SHORT STORY OF LA HILL

Elementary Stories for Reproduction


First Series
L. A. HILL











OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS


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Jack was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
One summer he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbours near his mother`s house. They had a pretty daughter, and Jack soon loved her very much.
He said to her, ‘My next voyage will begin in a few days’ time, Gloria. I love you, and I’ll marry you when I come back. I’ll think about you all the time, and I’ll write to you and send you a present from every port.’
Jack’s first port was Freetown in Africa, and he sent Gloria a parrot from there. It spoke five languages.
When Jack’s ship reached Australia, there was a letter from Gloria. It said, ‘Thank you for the parrot, Jack. It tasted much better than a chicken.’
Words outside the 1000: parrot, sailor

Why did Jack make long voyages?
Where did Gloria live?
Why did Jack think about Gloria all the time?
Where did Jack send Gloria the parrot from?
Where did Jack get Gloria’s letter about the parrot?
What did Gloria do to the parrot?

Which words in the story on page 4 mean the opposite of:

1. short
4. old
7. worse

2. last
3. little


3. ugly
6.wine



Write this story. Put one word in each empty place. You will find all the correct words in the story on page 4.
Freetown is a . . . . in West Africa. Jack and another . . . . from his ship went into a shop there and saw a beautiful bird. It was a red and grey . . . . and it . . . . ‘Hullo,’ to them. Jack said to his friend, ‘I’m going . . . . it to Gloria.
She’s the daughter of my mother’s . . . . It will be a nice . . . . for her,’ Then Jack and his friend . . . . a restaurant and ate . . . . and fried potatoes there. They . . . . very good.


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Fanny and Ethel worked in the same office, and, they were neighbours at home. Fanny was rather a careless girl, and he often lost things. Then she usually went to Ethel to borrow more from her.
Ethel was a kind girl, but she sometimes got tired of lending things to her friend.
One Saturday afternoon Fanny knocked at Ethel’s front door, and when Ethel came to open it, Fanny said to her, ‘Oh, hullo, Ethel. Please lend me a bag. I’ve lost mine. I’m going to the shops, and I feel very stupid when I haven’t got anything in my hand when I go out in the street.’
Ethel laughed and answered, ‘Well, Fanny, go down to the end of the garden. You’ll find a nice wheelbarrow in the shed there. Take that when you go down to the shops. Then you’ll have something in both of your hands.’
Word outside the 1000: wheelbarrow

Why did Fanny often lose things?
Why did Ethel lend things to Fanny?
Why didn’t Fanny want to go to the shops without a bag?
Why didn’t Ethel lend her a bag?
What did she want Fanny to take to the shops?
Did Fanny take it, do you think?

Which of these sentences are true? Write the correct ones down.
Ethel often borrowed things.
Fanny often borrowed things.
Ethel often lent things to Fanny.
Fanny often lent things to Ethel.
One day Ethel lost her bag.
One day Fanny lost her bag.
Fanny liked carrying something in her hand.
Fanny did not like carrying things.
There was a shed at the end of Ethel’s garden.
There was a shed at the end of Fanny’s garden.

Write this story, but do not put pictures: put words.

Ethel’s house is in a small . It has a small /
at the back, and there is a in it. Ethel keeps her

there. Ethel is a clever . She works in a .

This is Ethel. She is at the of her house, and she’s got a


in her left ? Because she is going to the .


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Dave married, and when his new wife saw the clothes in his cupboard, she said, ‘Dave, you have only got one good shirt. The others arc very old, and they’ve got holes in them. I’m going to buy you a new one this afternoon.’
Dave