8541RB Reading for Me Level 4 Part A

Imaginative
A Catastrophic Adventure
My family recently emigrated from
South Africa to London. What an
adventure it was! Before leaving for
London, I had to stay at a cattery
for a few days. It was my first time
in a cattery, and, I must admit, the
service was not as great as I had
imagined.
I had to take two aeroplanes to get
to London. I never knew that an
aeroplane is so loud. I am definitely
not a fan of flying.
My parents fetched me from the
airport and took me to our new house.
They did not want me to leave the
house for two whole weeks, because
they were scared that I would get
lost in our new city. The first week
of quarantine went well, but on the
ninth day, things got really tough. I
just wanted to feel free again!
Lucky for me, my mum forgot to close
the bathroom window. I reckoned
that since I am a well-trained and
intelligent feline and obviously also
highly underestimated, there was no
way I would get lost.
I slipped out of the window and took
a tour of the city. It was glorious!
The buildings were much older than
those from my home town. There
are also many trains and taxis going
about.
attacked by a vicious dog! I got such
a fright that I jumped back out and
ran as far away as I could.
I couldn’t find my way back home
after that. For a month I tried to
hunt, but I was out of practice. I was
frozen and famished. I am ashamed
to say that I started begging people
for scraps. A nice lady put food out
for me on her porch every morning.
One day, she approached me and
picked me up. I stayed with her for
two days. It was nice to have a warm
place to sleep and food to eat, but I
missed my family. The nice lady took
me to the vet and they scanned my
microchip.
After two months on the street, I
was finally reunited with my family!
I have never been so happy in my life!
Mum said that I’m not allowed to go
out of the house until spring. There is
no place that I would rather be than
right at home. Mum got me a fancy
new collar with her phone number
on, just in case I get lost again and
people don’t take me to the vet to be
scanned.
I have the best family. I’m the
luckiest cat in the world!
When I got back to my street, I
realised all the houses in the row
look exactly the same. How would I
know which one is mine? I tried the
first one I saw that had an open
bathroom window and I nearly got
86 Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing