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Introducrion
Larry's Id
ea
1
2
Cha pter 1 We Meet S p
i
ro
2
Cha p
t
er 2
Our New Home
6
C
hapte
r 3
The R
ose-
Bee
tl
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Chapte
r
4
T
h
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10
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L ar
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Ha
s
Anot
h
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r
Id
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1
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pter 6 S
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s
1 5
Chapte
r 7
M
y
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hday
1 8
Cha
pt
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hootin
g
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Easy
21
Chapter 9
Larry's Nex
t
I dea
24
26
Chapter 10
Th
e M
a ge
npies
26
Cha
p
ter 1 1
A l
ecko
27
Chapter 1 2
B ird s ,
S n
a
k
es and a Party
31
The
R
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A ctivities
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Gerald Du
rr
e ll was
bo
rn in
1 92
5. His fam
il
y wenr
to
Corfu in
1 93
5 and s
ta
yed until
the
start o
f
World War 1 1 1
939
. After
th
e wa
r,
D
urr
ell
g
ot
his drea
m job -
workin
g
a
z
o
o. L a
t
er he
trave lled
t
o
man
y parts of
th
e wo
r
ld to find
animal
s and to m
ak
e
abo
ut
th
em. ln 1
9
59
h
e started his
ow
n
zo
o on the B
riti
sh
i
s
l
a
n
d
of
j
e
rs
ey
l
e
i
s c
a ll
e
d
D
u
rr
e
ll
W
ildli
fe
an
d
yo
u
ca
n
s
till
vi
s
i
r
it t
oda
y . lts main work
i
s to protect k. inds
of
ani
m
als tha
t m
ay die
out
.
D
urr
ell wrot
e
two m
o
re bo
o
ks
abo
ut his fa mily's s
ta
y
in
and
T I 1
e
He wrot
e
a
lo
t
o
f
bo
oks
ab
out w
or
k with
animals .
Hi
s broth
er L aw
r
ence
Durr
e
ll (
Larry in
this story
)
was a ls
o
a farno
us
writ
e
r.
Gerald
di
ed
in
1
9
95.
T
h
e Du
rr
ell
s , a
n En
g
lish family, go to live on the Greek is l
an
d
o
f Corfu. Gera l
d
, t
h
e younge s t son
,
is
a
bout ten y ears
o
ld. He is
i
n
t
e
r
este
d
pl
a
n
ts
a
n
d
animal
s
-
all
so
r
ts
of
a
nirnal
s.
" Th
e
r
e a
r
e
anim
a l
s
in
eve
ry
com
er of
th
e
hous
e,' says
his
br
o
ther La
r
ry. 'The
r
e's
dange
r at
an
y time
o
f the
d
ay
o
r ni
g
ht.'
The Du
rre
lls go to G
r
eece for the ir health and th
e
sun
,
and
they
m
eet
a
lot of inter
es
ting
p
eo
pl
e. They find th
a
t life the
r
e
i
s
very
ditf
e
r
ent f r
o
m
lif
e in E
n
gl and. Each pe
rso
n the famil
y ha s
diffe
r
ent i
d
eas
an
d
,
like
a
ny f
arnily, th
ey
o
ften d . i s a g
r
ee.
V V é
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After July ca rn e
th
e cold wind
s
and the grey
s
kie
s
of Augu
s
t
.
My
famiJ
y
h
a
d
thei
r
u
s
ual
illnes
s es
.
M
y
mo
th
e
r
a
nd
1
h
a
d bad
co
lds.
M
y
brothe
r L e
s
lie
h
ad a
proble
m
with his e
a
rs . M
y
sis
t
e
r
M
a
rg
o's
sp
ots
wer
e worse
th
an
ever
Only
m
y
o
ld es t
brother,
Larry
,
wa
s
healthy,
but
he found
t
he
r
es t
of
u
s
very
di
ff icult
t
o
live with.
'Wh
y do we
s
tay in Engl and
i
n
this w
eath
e
r?' he
as
k
e
d
Mother and loo
ki
ng older every day. '
'I'
m
n
ot
,'
Mo
th
e
r
r
epli e
d
S
h
e
w
as
r
e
adi
n
g
a
t
th
e
t
im
e.
'You Larry said
.
'We need suns
hin
e
...
a cou
ntry wh
e
r
e
w
e
ca
n g
r
ow
.'
'
Y
e
s
dear
, th
at's a good idea,' Mother an
sw
e
r
ed
,
not rea lly
lis
t
ening
'
Geo
r
ge says
Co
rf u 's wond
e
rful.
Wh
y
don'
t
w
e
g
o
t
here? '
'
l
f you li ke, dea r,' was importa nt to keep Larry happy
.
'When
?
'
as
k
e
d Larry with
s
u
rpri
se.
Mother realized her mi
s
take and put
clo
wn her book
.
'Perhap
s
you
ca
n go fi
rs
t and look at the
pl
ace,'
s
he
s
aid cl
e
ve
rl
y .
it
's
ni
ce, we can all
follow
'
Larry looked at her
.
