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“How sad,” said the second stone. “We cannot see them. We never will.”

The two stones sat on the side of the hill. They felt sad for one hundred years.

One day a mouse walked by.

“Mouse, can you tell us what is on the other side of the hill?” asked the stones.

The mouse climbed to the top of the hill and looked down.

He came back and said, “I can see earth and stones. I can see grass and flowers. It is a wonderful sight.”

The first stone said, “The bird told us a lie. That side of the hill looks just like this side of the hill.”

“Oh good!” said the second stone. “We feel happy now. We always will.”

The Crickets

One night a mouse woke up.

There was a loud sound outside her window.

“What is that?” asked the mouse.

She opened her window and saw a cricket.

“What did you say?” asked a cricket. “I cannot hear you and make my music at the same time.”

“I want to sleep,” said the mouse. “I do not want your music.”

“What did you say?” asked the cricket. “You want more music? I will find a friend.”

Soon there were two crickets playing music.

“Please stop the music,” said the mouse. “I cannot hear it anymore.”

“What did you say?” asked the cricket. “You want to hear more music? We will find another friend.”

Soon there were three crickets playing music.

“You must stop the music!” said the mouse. “I am tired. I cannot take it much more.”

“What did you say?” asked the cricket. “You want much more music? We will find many friends.”

Soon there were ten crickets playing music.

“Stop!” cried the mouse. “Your music is too loud!”

“What? Not loud?” asked the cricket. “We can play the music louder!”

So the ten crickets played the music very loudly.

“Please!” shouted the mouse. “I want to sleep! GO AWAY!”

“Go away?” asked the cricket. “Why didn’t you say it before?”

“We will go away and play our music somewhere else,” said the ten crickets.

They went away and played their music somewhere else.

And the mouse went back to sleep.

Vocabulary

A

across через, поперёк, напротив

again опять, снова

air воздух

already уже

always всегда

another другой, ещё один

answer ответ, отвечать

apple яблоко

arm рука

around вокруг

ask спрашивать

asleep спящий

away прочь

B

baby sit присматривать за детьми, нянчить

back назад

bake печь, выпекать

Bang! Бах!

basket корзинка

bath купание в ванне

bathroom ванная комната

bathtub ванна

be back возвращаться

be over заканчиваться

bear медведь

because потому что

become (became, become) становиться, превращаться

bed кровать

bedroom спальня

bee пчела

begin (began, begun) начинать

behave вести себя

behind за, позади

belt ремень

between между

bigger больше

bird птица

birthday день рождения

black чёрный

blackbird дрозд

blanket одеяло

bloom цвести

blow (blew, blown) дуть

blow out задуть, потушить

blue синий, голубой

boat лодка

boil кипятить

book книга

boots ботинки

both оба

bread хлеб

break (broke, broken) ломать, ломаться

brush касаться, задевать

bug жук

bump выпуклость, вздутие

buzz жужжать

C

cake торт

call звать

can (could) мочь, уметь

car машина

care беспокоиться, волноваться

carrot морковь

castle замок

cat кот, кошка

catch (caught, caught) ловить, поймать