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Pictorial<br />
Dragon vet<br />
Doctor Claudia Daley loved her job as a dragon veterinarian. So, when Donal, the<br />
town’s pet dragon, became ill, she visited his lair to help him. Donal’s home was a<br />
huge cave in a rocky hillside. Once upon a time, the hillside had been covered with<br />
grass. Now, since Donal, only clumps of it survived on the hill’s ledges. Dr Daley<br />
found Donal lying miserably at the mouth of his cave. Donal wasn’t moving, but<br />
be<strong>low</strong> the short, pointy horns crowning his head, his eyes were watchfully wide<br />
open. His mouth was closed, but even so, ivory teeth the size of fence palings<br />
sprouted past his thin black lips. Three little fi<strong>res</strong> were burning in the sparse<br />
grass beside him. ‘So,’ said Dr Daley, ‘you’ve been sneezing’, and thinking so, she<br />
donned a fireproof gown, gloves and goggles from her medical box. She took out<br />
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a stethoscope and a thermometer and a bottle of throat medicine. Other bottles<br />
in the box contained other medicines. Then, after placing a large fire extinguisher<br />
within arm’s reach, she knelt and gently stroked Donal’s snout. ‘Everything’s going<br />
to be fine’, she cooed. Donal lay still and snuffled softly.<br />
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COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOZE <strong>Book</strong> 4 978-1-922426-73-4 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au
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