W8489PR-Learn from Home Workbook 2

The Hedley Kow – 1
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Read the folk tale.
Once upon a time, there was an old woman who was very poor. She had
to work very hard in the village to earn a little silver to buy tea and food, but
she was always cheerful.
One summer evening as she went home, she spied a stout, black pot lying
by the side of the road. Thinking that it must have a hole to have been
thrown away, she decided it would make the perfect vessel to hold her
flowers. When she looked inside, gold coins gleamed brightly in the bottom
of the pot. She felt very lucky to find a pot that had been thrown away. She
continued on her way, dragging the pot.
It didn’t take long, however, before she grew tired. When she set the pot
down, and checked her treasure, the gold had changed into silver.
‘Silver is much less trouble than gold’, she said to herself, ‘I’m still as rich as
I need to be. Yes! Silver is fine instead!’
So she went on her way. In a short time, when she stopped to rest, the silver
in the pot had become a chunk of iron.
‘I am so lucky! No robbers will worry me now!’ said the old woman. ‘Iron is
much better. It will sell for some pennies.’
In the dark, she went on her way. Soon she was weary again. She set the
pot down and noticed that the chunk of iron had changed into a stone.
‘This is such a fine stone’, she stated cheerfully, ‘I can
use it to hold my door open!’
Finally, she reached home. She set the pot down and
opened the gate. Suddenly, the Hedley Kow burst out
of the pot and ran away laughing and dancing.
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‘I am the luckiest creature to see such a sight!’ she
said. By the warmth of her fire, she thought about how
fortunate she was.
The Hedley Kow, of course, was busy looking for
someone else to play tricks on!
My learning log
When I read this folk tale, I could read:
all of it. most of it. some of it.
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