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Ben's wishes

The glove, the fork ond the old poirof gtosses

Robert ond the three envelopes

Loro ond the mountoin lion

Big Nose ond the Storm-Moker

Michoel qnd the red rug

Brittiont bikes!

A coke for the queen

Kotg's fovourite song

Wi[[iom's strongest storg

Unit word list

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g"dt wishsg

I hove on uncle who wrltes boohs Jor chitdren. I didn't see mg uncte

very oJten when I wos o chitd becouse he lived Ln AJrlco, but he

come to see us sometimes. When he did visit us, he usuoltg toldme one oJ his stories. I [oved them a[[ but 'Ben's wlshes' wos mU

Jovourite. Mg uncle told it to me one winter when lt wos very cotd

outside. I wos obout ten. I thinh.

A boy colted Ben hod two otder brothers. The older bogs oJten Jetthungrg and oJten got angrg becouse theg were so poor.

'Go ond work in the Jietds!' theg soid to Ben each morning. 'Dig up

some vegetobles! Moke us some soup Jor dinner!'

Ben olwogs answered in the some wog.'But I wont to go to school

ond leorn o[[ obout the wortd!' The brothers iust louohed ond said.

'Don't be sillu! You qren't ctever enouqh to qo to school tihe us.'

So Ben didn't go ongwhere. He just worhed in the Jietds in the rain,

.-, digging ond ptanting, and ptanting ond digging.

One verg cold morning, Ben wos pLanting some onions when he sow

an old silver cup on the ground. He plcked it up, sot down under

o tree ond cleaned it with his scorJ. Then, verg coreJully, he put itdown on the gross next to his bog.

Ben wos tired ond wonted somethinq to eot, but he onlq hod one

smo[[ sondwich in hls bag. He tooh it out, loohed ot the cup ondsoid, 'l'm luchg to have this sondwich, but I'd Like o lovetg wormdrlnh!'

Suddenty, the sllver cup wos Jutl oJ hot chocolote. Ben was verg

surprised! He dronh it alt, but he stitt JeLtold jacket ond ot the cup ogoin ond

soid, 'l'm lucky to have o jochet,

but there ore hundreds oJ holes init. I wi.sh ... I wish ... I could hove

o new co ot l'

A beoutful coot mode oJ woolsuddenlg oppeored Jrom somewhere

in the skg. Now Ben was reollg

surprised! He put it on. it Jett soJt

ono worm.

co[d. He Loohed down ot

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Then he opened o smqtl book thot belonged to one oJ his brothers.Ben looked ot the cup one more time ond soid, 'i'm Luckg to hove

thls booh with me todog, but I'd Lihe 100 new books so I con leornotl obout the world, pteose.'

Suddentg, 100 new books Jett Jrom between the leoves in the tree above

him. Ben coutdnt believe it! He felt so Luchu!

He loughed ondbooks home, sot

loughed, put the

down by the Jire

old cup in his pocket, corried theond reod them oL[.

When Ben's oLder brothers come home, they were reotlg ongrg.'Where's our dinner? Where's our vegetoble soup?' they shouted.

Ben loohed up ond soid, ']Jound on otd cup tn theJtetd todog. Ithlnk it understqnds obout wishes. It gove me hot chocolote, o wormcoot ond 100 new books to reod. I've leorned otl obout the worlo

- ond oL[ the onimals thot live in our world too. IJ Uou wont Uour

The two older brothers looked ot Ben's new coot, his new books ondthe silver cup on the table. One oJ them piched it up. He got veru

ongrg. 'We hove o wish too! Glve us our dinner! We wont it this

minute!' he soid.

The emptg bowls were suddenlg Jul[ oJ vegetobte soup. The brothers

couldn't believe it!

'Cup!' the oldest brother shouted. 'Give me o room Ju[[ oJ moneg.'

'Give me more moneg than mg brother and o room JuL[ oJ sweets,'the other brother sai.d.

Suddentg, there were sweets ond moneg everuwhere. The brothers

begon to Jight.

'Give me thot cup!' one shouted.

'No!' the other one sold. 'It's mine. It's not Uours. Give it to me!'

The cup Je[L on the ground ond broke,

and otl the sweets, the moneg,

the vegetoble soup, Ben's worm cootond his 100 new boohs dlsoppeared.

Theg were nowhere in the house.

i Jelt verg sod when mg uncle told me thot port oJ the storg. Butthen he odded, 'But the cup coutdn't moke aL[ the stories qbout the

world disoppeor Jrom Bens head. And when Ben wos o mon, he

visited o[[ the countries in the wortd and wrote lots oJ stories oboutthe onimots ond peopte who lived there to te[[ to chlldren.'

I never hnew mg uncle's Jirst name. I just colled him Uncte.

