now we like our house. Thank you for your help
You are a very wise woman!"[]

The turtle and the ducks

The turtle was not very happy. "here I am on the ground
"he said. "I cannot go fast. I always see the same things
I see only the ground and the grass. Poor, poor me
Then the turtle looked up at the sky. "look at those birds
" he said. "they go many places. They see many things
I want to be a bird. I want to fly, too
Two ducks stopped near the turtle
"oh, ducks, "asked the turtle. "what can I do? I want to
go far places. I want to see the world
"I think we can help you," said the ducks
"can you?" asked the turtle. "how?"
"you can fly with us to Africa or to America. You can see
mountains, oceans, and cities – all things you want to see
"but how can I fly?" asked the turtle
"with astick," said the ducks." We can hold the stick in
our mouths. And you must hold on with your mouth
And that's what they did. They went up in the air. They went
many miles. The turtle saw many new things. He saw a city
and lots of people
Some people looked up. "a turtle in the air!" they said
"run, run to the queen. There is a flying turtle. She must see it
The queen came out to see the turtle." where is it
She asked. "here! Can't you see me?" called the turtle
But when he opened his mouth, he fell to the ground
And there, in front of the queen and all the people, he died

[Pedro]

a smart mother

this is tasha.she has six pupies.tasha lives with gray.gray lives in claifornia.
it is raining in claifornia.it is raining hard
.water is in the streets. Water is in the houses.
water is coming into gray's house
.he runs to his car with his clothes
.he runs to his car with his books
.he runs to his car with his tv.
oh,no! Tasha and her
puppies!they are in the yard!
gray runs to the yard.the water
is two feet1 deep.where is tasha?
there she is!she is swimming
.where are the puppies?there
they are!they are in the food bowl.
it is tasha's food bowl
.tasha is pushing the bowl with her nose.
the puppies have a smart mother.

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neighbors

jack and ann are married
. They are not happy togther. Why not?
they are very different
. Jack smokes.ann doesn't smoke.
jack like to watch baseball on tv
. Ann doesn't like baseball
. Ann like loud music
. Jack doesn't like loud music
. Jack snores at night. Ann can't sleep.
one day, ann looks at the house next door.
it is for sale. Ann buys the house and moves in.
now ann lives in the house next
to jack. In his house, jack can watch baseball on tv
.he can smoke. He can snore.
in her house, ann can listen to loud music. She can sleep.
now jack and ann are married and happy.

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BRAIN IS THREE YEARS OLD. HE IS WITH
HIS MOTHER. THEY ARE AT THE ZOO.
THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THE GORILLAS.
BRAIN RUNS TO THE GORILLAS. HE
CLAIMBS A FENCE. HE FALLS.
HE FALL 18 FEET 1. HE IS ON THE GROUND. HE DOESN'T MOVE.
BRAIN IS WITH THE GORILLAS NOW.
SEVEN GORILLAS WALK TO HIM.
ONE GORILLA IS A MOTHER.
HER NAME IS BINTI. SHE HAS HER
BABY ON HER BACK. BINTI PICKS UP
BRAIN. SHEW CARRIES HIM TO
A DOOR. SHE STANDS AT THE DOOR.
SHE HOLDS BRAIN. SHE PATS BRAIN
ON THE BACK. BINTI IS A GOOD MOTHER
. A MAN COMES TO THE DOOR. BINTI GIVES
BRAIN TO THE MAN. BRAIN
GOES TO THE HOSPITAL.HE HAS A BROKEN ARM, BUT HE IS OK.
BRAIN'S MOTHER IS HAPPY."THANK YOU, BINTI" SHE SAYS.

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[Pedro]

MR. AND MRS. ZIMMER ARE IN A VAN
WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN.
THEY ARE DRIVING FROM CALIFORNIA TO OREGON.
IT IS LATE AT NIGHT.
MR. ZIMMER IS IN THE FRONT SEAT. HE
IS DRIVING THE VAN. MRS. ZIMMER AND
THE CHILDREN ARE IN THE BACK SEATS
. THEY ARE SLEEPING. MR. ZIMMER
IS HUNGRY. HE STOPS AT A FAST FOOD
RESTURANT. HE GOES INTO THE RESTURANT
. MRS. WAKES UP. SHE IS HUNGRY,
TOO. SHE GOES INTO THE RESTURANT.
MR. ZIMMER WALKS OUT OF THE RESTURANT
. MR. ZIMMER DOESN'T SEE HIS WIFE.
MR. ZIMMER DRIVES AWAY IN THE VAN HE
DRIVES ALL NIGHT. IN THE MORNING,
MR. ZIMMER AND THE CHILDREN ARE IN
OREGON.THEY GET OUT OF THE VAN.
"WHERE'S YOUR MAM?" MR. ZIMMER ASKS
THE CHILDREN. "WE DON'T KONW" THE CHILDREN SAY
. WHERE IS MRS. ZIMMER? SHE IS AT THE RESTURANT IN CALIFORNIA.
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The Lucky Thief

Louise Burt was walking along a San Francisco street.

Suddenly a man took her purse and ran. Mrs.
Burt was very angry. She had ten dollars, her
bus pass, and the keys to her house
in the purse. Mrs. Burt ran after the thief.
The thief ran one block, two blocks, three
blocks. The thief was a young man, so he
could run fast. Mrs. Burt was not a young
woman_she was 73 years old_but she could
run fast, too. Mrs. Burt stayed right behind the thief.
Mrs. Burt was wearing two chopsticks in her hair.
The chopsticks had sharp ends. Mrs. Burt took
the chopsticks out of her hair. "Maybe I can
stab the thief with these chopsticks,
" she thought. "Then he will drop purse."
The thief ran into an apartment building.
Mrs. Burt followed him.
"Help! Stop him!" she shouted. "He has my purse!"
Two police officers were walking near
the apartment building. They heard Mrs.
Burt and ran to help her. One police officer
stayed with Mrs. Burt.
The other police officer chased the thief.
The police officer found the thief on the roof of the
apartment building. The thief was looking in
Mrs. Burt's purse. When he saw the police
officer, the thief dropped the purse and
jumped off the building. The building was two stories high.
A few minutes later the police officer caught the
thief. He was hiding under a car.
He couldn't run because he had two broken ankles.
The police took the thief to jail. The thief
will stay in jail for long time. But the thief was lucky.
He was lucky that the police caught him.
He lucky that Mrs. Burt didn't catch him!

[Olaf]

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