'You s a id
th
at la st time
.
I w a i
t
ed
i
n Spain
fo
r
tw
o m
onths
a
n
d
y
o
u
didn
'
t
com
e.
No - w
e'
r
e
go
in
g
to
Gr
eece,
le
t's go t
o
ge
ther.'
'But l've only
ju
s
t bought
this
hous e
'
M
other answered
'Sell
i
t again then ' •
"T
ha
t's
s
tupid
, dea
r
,' s
aid
Mother 'I can'
t
d
o
tha
t
.'
So we sold the house a
nd
ran from
t
he
En
glish su
mm
er.
We tra
ve ll
ed by
t
rain with
our
clo
t
hes and our most impo
rtant
b
e
l
ong
i
n
gs:
Mo
rh e
r
s
c
oo
k
bo
ok
s ,
L es
li
e's
guns
,
s
omethin
g
fo
r
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fri
g
h
tened by t
h
e crowd. We co
u
ld
n
ot
un
ders tand a word of
Gree
k
.
'Can
'
t you
somethi
ng Larr
y?'
s h
e
a sk
e
d, pushin
g
aw
ay t
h
e
a
rms of a large drive r.
Then we heard a loud voice
a
bove the no
i
s e
. '
H
oy '
s
houted
th
e
vo
i
ce
.
'
W
h
y's
don
'
ts
yo
u
s have
s
om
e
on
es
w
h
o
ca
n
talk
s
y
our
own l anguage?'
W
e
turn
ed and saw
a
n
ol
d Amer
i
can ca
r.
Behind the
wh
eel
was a
sho
rt
,
fat
ma
n with a
bi
g
b
rown
fa ce. H
e lifted
him
s elf
ou
t
of th
e car a
nd
wa lk ed
t
oward us .
'
Y
ou wa
nt
s
so
m
eo
nes
wh
o can
talks yo
ur own
la
nguage,' he repea
t
ed, 'nots
t
hese crirnina
ls
. Ju
s
t
a minutes.'
H
e
s
h
o
uc
e
d
loudl
y in
Gree
k
un
ril
th
e
o
th
e
r
dr
i
ve
r
s
we
nt
back to cheir ca rs, waving t
h
e
i
r a
r
rns
a
nd clear
l
y unh
a
ppy.
Th
en
h
e
turn
ed to
us again.
'
Wh
eres
yous wan
ts to gos?'
h
e
a s
ked.
'We are looking,' Mother
a
id, 'for a villa
with
a b
a
th
-
r
oom,'
The
ma
n th
ough
t for a minute. 'B
a
thr
oo
rn s?
Y
ou wants a
ba
throoms?
Ge
t into the car.'
We cl imbed While we drove dangerou
s
l
y fa s t through the
narro
w
s
tr
eets, o
ur
dri
ver talked t
o
us . '
Y
ous
E
nglis h ?
E
ngl i
s
h
a lways w
an
ts b
athr
oorn
s
.
..
1 gets a b
a
throom
s
in my house
...
Spiro's my name - they a
lis ca
lls me Spiro Ame
ri
ca no because
li
ves in Ame
ri
ca ... e
i
ght years
C
hi
cag
o
.
. . That's where 1
l
ea
rnt m
y
go
ods
E
n
g
li
s
h
...
W
e
n
ts
t
h
e
r
e
for
g
oo
d
mon
eys
..
T
h
en
a
ftcr e
igh
t yea
r
s
1
says:
Spi
ro," l says,
y
ou
hav
es e
noug
h
moncy .. now." o o ; 1 comes backs to Greece ... brings c hi
s
car -
be v t on c h e i s l and
...
'
Wc d
rove a lo
ng a
littl
e white
r
oad
throug
h the
fields
an
d the
tr
ees to the top of a
an
d S
pir
o
s
udd
enl
y
s
to
pp
ed
the car. 'Theres y
ou
a
res,' he
s a i
d, pointing with a fa t
fin
ge
r
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m
e
.
Togeth
e
r
, Roger and
w
a J k
e
d a nd pl
a y e
d.
H
e was a p
e
r
fect
fr i
e
nd
fo
r a n adventur
e
. H
e wa t
c
h
e
d
w
hen I fe
ll
and l a ugh
e
d
w
h
e
n 1 s t
oo
d up
a ga
in
H
e sa t
qui
e
tl
y whiJe l
w
at
c
h
e
d a
ne
w
ins ec t.
l
f s
p
ent
t
oo
l
o
n
g in o
n
e
pl
ace,
h
e
l
ay d
ow
n i n
c
he
s ha dows and s l
e
pt.
R
oge
r
a
nd
r
m
e
t
a
l
o
t
o
f
pe
o
p
l
e.
