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   READING                              

Words can hurt as bad as actions

There once was a little boy who often got angry and often hurt people. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he got angry, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day, the boy had put 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, he learned to control his anger. Now it was easier to hold his temper than to hammer those nails into the fence. The day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy should now pull out one nail every day when he was able to hold his temper.

 Days passed and the boy told his father that all the nails finished and no more left in the fence. The father took his son by the hand and come with him to the fence. He said, «You have done well, my son, but look at the fence. There are holes in it. The fence will never be the same or without holes. When you say things in anger, they leave a wound in heart. It is like (ніби) to put a knife in a man and take it out. It won’t matter how many times you say «I’m sorry». The wound is still there.

to hammer a nail- забити цвях

to hold one’s temper- стримувати емоції

the same- такий же a wound –рана

TASKS:

Chose the right answer:

1) The characters of the story are...

           A two brothers. C a father and his son.

            B friends. D a brother and sister.

                                              2) The boy in the story was...

                                       A friendly. B calm. C shy. D angry.

3) Why did he  hammer the nails?

           A He learned to control himself. C He helped his father.

           B He repaired the fence. D He learned  how to hammer nails.

  4) The father told the boy to pull the nails out of the fence and...

              A to hammer the nails into the door.

              B to make a new fence.

                         C to bring them.

                         D to compare holes from the nails with the wounds caused by anger.

TRUE or FALSE

1.       Little boy was angry and often hurt people.
2.       He helped his father to hammer nails.
3.       The boy put all nails in his fence.
4.       Father gave him 37 nails.
5.       He learned to control his temper.
6.       The boy took out one nail every day.
7.       The fence looked like a new one.
8.       Bad words and things in anger leave wound in heart.

KEYS: 1 c, 2d, 3a, 4d.     1) True   2) False    3) True   4) False   5) True   6) True  7) False  8) True