Perhops, just perhops, it wos Ben.

- -^'q wishesBglr -v-

There's o in mg sock! uWow! she's ' l'tHe tikes

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I9 Right or wrong? -Tick the right or wrong box.

Exomple: The girt heord this storg in the summer.

1 The storg wos obout three brothers.

2 Ben wos the goungest brother.

3 Benl brothers were kind to him.

4 The cup thot Ben found wos mode of gotd.

5 Ben looked for the new books in the tree.

6 The cup broke when it fetl on the ftoor.

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I tiked it becousethe brothersore funng. Mgfovourite portwos when Benwent shoPping.

| [iked it whenBen's books fettout of the tree. I

didn't lil<e it whenthe brothers gotong ru.

@ New words for gou!Drow tines between the green words ond the pictures.

Who's totkingTick the right box.

obout this storq?

The brothers wereluckg becouse theglived on o form. I

liked it when Bencooked the onionsoup for dinner.A

@ @.r Do some cotouring ond drowing.Listen ond colour ond drow in the picture on poge O. \$

Never, sometimes, often, usuoltg, otwogsReod this port of the storg. Find sometimes, often ond usuallg.

I didn't oJten see mg uncle

when I wos o child becquse

he lived in AJrico, but he

come to see us sometimes.

When he did, he usuotlg totdmp onp nf his stnrips-J ''- --- -'-'

@ *not does Ben sog to his brother?Choose the best onswer. Write o letter (A-H).

Exompler fl wr'e.et mg dinnerl

ftrBWhg didn't gou moke ong soup?

You con't reod!

Whot ore gou reoding obout?

n f$ nna where did gou find thor

sitver cup?

Give thot cup to me!

A Yes, I con.

B I hoven't mode it.

C OK, but hotd it corefultg.

D Con gou eot it?

E No, theg're in thot box.

F Different ports of the wortd.

G Becouse lwonted to reod.

H lt wos in the fietd.

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@ Ben's tuckg dog!Complete the sentences. Write 1,2,3 or 4 words.

Exomple: Ben found tr'"...91d.9.fY9.1.g!.lP... on the ground.

t Ben used his ......... to cteon the cup.

2 There wos onlg ....,.... in Ben's bog.

3 Ben wonted ......... becouse he felt cold ond thirstg.

4 Ben wos verg ......... when he sow the hot chocotote.

5 Ben fett cold becouse his ............... hod lots of hotes in it.

6 Ben's beoutiful new coot fett.........,.....

Tolk obout Ben. Totk obout o friend.

Ben Mg friend's nome .........

Brothers/sisters? JWg.hl9Ib.".fl Brothers/sisrers?

Where/live? ....9n.g.fgt{l.... Where/tivel

Asel .........191......... Asel

Whot/wont? ....Lgy.99..9J.... Whot/wont?

Whot/tike doing? .....1:99diL9..... Whoc/tike doing?

o n gwh e reeve rgwh e reso m ewhe ren owhe re

Complete the sentences with words from the obove line.

I Ben found the silver cup .. in the fields.

2 There were bool<s .. ! Theg were on the

tobte, next to his bed ond bg the fire.

3 After the cuo brol<e. Ben's brothers tooked for tne

moneu, but it wos .. in the house.

4 Ben's coot wosn't bg the door or on his choir.

Ben couldn't find it .,.........

@ DrrTerences

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Whot did Ben do next?Look ot the pictures ond sentences. Tetl the storg.

Ben storted going ...........

He lil<ed leorning obout

Ben's ...................... gove him o

lot of ............ He usuottg

studied hord in

rhen he wos Ben went to.......................

He wonted to visit He leornt evergthing obout

o lot of

Ben leqrnt obout gorillos.Choose the right word. Write it on the [ine.

ofter into

there then

ger gers

how when

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wnere

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wng

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6

often olwogs never

rn on ot

theg theirs them

Ben left school when he wos

There ore three lcinds of gorillos, but Ben went (to Africo to leorn ....gF..9qJ.... Mountoin Gorittos.

These live in the jungle ond in forests.Theg onlg

live ............... . Peopte often think thot gorillos

ore dongerous onimols but theg ontg ............,..

ongrg ond fight if their group is in donger. Fother

gorittos ore colled Silverbocks becouse

theu get otder, the hoir on their bocks goes silver.

Mountoin Gorittos eot fruit, leoves ond ftowers.

Theg verg eot smoll insects too.Theg

spend otl dog eoting, ptoging ond looking ofter

the gounger gorittos.There ore onlg obout 700

Mountoin Gorillos the wortd. lt is

imoortont thot we olt find out obout............... !

@ Ptog the gome. Find the iungte qnimqts!