The Olympic Games

Were you enjoying the Olympic games on television?
The first Olympic Games were held more than 2,700 years ago in Olympia in Greece. The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1894 in Athens, in Greece.
They happen every four years in different countries.
This year the Olympic Games were in Beijing in China, and they began on August 8th and ended on August 24th.
The Paralympics will take place from September 6th to September 17th.



Song - I CAN RUN

What can Panda do? What can you do? Listen to a song about running, jumping and swimming.

Story - THE FIRST MARATHON

This race was first run nearly 2,500 years ago!
Read and listen to the exciting story of the first marathon.



Text and Vocabulary:

In 490 B.C., there was a big war between the Persians and the Greeks.
Persia was a huge empire (riesiges Reich), much bigger than Greece. It wanted to capture (einnehmen, erobern) Athens.
The Greek soldiers waited on the Plain of Marathon (Ebene von Marathon) below (unten). There were 48,000 Persian soldiers and only 10,000 Greek soldiers.
The Greek sent a messenger (Kurier, Läufer), Pheidipides, to Sparta, to get help. He ran for two days over the mountains to ask the Spartans.
But the Spartans would not fight before there was a full moon. Pheidipides returned to the Marathon alone.
The Greeks could not wait and attacked the Persian army. The Greeks ran towards (gegen, in Richtung) the enemy (Feind). Persian arrows (Pfeile) flew through the air.
The Greeks won. 6400 Persians were killed but only 192 Greeks died.
The Persians ran to their ships and tried to escape (fliehen). They tried to go to Athens to capture the Greek women, children and old people waiting there.
Pheidipides now had another job. He ran 40 kilometres to tell the Greeks that they had won, and to tell them that the Persians were coming.
He arrived at the city gates very tired. "Rejoice (frohlocken), we conquer (besiegen, erobern)!" he shouted. Then he died.
From this great event the first marathon race of the modern Olympic Games was run in 1899. It was won by a Greek runner, Spiridon Louis.
And, like Pheidipides, a long time before, he also carried messages. He was a postman.




The Marathon is traditionally the last event of the Olympic Games.
Here are some activities that you can do about the Olympics.

Write a list of all the sports that you can think of that are in the Olympics. You could do this with your brother or sister, or with a friend. Write the list in English if you can - you can use a dictionary if you don't know the words.

The Ancient Olympics

The first Olympics were held over 2,700 years ago. Can you answer these questions about the Ancient Olympics? Use this site from BBC Schools to help you:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ancientgreece/olympia/index.shtml

* Where did the Ancient Olympics take place?

* Why did they happen?

* How often did they take place and how long did they last?

* How many events were there in the first Olympic Games?

* Who could perform in the early Games?

* What could women do?



Source: British Council

Story - Dick Whittington

Dick Whittington lives in a small house with his mother and father. They live in the country. They are very poor.

Click here to read and listen to the story.
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Source: The Voyage Kids

As a magician . . .

… I’d change myself into Superman.
Then I would help people all over the world.
In America, in Australia and in Austria.
I would fly from one big city to another big city and from one small town to another small town. I would see the world and I would also meet many new people. I would be strong and powerful and I would also be rich. As Superman I would also be super at school. Samuel

… I’d change my self into superman. And then I would help people all over the world. I would fly from East Africa to South America and help the poor. I would change all dry places into green oases. I would be so powerful and strong, that I would change war into peace. Everybody around the world would have enough to eat and nobody would be hungry. I would make all people happy. And for myself I would get a white rabbit out of a cylinder. – All by magic! Anna

…I'd change myself into a superstar.
I would be pretty and all people would love me.
At concerts, all young girls and boys would shout yeah!
I would be rich and have all good things.
My hobbies would be singing, playing the guitar and dancing.
I would eat ice-cream and apples.
I would live in a villa with a big swimming pool in the garden.
Every day I would have a party with a lot of people.
It would be funny.
I would sleep in the garden in tents with my friends and tell ghost stories to each other.
That would be really exciting. Teresa

