8542RB Reading for Me Level 5 Part A

Imaginative
The New Restaurant
Excitedly, Matthew prepares to go out. Peering into the mirror, he
attempts to perfect his hairstyle using gloopy gel to stick it in position.
‘Matthew! Come on, we are going to be late and your grandad is waiting
for us,’ his mother’s anxious voice echoes up the staircase.
‘I’m coming, I’m coming,’ Matthew replies as he hops down the stairs
towards his mother, who is waiting by the front door.
‘I don’t think those shoes really go with your outfit, Matthew,’ Mum says.
‘They’re a bit invisible —you should change them.’
Looking down at his bare feet, Matthew smiles. ‘Very funny, do you know
where my boots are?’
‘They’re in the cupboard,’ comes the reply. His mum checks her watch, as
the taxi is due any minute now. They’re off to try out the new restaurant
in the centre of town on its opening night.
Matthew and his mum pile into the taxi and head towards the restaurant.
All their friends and family will be there. His mum is hoping it all goes
well as everyone has worked so hard. Matthew can’t wait—Grandad’s food
is the best ever.
As they arrive,
the outside of
the restaurant
is being
photographed
by the local
newspaper.
Matthew’s
grandad is
standing proudly
at the front in
his red apron
under the red
and orange
bunting (made
by Matthew’s
mum). Matthew
imagines the
headline: ‘Retired
firefighter flamegrills
burgers’.
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