On
e
of
c
h
e
s
tran
ge s
t
a
nd
m
os
t int
e
r
es
ting was the Rose-beet 1 e Man. I fi rs t saw h
i
m on a
hi
gh
,
e
mp
ty
road,
c
arr
y
in
g bags of vege
t
ab
l
es a nd boxes of
c
hi
ckens on h
i
s ba ck. With one hand he p l
aye
d a
pip
e a
n
d
the oth
e
r he h
e
ld p ieces o
f
s
trin
g
On
the
e
nd o
f
ea ch p
i
ece
of
s tring wa s
a
rose-beet1 e, gold
a
nd green in che s
un
These
beetl
es
f l
e
w nois
il
y round hi s h
a
t , tryi ng to esca p
e fr
om the
s
trin
gs
.
Wh
e
n he saw us , th e Rose-beetle
M
an sto
pp
e
d
w
ith a jump
and
lift
ed
hi s h
a
t. H
e s m i
l
e
d , t
o
u
c
h
ed
h
i
s
p
oc
kets a nd
th
en
m
oved a fi nge r
a
nd th
u
mb
togeth
e
r
l
r
e
a li
zed that he
wa
n
t
ed
money and that he coul d not sp
ea
k
S
o
,
in
t
he mí
dd J
e
of
the
roa d , I ta lk
e
d a nd he u
se
d
h
is face and hi s
bod
y to
r
e
ply. l
asked a
bo
ut the beetles.
H
e pointed a t
th
e sky and held
hi
s
arm
s
out
.
Ae
r
op
l
ane, of
co
u
rse . H
e pointed at
th
e bee
tles, the
n
a
t me to show 'childr
e
n',
a
nd
wa
v
e
d the beetles ro und hi s
h
ea
d
.
The m
a
n
sa
t c lown a t the s ide o
f
the ro
a
d
a
nd op
e
n
e
d on
e of
his bags. I n s ide
w
e
r
e s
i
x small to
r
tois es
.
My fa vourite was quite
sm a
l l w
ith bright eyes a
n
d a bea utifuJ col ou
r
as ked about the
pr
i
ce
.
T
h
e
R
ose-
b
ee
tl
e
M
an
s h
ow
e
d
m
e
t
e
n
f in
g
e
r
s ,
but
knew
Gr
eek co
untr
y
ways n
ow a
n
d
s
h
ow
ed him rwo.
H
e
s how
e
d me
nin
e fingers; 1 s how
e
d th
r
ee.
H
e thought with
cl
os
ed
e
yes and th
e
n showed me six. 1 off
e
r
e
d five . Roger
l ook
e
d bored. The man th
ou
ght for a minute.
T
h
e
n he gave
me the tortoise.
We na
m
ed
th
e torto
i
se Ac
hilles .
Af
te
r a
f
ew weeks
w
e put
him
o
ut
i
n
c h
e
g
ard
e
n
,
bue
h
e
aJwa
ys
ca
rn
e
t
o
u
s
w
he
n
w
e
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So, for the r
es t of
that su
mm
er and the
w
arm
w
e
t
wi
nt
e
r th
a
t
fo
ll
owed
,
S
p
iro
drov
e me into town every
wee
k and 1
h
ad te
a
with
Th
e
odore .
If
We
wa
lked s ilently down the then Theod
o
re shook
m
y
h
and
an
d
sa
id
go
odbye. He
was
, to
m
e,
a
very
importan
t pe
rso
n
.
H
e knew
a lo
t
,
a nd w
h
en
h
e
s
p
o
ke
t
o
m
e l did n
o
t feel
lik
e
a
c
h
ild.
i
ked him for that.
r
an to
t
ell my family ab
o
u
t
my con
v
e
r
s
a ti
on
1 wanted to see
T
h
eodore ag
a i
n and
to
a sk him ot
h
e
r
qu
es
ti
o
n s,
b
ut
1
was n
o
t
h
op
e
fu
l.
1
w
a
s
wron
g
b
ecau
se two day
s
l
a
t
e
r
L
e
s
li
e
br
o
u
ght
a
s
mall
pa
c
k
et
ba c
k f rorn tow
n
'
I m
et your fr
i
e
nd,' h
e
s a
i
d
"T
his is
for
you.'
[
looked
a
t
th
e
packe
t in
s
urpri
s
e
a
nd
the
n
1
ope
ne
d it
quickl
y
l
n s
id
e
wa
s
a
box
an
d
a
l ette
r
'A h ha
,' h
e sa i
d
, 'yes
u
m
..
. yes.' He
lif
t
e
d
th
e
do
o
r
w
ith a small
pocke
t-knif
e
, l
oo
k
e
d ins
id
e and th
e
n e
t
the
doo
r
fa ll. 'Y
es
,
thi
s is
a
s
pid
e
r
s h
om
e , bur it's empty
The spider
us
uall
y hides ins
i
de and h
old
s th
e
< loor
wit
h her
l
egs
.
When
an
in
sect
wa
lks
p
a
s
t, the spider
op
ens the do
o
r and ca tches
it
.'
