RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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The
porridge pot
Once upon a time, a little girl lived with
her mother in a small village. They were
very poor and hungry. One day, they had
nothing left to eat, so the little girl went to
the forest to find some berries and nuts.
The girl couldn’t find any food. Upset, she
sat down and cried. Just then, she heard a
crackly old voice asking her what was wrong. She looked up to see an
old lady with a hairy mole on her face. She was wearing a big, dark coat
and pink, fluffy slippers. The little girl told her what was wrong.
The old lady reached into her coat and took out a small black pot. She
gave it to the girl and said, ‘Here, take this. It is a magic pot. Put it on the
fire and say, “Boil, little pot, boil”, and you will have hot porridge. When
the pot is full, you must say, “Stop, little pot, stop!”, and it will stop cooking.
Don’t forget these words!’
The little girl thanked her and ran home to show her mother. They put it on
the fire and said the words. Their eyes widened as the pot made delicious
hot porridge! When the pot was full, the girl said, ‘Stop, little pot, stop!’ And
it did! So, for a long time, the little girl and her mother had enough food
to eat.
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One day, while the girl was visiting her grandma, her mother got hungry.
She decided to make some—you guessed it—porridge! ‘Boil, little pot, boil’,
the mother said, and soon the pot was full. But she could not remember
the magic words to stop the pot cooking. Porridge bubbled over the rim
of the pot and onto the floor. ‘No more, little pot, no more!’ she said, but
the pot kept on cooking. Soon, a river of gooey porridge oozed out the
door, into the street and over paths, bushes and even small children.
When the little girl got back, she quickly said the magic words and the
pot stopped cooking. By that time the villagers were having swimming
races in the porridge! Everyone had to eat a lot of porridge before they
could get back into their homes!
R.I.C. Publications ® Comprehension box 1 (117)
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