My English Book 2 195 The black cat yawns, opens her jaws Stretches her legs and shows her claws. Then she gets up and stands on four Long stiff legs and yawns some more. Lifting herself on her delicate toes She arches her back as high as it goes. She lets herself down with particular care And pads away with her tail in the air. I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop. I told the little bird to stop, stop, stop. I went to the window to say 'How do you do?' He wagged his little tail and far away he flew! Listen and sing.
196 My English Book 2 A cat began to catch and kill the mice every day. The mice were worried. They called a meeting to discuss the problem. "Let's do something about the cat," the king of the mice said. "But how?" the other mice asked. All of them began to think. Then one mouse said, "We should tie a bell round his neck. So, whenever she comes towards us, the bell rings and we will run into our holes." All the mice became very happy to hear this. They began dancing with joy. But their joy was not long. An old mouse shouted, “Stop it and tell me, who’ll bell the cat? Who can bell the cat?” No mouse had the answer to this big question. Write short answers. a. Who killed the mice? Read and answer.
My English Book 2 197 b. Who were worried? c. What did they decide to tie around the cat's neck? d. Did they bell the cat? e. What question could they not answer? Draw a picture of an animal you like and write a paragraph.
198 My English Book 2 Word list active actor ambulance ankle assembly bakery balloon bank bark basket bath bathroom beans beaten rice beautiful bedtime bees begin behind bell belt beside black blanket bleat blue boating bookrack boots bottle break bright brinjal brown brush buffalo burrow bus station butterfly cabbage calendar camel camera camping candles carrot carry cartoon cattle cauliflower caw celebrate check chest chew chicken chocolate Christmas cinema clap claw clean cleanliness climb clock clothes cloud cloudy coat coins collect colour comb competition complete computer contain coo cook count cousin cricket crow cuckoo
My English Book 2 199 cupboard curtain cute cycle cycling dance dark decorate delicious desert diet different dig dining room dinner distribute doll downstairs dozen drama draw dresses dry dustbin duster early earth energy enjoy enough eraser events exchange excited exercise fair fall fan farm favourite feet fell fence festival flower fog foggy food footpath forehead forest forget friendly front fruits fun garbage garden gift gloves grass great green grocery ground guava guess guest hair hallway handkerchief happily happy hare hat headphone health healthy help helpful hip hit hive hold holes holiday hop horns hotel house
200 My English Book 2 housewife hum hungry idea images important indoor jacket jar jaw jug juice juicy jungle kangaroo key ring kind kitchen kite knee lab laptop leave library list litchi long lotus loud loving lunch box marigold market mason meal meat meeting menu mew mind minerals mobile money monsoon moo mountain mouse move music nails nearby neat necessary neck need nest nice niece night notebook objects ocean offer opposite orange ostrich outdoor pack packet padlocks painting pair pants papaya parents park parrot part party passage patient pear peppers perform perfume pet pet photo picture piece
My English Book 2 201 pilling pillow pineapple pink place plant plates playground pleasant plenty polish pond popular post postcard poster praise pray present pretty prize problem protect pumpkin put on puzzle quiet race rack radio radish rain rainy receive red regularly relatives rest return rhododendron ribbon rice pudding ride river robot rose round sad sand sandals sandwich scarfs schedule season seeds seller set shade shake shape sharpner sheep shell shirts shoes shop shopping shout shut sick sing singer sit down skirt skunk sleep slide smell smile snacks snail snow snowy soap socks sofa sometimes soup spare spend