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e t
T
en
1 6
her
babi
es still on
h
er
b
a ck ,
th
e fema le
s
corpi
o
n c
lim
bed
o
ut
and
w
a
lk
ed on to
L
arry'
s
hand.
L arr
y fe
lt
a moveme
nt
a
nd
looke
d
down
T
h
en
h
e
screarne
d.
L u
gar
et
z
ia dropped
a
pl
a
c e
a
nd Ro
ge
r
ra
n out from under the
t
a
b
l
e .
Larry shook
hi
s h
a
nd and
th
e
scor
pi
o
n l
and
ed on the ta
b
le
b
e tween M
ar
go
a
nd L es
li
e. T
h
e
ba
bie
s
fe
ll
off
as s
he l
a
nded ,
a
nd
they
w
ent eve
rywh
e
re . Th
e
scorpio
n was
n
ow
a
ngry and
ra
n
towa
rd
s L
es
l
i
e
.
He jumpe
d
up
, knoc
k
ed his chair
ov
er, and the
s c
orpion
r
an the
o
ther way towa
r
ds Ma
r
g
o
S
h
e sc
r
eame
d
.
Whil
e
Mot
h
er
put
o
n
her
glasses to see wha
t
the pr
obl
em wa s , Marg
o
thr
ew
a g
la ss
o
f
wa
ter
a
t
th
e s
cor
pion
. Th
e
wat
er hit M
oth
e
r
By
this time
th
e
sco
rpion
wa
s
und
er L es
li
es pi
a
re
an
d t
h
e b
abi
es
w
e
r
e
run
n
i
n
g
ev
e
rywh
e
r
e
.
'I
t
's that boy aga
in
' s
ho
uted Larry
'Be ca
r
eful. Th
ey
'
r
e c
o
ming ' s
cr
eamed Ma
rg
o.
'We n
ee
d
a
bo
o
k
,'
cried Le
sli
e
.
'Hit
the
m with
a book
'
'
What
'
s happ
e
ning?
'
as
ked Mother.
'
One
'
s
comi
n
g towa
r
ds me
...
'
Ro
g
er th
o
u
g
ht
tha
t
we
wer
e in da
n
ger. S ince Lu
g
aretzia was
th
e
o
nl
y
s
t
ran
g
e
r in
th
e
r
oo
m
h
e bit
h
e
r
on
t
h
e
l
eg
Th
a
t
did
n
ot
he
lp much.
W
h
en
everyon
e was
a
litcle calrner
a ga
in
,
all
th
e
babi
es
wer
e
hidin
g
und
er pla
t
es
, knive s an
d spoo
ns .
S
i
nce
Moth
er
agr
eed
with m
e tha
t th
ey musr n
o
t
die , the fa
mil
y
l
efi the
r
oom I spent
half
an
hour with
a s
po
on, picking thern up one
b
y one and
carr
yi
ng them b
a
ck to the ga
rd
en wall.
After this,
L ar
ry c
a
r
efully
op
ened
matc
h
box
e s with
a hand
-
k
e
r
c
hi
ef
ro
und
his
h
a
nd
L u
ga r
e
t
zia
show
ed
us
her
l
eg every
mornin
g, and
Moth
er
d
e
c
i
d
ed
tha
t I
ha
d
t
o
s
tart
les so
n
s agai
n
.
G
e
or
ge was
no
t
o
n
th
e i
s
l
an
d
a
t
the tim
e
a
nd ir
was
not easy
t
o
6nd another teache
r
, so s he as ked a B elgian to teach me
F
r
e
n
ch
.
He was a
ni
ce man w
ith
a s
m
a ll
b
eard and a wo
nd
erfuJ
t
ac
h
e
.
1
did
n
o
t
l
e
a
rn
a n
y
F
ren
c
h
,
but
a
t th
e
e
nd
of th
e
mornín
g
I
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S pring turn
e
d into l ong,
ho
t summer and the fields
t
urn
e
d
brown . T
here was
jui
cy fruir on
th
e trees.
Th
e sea wa
s
calm
and dark and you could see
th
e coas t of Albania a cross
th
e
wate
r
.
P
e
t
e
r
ca
rn e from Oxford to tea ch
m e
. He was a tall, good
-
looking y
ou
ng man with s erious id
e
as
about
s tudying. This was
a
prob
l
e
m
fo
r
m
e
a
t
fir
st but
a
ft
e
r a
fe
w
wee
ks
in
th
e
s
un
h
e
bec
am
e w
arm
er and l
ess se
r
iou
s
.
He
want
ed me
t
o write s orne-
thin
g
eve
ry
d
ay to pra
c
tise my English 1 d
eci
d
e
d to
wri
te a b
oo
k.
Every morning 1 s p
e
nt
a
n hour on my s tory It wa
s
about a
journey round the world with my fami ly, a nd we met every
p
os s
ib l e kind of anima l
.
