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NAUGHTY LEGS

Dumpty and I are lying on the grass. Dad is looking at us.

'It's time to get up,' he says. I get up. Now I'm standing, but my legs don't want to stand. They are shaking. I fall down on the grass. Dumpty is laughing.

'It's your turn now!' says Dad. Dumpty stops laughing. Now he gets up, but his legs are like mine.They start shaking, and he falls down too. He is laughing again.

‘Why are you laughing?' asks Dad. "You can't walk. It isn't funny.'

'But my legs don't listen to me,' laughs Dumpty.

'Of course, they don't. They haven't got any ears,' I say to Dumpty.

Dad looks at me, then at his legs. "I haven't got any ears on my legs, but I can walk,' he says.

It is interesting. I think and think. Suddenly I have an idea. 'It is because you listen to your legs,' I say. 'You walk when they want to walk.'

"Hmm,' says Dad. 'What about your legs? Don't they want to walk?'

Dumpty and I listen to our legs. 'No, they don't,' we say together.

But there are a lot of angry animals around us. If you can't run, they can catch and eat you.

How can they do it?' asks Dumpty. 'You are always with us.'

'Sometimes I sleep,' says Dad.

"Then there is Mum,” I say.

"She sometimes sleeps too”,says Dad.

“You can always do it in turn,” we say together 

Ex.1.

Answer the questions.

1. Where are the ostriches lying?
2. W hy does Humpty fall down on the grass?
3. Who has an idea?
4. What do the ostriches listen to?
5. Is it dangerous in Africa?
6. Who are always with children?
7. Have they got ears on their legs?

Ex. 2.

Complete the sentences.

1. But there are a lot of ____________  around us.
2. Now he ______ up, but his legs are like ______.
3. Dad is looking at _____.
4. I fall ______ on the grass.
5. I ________ got any ears on my legs.
6. ou can always do it _____ turn.
7. ‘Why are you ________?

Ex.3.

True or False.

1. Humpty falls on the grass.
2. Humpty and Dumpty are laughing.
3. Humpty and Dumpty can't stand.
4. Their legs are shaking because they are laughing.
5. Dad can walk because he has got ears on his legs.
6. Dumpty has an idea.
7. Angry animals can't catch you if you can run.