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Robert lived in o Jtot in c totl greg buitding in the middte oJ o big

city. When he looked out oJ his window, he could onty see more

to[[ greg buildings ond lots oJ roods cnd noisy trclJic. Sometimes,

this mode Robert Jee[ scd. He tihed wotching television progrommes

obout c[imbing mountains ond going to ptoces where there were

waterJo[ts, lohes and beautful beoches. He [oved reoding storles

obout ships thot soited ocross the seo ond obout peopte who lived on

stronge istonds or in other exc'Lting ploces.

'Whg must we live here in the citg?' he oshed his mother.

'Becouse mg jobcon hovi: a nice

lihe thot?'

'Oh yes!' Robert

ot the busg hospitol is here, Robert. But perhops we

hotidog in the countryside next summer. Would you

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Thot night, when Robert went to bed he thought obout goi.ng

on holiday. But then he remembered something. Last Uear, his

mother soid the some thing, but theg didn't go to the countrgside.Theg spent the summer qt home in the citg becouse theg didn'thove enough money to bug trqin tichets or stou in a hotel i.n thecountrgside.

On the school bus the next mornlng,wlndow ond sow o boot on the river

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Robert loohed through thein the midd[e oJ the city.

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'l'd [ihe to go on o boot or on o big ship one doy,' he thought. Then

he sow o troln on a bridge neor the city stotion. 'I'd like to go on o

Jost troln one dog,' he thought. Then he loohed up lnto the skg and

scw o ptone. 'l'd lihe to go on o plone one doy too. I'd [[he to looh

out oJ its wlndows ot the countrgside betow,' he thought.

When school Jinished, Robert didn't wont to go home by bus. He

decided to wolh. He wo[hed post the shoe Jactory, the chemist's andthen post the potice stotion ot the bottom oJ the hitt. Then he wo[hed

past the supermorhet ond the breod shop. But then he storted to Jeeltired, so he sot down Jor o minute on o wo[[ outside the post ojjice.

Then o stronge thing hcppened. A big bloch and white bird J[ewdownJrom the shy. It hod qn envetope Ln Lts beoh. It dropped the

envelope on Robert's Joot ond then Jlew awag ogain. Robert piched

the letter up. On the envelope, [t sold 'Reod me'. So Robert did!

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Robert opened the envelope. There wos o pi.ece oJ blue paper insidewlth some writing on it. Robert read it coreJutty.

'IJ gouJind me, go ond looh

in your bi.ggest, oldest booh.'

Robert coutdn't understond themessoge but he put the piece oJ

poper in his pocket.

When he got home he sat downand loohed ot the messoge ogoin.

'"In gour biggest, otdest booh",'he thought. 'Whot does thatmeon?'

Robert decided to tru something.He got o choir Jrom the hitchen

ond corrled it into the livingroom. Then he put the choir in

Jront oJ the boohcose and stoodwos ot the top oJ the boohccse.

It wos verg heovg.

on it. The biggest ond oldest boohRobert tooh it down Jrom the shetJ.

Robert opened it and c thinenvelope Je[[ out. Inside theenvelope wqs o [i.ttte booh. Itspoges were gettow becouse theywere so o[d, ond they had lots

oJ numbers on them. He jumpeddown ond ron boch into thekitchen to show the littte booh

to hls mother.

'Whot's this?' he oshed her.

His mother tooh the booh andopened it.

'It's the kind oJ book thot bonhs gove people o Long ti.me ogo,, she

soid. 'This person hqd lots oJ moneg [n the bonk. And [ooh! There's onome on the Jront. It sags "Helen B[rd". I don't believe it! Thot wqsmy grondmother's nomel I't[ go to the bonh tomorrow and show thisto Mr Ftog.'

When Robert's mother gqve the old booh to Mr Ftog the next dog,

he loohed ot it verg coreJullg, plched up his tetephone ond spohe tosomeone ln on excited hind oJ wog. Then he put the telephone downogoin. He hod o big smile on hls Jace.