One day a big ca t j
ump
e
d down on
M oth
e
r;
th
e
nex
t day
L
a
rry fought a da
n
ge rous snake. S orn e-
ti
m
es it was
d
i
ff i
c
ult
t
o save every
p
e
r
s
on in
m
y
fa
mil
y
a
t
th
e
e
nd
of
th
e
hour
While 1
wro
te, P
e
ter and Ma
r
go walk
e
d in the gard
e
n togeth
er
an
d look
e
d
a
t the flowers . From ti
m
e
t
o time P
e
t
er fe
l
t bad a
bout
t
h i s and tr
i
e
d
t
o
t
o
m
e about
nu
mb
e
rs , but this did not
happen of ten
b
ec ause
Mar
go got
m
ore and
mor
e
int
er
es t
ed in
flow
ers.
summ
er c
ontinu
e
d, we u
s e
d our little
boa
t to vi s it a lot o
f
small
i
s
lands n
e
ar the co
as
t. But while 1
fi s
h
e
d and s tudi
e
d the
s e
a
pla
n
ts and a
nimal
s, the
farnil
y
s
oon got bor
e
d. My
birthda
y was
n
ear and
1
decid ed that wanted a b
oat.
J waited fo r a good time
to s
p
eak to L
es
lie.
'Wha
t woul d you li ke to give
me
for my b
irt
h
da
y?'
J
as
k
e
d.
was very bored so
1
en
joye
d
m
y a
ft
ernoo
n
s in
th
e
co
untry
mor
e
tha
n
bef ore.
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the
gro
und
w
as
w
et
,
and Larry said that
word
s
wer
e e
no
u
g
h;
h
e
did not
h
ave to
any
thi
n
g. We did not li
s
ten to hi
m
L
arr
y
ca
rri
e
d L
es
l ie's
gu
n
, a
nd
h
e lifted it and s
ho
t
a
t
th
e f irs t
b
ird
h
e
saw
'It's a good i
de
a to put a
bul le
t in
th
e gu
n
,'
s a id Les lie with a
smile
'
I
thought did
th
at
,'
L arry an
s
wered
.
He put bullets
i
nto
t
h
e
g
un.
L a
r
ry wa
s walkin
g
n
ear a
sh
a llow pool w
h
en
anoth
er
bir
d tlew
out. H
e
sho
t
a
t it and
th
e
gu
n hit hi
s s
h
ou
l
d
e
r H
e fell b
ac
k into
th
e p
ool, a
nd
th
e bird
tl
ew a wa
y.
t
oo
k
h
alf
a
n
ho
u
r
to pull mm
out
b
ecause the mud at the bottom of the poo
l
c
am
e up to
h
i
s
s
ho
uld
er
s
.
'
Ar
e you ali
ri
ght?' a
s
ked Margo.
Tm f ine,' s aid L arry
.
'l'm re
a ll
y enJoymg
m
yself My back
hur
ts , m
y sh
o
ulder hu
rts , I
'm
ge
tting
a
c
o
ld
, a
nd
m
y
s
hoes are
a
t
th
e
bo
tt
o
m
o
f
th
a t
mud.'
Wh
e
n we
ar
rived home
,
L
arry
told Luga retzia
to
m
ake a big
fue in
hi
s room and
h
e we
nt to
b
e
d with three bottles o
f
win
e
.
Aft
e
r
a
f
e
w
hour
s
h
e was
s
i
n
g
in
g
h
a
ppil
y
.
'
H
e 's
ha
d too much to drink,'
s
a id
Marg
o
a f te
r
a
vi
s
it to his
r
oom.
Moth
er
went
up
stairs .
L a
rry loo
ke
d at
he
r
'W
ho
a
re you ? ' he
as
ked
,
and f
e
ll
a
s leep.
Ea
rly the next morning Margo
ra
n
in
to Mother's roo
m
"
The
ho
u
se
is
on
fi
re
,' s
h
e
shout
ed
Mother jumped out of bed '
W
ake Gerry up '
L
es l
ie and
1 ra
n out
o
f
o
ur
roo
ms
. 'Wh
a t
's
hap
p
eni
ng?
'
L e s li
e
as
k
ed.
'F ire Larry's on fue ' Margo shouted in
his
ear.
L a
rry
was a s leep in a room full
of
s
m
oke. Mo
th
er s
h
ook him
.
'Wa
k
e u
p
, Lar
ry Wake up '
L
a
rr
y
s
a
t
up
.
'
Wh
a
t
's
th
e
pro
bl
e
m
?
'
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24
Sprin
g c
arn
e
again
The fa
mil
y
a
te,
s l
ept
, rea
d
an
d talk
e
d
.
O
n
ce
a
week Spiro broug
ht
o
ur
pos t to
u
s a
n
d we r
ea
d o
u
r l
e
tt
e
rs to t
h
e
oth
ers
.
'Au
nt
Hermio
n
e w
an
ts to
c
o
m
e here,' Mo
th
e
r s a id.
'She
th
ink
s th
at
th
e warm wea t
h
er will be good for her
h
ea
l
t
h
.'
