Тексти для читання з англійської мови

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Apple Jam

    Polly,Molly and Dolly are three little girls. They live with their mother in a little house. Every day the girls' mother  works very much. But Polly, Molly and Dolly do not help her. They do not like to work.

    One morning the girls' mother says, '' I want yo make apple jam''. Polly says: ''That's good!'' Molly says, '' That's very good!'' And Dolly says, ''That's very, very good!''

     Then the girls' mother asks her daughters to go to the garden to bring apples for apple jam. But her daughters do not want to go to the garden. So the girls' mother goes to the garden herself.

      Then the girls' mother asks her daughters to go to the shop to bring sugar for apple jam. But her daughters do not want to go to the shop. So the girls' mother goes to the shop herself.

       When the apple jam is ready the girls say, '' The jam is good!The jam is very good! The jam is very, very good! We want to eat the apple jam''. But the girls' mother says, '' Those who do not work mustn't eat''.

A Clever Bird

   A little bird played under a tree. A big grey cat saw it.

   '' I must have that bird for my dinner'', the cat said. But the little bird was very clever. It saw the grey cat and flew up into the tree.

    ''Good morning, Little Bird,'' said the cat.

    ''Good morning, Grey Cat,'' said the bird from the tree.

    ''Good news!'' said the cat.

    ''Good news? What news? asked the bird.

    The cat said, ''Very good news! All the animals are now good friends! Come down from the tree! Let us play together!''

     But the little bird was very clever.

     ''Oh, yes! You are my friend. You like me and I like you. But from the tree I can see the village!''

     ''And what do you see in the village?" asked the cat.

     The bird said: " I see many dogs, and they are running here!"

     ''Oh, dogs!'', said the cat and wanted to run away.

     ''Don't run away!" said the bird. " The dogs know that all animals are friends''.

       " They are village dogs, not town dogs. They do not know the news,'' said the cat and ran away.

The Birds and the Frog

     The frog lived in a lake. She had two friends, two big birds. But the birds wanted to go to another lake.

         "My good friends, take me with you," said the frog.

         "Very well", said one of the birds. "Do you see this stick? I shall take one end, my friend will take the other end, and you must take the stick in your mouth in the middle. But you must not speak! Do not open your mouth!"

           So one bird took one end of the stick in the beak.

           Another bird took the other end. The frog took the stick in its  mouth in the middle.

            And they  flew to another lake.

            When they flew, they saw children in the field. And the children saw the birds too.

             "Oh, look!" they cried. "What is it? What are the birds carrying?Is it a big clock?"

             The frog opened its mouth and cried: "I am not a clock! I am a frog!"

              And the frog fell down to the ground!

           

Good Friends

     It was winter.It was cold. The forest, the field and the lake were white with snow.

     A rabbit had nothing to eat. So he went to the field to get something to eat. There he saw four carrots. He was very happy. He took the carrots and brought them home. He ate only two carrots because he wanted to give the other two to the goat.

      The rabbit took two carrots and went to the goat's house. The goat was not at home. The rabbit put the carrots on the table and went away.

       When the goat came home he saw the carrots on the table. He thought, ''Oh, what a good friend I have. I must be a good friend too. It's winter now. The rabbit has nothing to eat. I must help him".

        So he ate only one carrot, took the other and went to the rabbit's house.

        The rabbit wasn't at home. The goat put the carrot on the table and wrote a short letter:" Dear rabbit! This carrot is for you. Yours goat".

         When the rabbit came back home he saw the carrot and the letter on the table. He read the letter, ate the carrot and thought. "Oh, what a good friend I have!"

The Golden Apple

      Once there lived a king. He was very kind and funny. One day he said: " I have a golden apple. I shall give it to the man who will tell me the biggest lie.

       Many people came to that king. They told the king lies. All wanted to get the golden apple. But the king did not like the lies.

       "That is all very well, and it can be true," he said.

        One day a poor man came to the king. He said, " Oh king, give me back my gold."

        "What gold?" cried the king.

        " The gold whish I gave you last year. Did you forget about it?" said the poor man.

        " I did not take any gold from you. It is a lie!" cried the king.

        "If it is a lie," said the poor man, give me the golden apple."

The Fox and the Fish

         One day the fox saw a fish in the river and said "Hi ,Fish! Can you run?"

         "Yes, I can," said the fish.

         "You cannot run!" said the fox.

         "You are not right," said the fish. "I can prove it! Let us run to that tree. I shall run in the river  and you will run along the bank of the river."

          So they began to run. But the fish didn't run. It was very lazy. It told  its friend, another fish, about running, and that fish told its friend, and soon all the fish in the river knew about running. So, when the fox ran to the tree he asked, "Fish, are you there?" "Yes, I am here", answered the other fish. " I can run better than you! Good-bye, fox!"