'Wet[,' he so[d, 'gou must thank Uour son Jor Jinding this littte booh.Your grondmother lejt o[[ this moneU i.n our bonh Jor gou o long timeogo, but we didnt hnow that until now. Whot ore gou going to buywith it?'

Robert's mother smi.[ed. 'Something that Robert wants verg much.'

When Robert come home Jrom school loter thot cJternoon, he Joundo bigger envelope on the hitchen toble. 'Open it!' his mother said.

Insi.de the envetope were two ptone tichets ond two troin tichets ondtwo boot tichets!

'Robert, Mr Ftog ot the bonh soys we've got enough moneu now.

We're going to have o wonderJul holidog.'

'Becouse oJ gour grondmother's little booh?' Robert oshed.

'Yes,' his mother sa[d.

Robert loohed out oJ the wlndow at the skg. He coutdn't see the big

block ond white bird high tn the ctouds, but he hnew the bird wos

there.

Thonk gou! o C'=r-) 'And becouse oJ thebig btock ond whitebird!' Robert smiled.

'Whot do gou meon?'

his mother oshed.

'Thot's mg secret!'

Robert soid.

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Robert ond the three envelopes

@ New words for gou!Drow lines between gour new words ond the pictures.

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@ *not hoppened next?Put the pictures in the right order. Write 2-5 in the boxes.

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@ Con gou remember?Answer the questions. Use lr 2 or 3 words.

Exomple: Where does Robert livel

1 Did Robert go on hotidog lost geor?

2 Whot dropped o letter on Robert! footl

3 Did Robert find the old book ot home or

in the streetl

Wos Robert's mother hoppg, ongrg or sod

obout the book?

Con Robert ond his mother go on o hotidog

now?

@ Robert's honrre in the citgComplete the sentences. Write 2 words.Exomple: Robert's flot wos in the middle of o .....h!g.9itg..... .

t Robert could see lots of .......... from his window.2 Robert enjoged reoding obout ships ond people who lived in

3 Robert's mother worked ot o ...................... in the citg.4 Robert wonted to hove o ..........,........... in the countrgside

next summer.

5 Robert ond his mother courdnt stog in o hoter rost geor becouse thegdidnt hove

Which 3 things woutd gou like to do one dog?

@ Opposires!Find words on poge 20 thot hove opposite meonings to these.Exomple: smott .......b.i9.......

I boring 2 ugtg 3 quiet4 hoPPg 5 horribte

@ @"0 * Do some drawrng.Listen ond drow in the picture on pog. ZO.\

@ r'd tike ro ...Reod this port ofthe storg.

'I'd lihe to go on o boot or on q big ship onedog,' he thought. Then he sow q trqln on q.

bridge neor the city stqtion. ,l,d lihe to go onoJost troi.n one dog,, he thought. Then heloohed up into the shy qnd sow o ptane. ,l,d

[ihe to go on o plane one dog too.;

@ Find the differences.Look ot the pictureon poge 2l ondot this picture.Find 5 difierences.

@ nnother storg!Choose o word for eqch spoce.

Kotg sot down for q minute on o .....9h.9if..... outside the(l) .................. .Then o stronge thing hoppened.A smoll brownond white (2) .................. ron down the hitt. lt hqd o box in its(3) .................. . lt (4) the box on Kotg's foot qnd

then ron owog ogoin. Kotg picked the box up. On the box, it soid'(5) .................. me'. So Kotg did!

@ @to ''o Where sholl I put oll these letters?Listen ond drow [ines.

@ Robert's hotidog postcord!Choose the right word. Write it on the [ine.

We're hoving o ...9neot time! The food

Robert's ruckssckChoose 8 things for Robert.

here is much thon we hove ot

home! We 're stoging in o hotel next to

the ......'......'. woterfotl in the wortd'The

woter's verg ..............' !We went to the

bottom of the woterfoll in o """""""' boot

gesterdog. Evergone loughed becouse we

lot ,o ........'...... . I think the people here

ore ........'......' thon in London'The

weother's thon ot home too!

greot greoter greotest

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Hi!

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I'd tike to live here! See gou soon! Robert

Ptog the gome. Hotidqg shopping!Whot do gou wont to bug on holidog?

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