'No,
n
o
' cried
Larry '
Not L u
ga r
et
zia 's mo
uth
Au
nt
He
rmion
e
Tell
her
th
a t
th
e
r
e's no
roo
m he
r
e
.'
'But I
tol
d
h
er that we had a
b
i
g villa
,
dear
,'
s aid Mother.
'We'
v
e got to move
,'
s aid
Larr
y. '
It
's
th
e only
answ
er
.'
'
M
ove
wh
e
re
?'
a sk
ed
Moth
er
'To a s
m
aller
villa
. T
h
en
sh
e c
an'
t c
om
e.'
'But
w
e c
an'
t c
ha
nge vi llas
a l 1 th
e time.'
'It's a good i
de
a,' said L es li
e
.
'lt's v
e
ry s e
n
s ibl e,'
M
arg
o
agreed
So we mov
e
d house again.
Larr
y's
'T
h
e
room
's on f ire,
d
ear
.'
'We U
,
put
wat
er
o
n it
,'
Larry
s
aid he
l
pfuU
y.
'
Mar
go, you find
a
l
ar
ge pot ... '
Larry s tayed in bed a
nd
gave
u
s ord
e
rs .
Whe
n
t
he f ire was out,
th
e room was full o
f
s
rn
oke, b
urn
t wood, water and
e
mpty
bottles
.
'There you are,'
s
aid L arry. 'Ea
s
y
Ca
n
s
omeone bring
m
e a
cup of te
a? l
'
v
e
go
t a
ba
d
h
ea da c
h
e
,
'
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This seem ed s ens ibl
e.
knew tha t you co
u
ld not l eave an
E
n
gli
sh pris on
fo
r the
w
eeken
d
,
b
ut this was Corfu.
w
anted to
ask
wh
y he was
i
n prison, but not think of a polite way to
d
o it. Th
e
n we arri
ve
d at hi
s b
oa t. The
r
e was a very
l
a
r
ge bird on
it
1 to
uc
h
ed
i
t
wi
th
m
y b
a
nd
.
'
B
e
ca
r
e
ful
,
h
e
bi
t
es/
th
e
m
an
s
aid
qui
c
kl
y,
but
t
h
e bird
d
id
no
th
in g
'
He likes you ' the man said, s urpris ed.
'
You ca n have him
if y
o
u
wa
nt.
H
e ea
t
s
a lo
r
a
nd
h
e
b
ites the other pr
i so
ne
r
s.'
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The
ho
use was
bu
sy.
F
arme
r
s arrive d with
b
ags
o
f fruir
, vege
t-
a
bles
an
d c
hi
c
k
en
s .
M
arg
o
la
y on
th
e
di
ni
n
g-
roo
rn fl
o
or
a
nd
mad
e
l
a
r
ge
p
i
c
ru
r
es
o
n
bro
w
n
p
a
p
e
r
L
es
li
e
s
t
oo
d in
th
e
m.
iddl
e
of
pi
eces
o
f furnitu
r
e, trying
t
o dec
id
e w
h
e
r
e
t
o put
th
e
m
M
o
ther cooked in the kitchen
wi
th the help
of tw
o local
g
irl s
.
1
we
n
t
from
ro
om
t
o
roo
m and he l
p
ed
if
I could
Upstairs i
n
his
be
dr
o
om L
a
rry was a s lee
p
T
h
e family was
ge
tting
r
ea
d
y for
a
party.
When che day arri
ved,
I found
th
a t so
rn
e of
m
y s na
k
es in
th
e
p
oo
l
o
u
ts
i
d
e
wer
e
kill
i
n
g
th
e
fi s
h.
[
m
ove
d
th
e
s
n
a
k
es to
a
l
ar
ge tin. A l
ittl
e
late
r
1 not
i
ce
d
tha
t the tin
was
in the
s
un
a
nd
the sn
a
k
es
we
re
l
ying
o
n rhe t
o
p of the
wat
er with
o
ut
m
ov
i
n
g
T
h
ey
look
ed
d
ead.
1
ran into the
hou
se with them
Th
e
onl
y way to
sav
e
t
he
m
,
[
ex
plain
ed
t
o M
o
the
r,
w
as
to put
th
em in
a
c
ol
d
bath
M
oth
er
agr
eed and
th
e
sna
kes
soo
n
l
ook
ed berte
r,
1
lefi t
h
e
m
the
r
e and we
nt
o
uts ide a
ga i
n
to
look ar
the
tabl
es
.
In the middle
of
a
b
ea utifuJ
d
is h
of
food
s a t
t
h
e Mage
np
ies.
The
r
e we
r
e
kni
ves and fo
r
ks everywhe
r
e
, a
nd
bottl
es
o
f
b
eer
lay in pieces
o
n
th
e ground.
On
e of
th
e bi
r
ds walked s
lo
wly
to
wards me w
it
h a
flow
er in
hi
s mouth and fe ll
o
ff
th
e table.
They were both o
f
b
ee
r.
M
oth
e
r carne
o
ut.
