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The Baby Elephant

This is a story about a baby elephant. The baby elephant is not happy. He says, “I do not like to work at the circus.  I do not want to do tricks for children. I want to run away”.  So he runs away. He comes to a forest and sees a brown bear. He says to the brown bear, “I want to live with you in the forest”.

“All right,” says the brown bear. “But you must get ready for the winter. You must find a hole in which you can sleep in winter.”

The baby elephant does not like to work. He does not want to look for a hole. So he goes away. He walks and walks. Then he sees a squirrel and says to him, “I want to live with you”.

“All right”, says the squirrel. “ But you must get ready for  the winter. You must get nuts for the winter”.

But the baby elephant says, “I do not want to get ready for the winter. I do not want to get nuts for the winter. I do not want to look for a hole. I do not want to live in the wood. I want to go home. And the baby elephant goes back to the circus.

story -պատմություն                                                                 find-գտնել

say -ասել                                                                                       hole-որջ

circus-  կրկես                                                                      to look for-փնտրել

to do tricks-  հնարքներ անել                                                  squirrel-սկյուռ

to run away   -փախչել               to get nuts for the winter-ընկույզ հայթայթել ձմռան համար

forest -անտառ                                                              to go back-վերեդառնալ

to get ready for the winter-պատրաստվել ձմռանը

 

Պատասխանեք հարցերին(answer the questions)

  1. Who is the story about?
  2. Why isn’t the baby elephant happy?
  3. Where does he want to live?
  4. Why does the baby elephant go back to the circus?
  5. What kind of elephant is he?(Մի քանի բառով ներկայացրեք, թե ինչպիսին է փոքրիկ փղիկը)
Short stories

The haunted house

Past tense(Անցյալ ժամանակաձև): V+ed(գործողությունը –ed վերջավորությամբ)-Regular verbs (կանոնավոր բայեր)-walked, shouted, looked, opened

Irregular verbs(անկանոն բայեր, որոնք կանոնի չեն ենթարկվում, պետք է սովորել)

go-went

have-had

run-ran

hear-heard

is-was

do-did

see-saw

are-were(arent-weren’t)

We walked through the forest on a dark, dark night. The thunder went BANG! Bob had a fright!
Bob ran through the trees as fast as he could, into a house at the edge of the wood.
We ran after Bob and into the hall. We shouted his name but heard nothing at all.
‘Bob!’
‘Bob!’
We looked in the kitchen and there was a snake, showing its fangs. What a noise we did
make.
‘Aargh!’
We looked in the bathroom. Do you know what we saw? Eight long legs in the bath, we
were glad there weren’t more!
We looked in the study and saw a hard shell. What was inside it? A turtle! Well, well!
We looked in the lab and there was a cat and there on the table a horrible rat.
‘Shut up!’
We looked here for hours and then we went home. We opened the door. There was Bob
with a bone

Words:

thunder-

have a fright-

run through-

the edge-

fang-

Match the word to the picture.

rat, cat, bone, fang, turtle, forest, bathroom, snake, hall, kitchen, house, tree.

Short stories

Lazy Houry(Անբան Հուռին)

…A fatty woman from a neighboring village… Don’t you remember her? She has got a daughter named Houry.

I have got a daughter, a modest, charming girl. She is working all day long. She cooks and bakes and sews. In short, she is as good as gold.

Keep on praising, don’t we know who she is? Just eats and sleeps all day long. How will you marry her off?

The one marries her, will not be sorry.

Poor man, who marries her. She is a total disaster.

So she marries a young man, who believes she is good at house work. But she has no wish to do anything.

One day her husband goes to work and gives cotton to comb and spin.

Now, my sweet Houry, I am off to work.

Now Houry has cotton in front of her, but doesn’t know what to do.

-What can I do? I will throw it under the black rock.

She throws the cotton  into the water and says to the frogs:

Now, comb and spin. I will come in few days, we will sell it and get rich.

In few days she goes for the cotton. She can’t find the cotton anywhere. Suddenly she finds gold in the water. She takes the gold and goes home. Her husband gathers everybody to show how happy he is.  Houry’s mother knows what’s the matter and starts to talk to a fly:

Welcome, welcome my dear aunt! My son-in-low will not judge me for your poor look.

Are you ok? Why are you calling this fly an aunt?

Oh, my son, this is my aunt. She used to work all day long. Now she is a fly.

She begins to cry.

Oh, don’t cry, I will not let my Houry work. As long as I live, she will not do anything. She will live like a queen.

Short stories

The Turnip(Պապն ու շաղգամը)

One day a grandfather plants a turnip.

The turnip grows bigger and bigger.

Grandfather wants to pull it out:

Grandfather: 1,2,3..it’s too big: grandmother, grandmother, come, help me please!

Grandmother: ok, grandfather, I am coming.

1,2,3… it’s too big: granddaughter, granddaughter, come, help me please!

Granddaughter: ok, grandmother, I am coming.

1,2,3…it’s too big: dog, dog, come, help me please.

Dog: Ok, granddaughter, I am coming.

1,2,3…it’s too big: Cat, cat, come, help me please!

Cat: Ok, dog, I am coming.

1,2,3…it’s too big: mouse, mouse, come, help me please!

Ok, cat, I am coming.

1,2,3… Oh, what a big turnip!

Short stories

Twins’ week

Twins

Preparation(Նախապատրաստվելու համար)

 

Twin’s Week(Սեզմեք հղումին, դիտեք զույգերի տեսաֆիլմը)

Kim and Ken are twins and they live at the zoo. Their father is the zookeeper. He has so many things to do.
On Mondays they take a shower, the hippos join the fun. Then watch TV with the fish, the week has just begun.
On Tuesdays they eat breakfast with the pandas and the frogs. And eat dinner in the evening with chimps and cats and dogs.
On Wednesdays they clean their teeth, the crocodile helps them brush. Then at night they ride their bikes, the rhino gives a push.
On Thursdays they play football, with parrots in the park. Then take a swim in the pool, the one without the shark!
On Fridays they do their homework, the octopus helps too. Then play some games with their friends and run around the zoo.
On Saturdays they go shopping, with the kangaroos. Then come home on a big, red bus and have a little snooze.
On Sundays they are very tired and sleep until it’s lunch. Then take a walk around the zoo and see the friendly bunch.

Բառերի արտասանությունը ստուգեք https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ հղումով:

 

Tasks(առաջադրանքներ)

Short stories

Goldilocks and the three bears

Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her name was Goldilocks. She
had golden hair.
One day Goldilocks was walking in the forest. She saw a house and
knocked on the door. She went inside. Nobody was there.
Goldilocks saw three bowls on the table. She was hungry.
‘This porridge is too hot! This porridge is too cold! This porridge is just right!’ Goldilocks ate all the
porridge.
Goldilocks was tired now. ‘This chair is too big! This chair is too big, too! This chair is just right!’ But the
chair broke!
Goldilocks was very tired. She went upstairs. ‘This bed is too hard! This bed is too soft! This bed is just
right!’
Soon, the bears came home.

Goldilocks woke up and saw the three bears. ‘Help!’ She ran downstairs and into the forest. She never
came back again.