RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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Cat alarm
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Once upon a time, the mice had a meeting to think
up some ways to outsmart their enemy—the cat. Many
different ideas were suggested and discussed.
Finally, one young mouse said, ‘Listen everyone, I have
the perfect answer to our problem’. All the mice pricked
up their ears to listen.
‘Our main worry is that the cat sneaks up on us quietly. We can’t hear
her coming’, he said. ‘If we could work out a signal to let us know
when she is coming, we could run away and hide.’
‘If we get a small bell and place it on a piece of ribbon, we could
hang it around her neck. This will tell us when she is coming and we
could easily hide until she goes away’, he explained.
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All the mice thought this was a wonderful idea. They clapped very
loudly.
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Finally, a wise old mouse spoke. ‘That sounds like a clever idea,’ he
said, ‘but who is going to put the bell on the ribbon around the cat’s
neck?’
All the mice looked at each other but no-one spoke. No-one raised a
paw to volunteer, either.
No-one suggested the bell alarm for the cat again.
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