Aft
e
r
a
f
ew
a
ngry
wor
ds
s
h
e was
c
al
m
e
r
.
'
Ye s 1 d
o
' 1 sa
i
d
'
He killed his wife,'
'
A M
o
ther crie
d
.
'
And
h
e
wa
lks round in t
h
e
fiel
d s .
Ger
ry,
yo
u
rnu
st
n
't
go fuhing
with
h
im.'
In the end s
h
e a
g
reed tha
t
1 could
g
o ifL
eslie ca rne and l
oo
k
ed
a
t the man firs t
.
So after the
n
ext da y's
fis
hing 1
ha
d
pl
e
n
ty of
fo
o
d for
A J
ec
k
o
.
j\1y
my
'
Yo
u
mus
t
cl
ose
the
ir cage,
dea r We ll, I c
an't
reall
y
b
e angry
wi
th
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b
ath
sn
a
k
es.'
3
t
hem they've drunk
too
mu
ch. They don't know what they're
doing.'
1 took the Magenp ies ba ck
t
o the ir cage and o
f
course A lecko
was
not
the
re e
ither 1
hop
e
d
th
at he was on the beach and that
he p
l
ann
e
d to
s
tay
the
re.
The
f ir
st v
i
s itors arri
ve
d. L
es li
e carne out o
f t
he trees after a
f
ew hours o
f
shooting and we
nt into
the house.
S
uddenly
t
here
was a shou
t
.
'What's
th
e matter with
L
es lie?' a
s
ked Mo
th
e
r
H
e arr
i
ved in the ga rden
w
ear
i
ng
onl
y a
s
mall to
w
e l.
Th
e
visitor
s l
ooked at him
'
W
h
a
t
's
th
e
m
a
tt
e
r
d
ea
r
?'
Mot
h
e
r
as
k
e
d
.
'
S
n
akes
' shou
t
e
d
L
es li
e . '
T
h
e i
s o
f
'Why don't you put
s
orne clothes
on,
dea r
. . .
'
'Grea t big
s
nakes ... '
'
I
agreed
th
at G
er
ry
c
ould put
th
em
th
ere, dear. I 'm
sor
ry.
They were ve ry
s
i
c
k
.' Mot
h
e
r
tu
rn
e
d to
th
e
vis
itor
s
to
e
xp
l
ain.
'Really
,
Moth
e
r
'
s
ai
d L
a
rry.
'Don 't yo s
t
art,' said Mother. 'Les lie was the one in the bath
with the snakes, not you .'
I going to ha ve a bath or not? '
L
es lie
as
ked.
'All
r
i
g
ht
,' sa
id
Mother. 'Gerry,
t
ak
e
th
e
snak
es out of
th
e
ba
th
an
d
p
ut
the
m
i
n a pot or
somet
hi
n
g.'
'
O
uts ide
' Les lie
s
houted.
'Don't
s
hout
,
de
ar,
don't
s
hout '
Wh
en 1 re
tu
rned to the garden
,
Larry
was
exp
l
aining
e
v
e
rything to
th
e v
is
it
ors .
'Th
er
e are
animals
in every
c
om
e
r
of
th
e h
ous e,' h
e
w
a
s
s a
yin
g.
" Ther
e are
d
a
n
ge
ro
u
s
s corpions
an
d
wil
d
rnagpi
es
. Ther
e's
d
anger at
an
y
tim
e
o
f
th
e
da
y or
nig
ht.
.
.'
'
W
e
ll
,'
s
aid
M
other qu
i
c
kl
y,
'
l
un
c
h
i
s
r
e
ad
y.'
Wh
en
w
e
l
eft Swítze
rland,
a
m
an carn e to
lo
ok
at
our pass-
Everyone sat down
h
appily . Th
e
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í
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ports. He gave them back
to
M
other
wíth
a p
í
ece o
f
p
a
per
M
other read it. '
Loo
k
a
t th
is
'
s
he
sa
i
d angr
il
y .
L arry
I
ooked
at the p
a
per
a
nd l
a
ughed.
On
the paper, under
o f
w
ere the words:
T
h
e
train
c
ontinu
ed tow
a
rds En
gl
and.
3 4
I
n the end
Moth
er
r
e
ali
zed
tha
t 1
need
ed so
rn
e
r
eal
l
es
s
ons.
S
h
e
dec
i
d
ed to t
ak
e
us bac
k to
Eng and
T
h
e
fa mil
y was
h
a
ppy, bu
t one
day we said goodbye to o
ur
fríends
a
nd
l
eft the
v
illa .
Whe
n
we arrived
a
t the
s
hip, Sp
ir
o
s
hook ou
r
hands with
out
spea
king. T
h
en
h
e
s
to
o
d a
n
d
look
ed at
us .
'
W
ells, goodby es ,'
h
e
s
aid
,
and
h
e
s
tarted to cry. '
I d
idn't w
an
ts to c
r
y,'
h
e
s aid,
'but
lik
es my familys.'
We clímbed on
t
o
t
he
s
h
i
p
a
nd
s
t
art
e
d
a
cro
ss
the s ea . Corfu
s
lowly di
sa
ppeared
a
nd we were ve ry
sa
d
W
e s a t
s
ile
ntl
y
i
n
the rr
a
in w
hil
e it crossed
I
taly
a
nd Swit
ze
rl
a
nd Above our
h
eads
the
M
agenpíes
talk
ed
a
nd A l
ec
ko
s c
re
am
ed
Roger
l
ay
a
t our
e
t
.
and jump
e
d out of th
ei
r
ch
a i
r
s .
·
'Oh d
e
ar
,
now what
's
happ
e
n
e
d?'
M
oth
e
r ask
e
d
'I t's
prob
ably
sco
rpion
s
again,'
Larr
y
s
aid
T
he only p
e
r
s
on who was brave enough to
l
ook und
e
r the
t
a
bl
e was Th
e
odore. 'Ah '
h
e s a id 'It
see
ms
t
o be a l arge
b
l
ac
k
and whit
e bírd
.'
'G
err
y ,
catch
that
bírd '
L
ar
r
y or
de
red
"
Th
e soup
'
s
ge
tti
n
g
c
o
l
d.'
A lecko was
no
t
happ
y .
1
fo u
g
ht
wí
th
hi
m
un
d
e
r t
h
e tab l
e,
and
wh
e
n he was b
ac
k in
h
i s cage I was ho
t
and t
í
red .
We
a
te
an
d we
dr
ank.
Afi:
er th
a
t
the v
is
itor
s
were
too
fuU t
o
d
o
a
nyth
i
n
g
but
l
i
e
a
nd
r
es
t
i
n
t
h
e
ga
r
d
e
n
.
T
ea was
an
o
t
h
e
r
wonderful mea
l
,
a
nd then
w
e l
a
y on t
h
e
gr
ass again
a
nd n í
g
ht
fell .
Th
e sky was soft
a
nd
bl
ac
k.
The
s
me
ll o
f
th
e
tl
owe
r
s was
be
a
utífu
J.
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Before you read
1
a
d
f
Wh leyou read
a
Part
1 Chapte
rs
1 2
d
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Before you read
W
hil
e you read
1 2
(
.1)
f
Part 2 Chapters
6 7
f
j
k
After you read
Student A:
Student
38
Before you read
While you read
d
Part
1
Chapt
e
rs 3-5
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b
f
After you read
h
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Part 3 Chapters 10-11
Before you read
1 9
be:
Wh
le you read
a
larry
f
Mrs Durrel/: a) .. . ..
b) ..... d) ....
e) .. . ..
Leslie: f) .....
Mrs Durrell:
Larry: g)
..
...
h) .. .
.. (i) .....
Mrs Durrel/: j) ..
18
a
4
f
be
Part 2 Chapters 8
Be
are
yo
u read
15
Whileyou read
16
k
After you read
13
14
d
Afteryou read
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My
Famlly
and O
t
her
Ani
mal
s
4
Before you read
While
yo
u read
Studen
t
Student
Student
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beetle
(n ) a
n i
n
s
ect wit
h
a har
d s
hin
y ba
ck
bullet
(n ) a s
mall p
iec
e of m
e
tal t
ha
t
s
hoots out of
a
gun
cab (
n
) a taxi
cage
(n )
a th
ing
for
k
ee
ping
an
a
nim
a
l or
b
ird
i
n
insect (n ) a srnall living thing with six legs
Madame (n) The Fr
e
n
c
h word for or
magpie (n ) a b
lac
k and wh
it
e bird with a long
tail
microscope (n ) a
t
hing
t
hat s c ientists use to look at very sma
ll
r
h
i
n
gs
mud (
n
) ve ry wet earth
pigeon
(n ) a
grey
b
ird
rha
t
of
t
e
n
lives
in
c
i
r
ies
rose
beetle (n ) a beerle thar often eats the l
e
aves of rose p l an ts
scorpion
(
n) a s m all animal with e
i
ght
l
egs and a dange
ro
us sha rp
t
ai
l
snake (n ) a long
t
hin animal w
it
h no legs
spider (n) a small animal w rh eighr legs
t
har c
atc
he s and eats insects
spot
(
n) a small red poin t on a p
e
r
son's skin
streetlamp
(n
) a tal
m e
tal t
h
i
n
g with
a
light
a
t the top
fo
r
li
ghring
a
s
treet
st rng
(n ) s
om
erh
i
n
g
rha
t we
u
s e to tic around things
tortoise (n) a s
l
ow-
r novi
ng
anim
al
tha
r can put
i
ts head and
l
egs ins
i
de
irs hard cover
villa
(
n
) a h
ouse with
a
ga
rden
,
ofte
n
use
d
fo
r
h
o
li
day
s
zoo
(n ) a place
w
he
r
e wiJd
an
imals a
r
e k
ep
t fo r peop
l
e
t
o
s
ee
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