As a magician, I'd change mysself into Superman. Then I would help people all over the world when they are in dangerous situations. I would fly from one big city to the next one until I am in New York. I would be the strongest and most powerful man in the world. My friends would be Supermen too and I would fly around the earth with them. We would have lots of fun and all people would be happy if they saw us. Albert

I'd change myself into an angel. Then I would fly in the sky. I also would help other people. Maybe I want to meet other people from all over the world. Then I would speak with them. If I met other people, I would learn all language. I would like to fly to Spain. Spain is more beautiful than Austria. As a magician I would also change myself into an animal. A rabbit. Then I would jump high over the world. This would be funny and wonderful. Julia

…I’d change myself into a super snail, a very fast super snail. I would buy a small car and drive round the world. In every town in the world I would have lots of friends.I would help them when they make a mistake. In the mountains I would have lots of friends, too. They would be monsters, but not terrible ones. No, very nice monsters. At the age of seventeen I go back home to my family. Then they would be very happy. And I would happy too! Stefanie

…I’d change myself inot a pop star. Then I would have a beautiful, big villa with a swimming pool and a whirlpool. I would have a lot of friends and they would play in my band with me. We would give a lot of concerts and we would have a lot of fans. My band and I would give a lot of autographs and hold meetings. Then I could help people all over the world. I would be rich and would have a beautiful life. Andrea

…. I’d change myself into a bird. I would like to be a green and red bird with orange eyes. Then I could fly around the world and I would always be happy because I could stay everywhere. I could stay in Australia, America, Asia, Africa and in Europe. But could also change myself into a flower because then I would smell nice and look pretty. I would be a yellow and red flower. I would stay in my mother’s garden. Then my mother would pick me and put me in a vase. Alexandra

..I’d change myself into Superman. I would be very rich and spend my holidays in Hawaii and on other islands. I could fly to the moon and see the earth from above. I would live in New York in a skyscraper. Together with my friends I would have a rock band. We would be stars in the whole world. Every weekend we would be on tour in big cities to play in concerts. With my money I would help the poor. The children in Africa would get water, food and clothes and the would all be happy. Bernhard

… I’d change myself into Superboy. Then I would be the champion of the world and help all people. I would also be rich and clever at school. I would give a lot of money to other people, especially to the poor. I would be a super genie in Physics, Maths and in all other subjects. I would be strong and helpful. I would have lots of friends. That´s just a dream. But I like dreaming. Armin

…I’d change myself into a sportswoman. Then I would be the star in a film. I would swim a competition on television. I would be a superstar and have a lot of medals. I’d be the best cyclist. Then I would play a tennis match and win it. I’d like to be famous and win lots of gold medals. Then everybody would love me. Daniela

... I´d change myself into a space jumper. Then I would jump from all skycrapers in the world. I would also jump from mountains. The highlight would be to jump from Mount Everest. After that I would take my snowboardand go down the deep snow. Later I would surf on the highest waves in Hawaii. I would also take my Tornado Catamaran and sail around the world. I would be the best sports champion. Niki

… I´d change myself into a president. Then I would help kids all over the world. I would fly from one country to another and help poor kids in the slums and give them a shelter and food. I would build schools for street kids because that is important for their future. I would be rich and build lots of beautiful green parks where all the children could play and have fun. I hope I could change lots of things as a president. Philipp

... I'd change myself into a rich woman. Then I could buy a villa. I could also buy a car. I could buy a swimming pool, I could help the poor. I could help the animals. I could buy the whole world and forests would grow everywhere. Then I would turn myself into a supergirl to help all people that need help. I might even turn into an animal to see how the animals live Actually, I could transform myself into anything that would make fun. Mihriban

… I would change myself into a big, proud lion. Then I would live in the jungle. I would be the king of the animals. In the jungle there would be lots of other diffrent animals.A monkey, a bird, a snail and many others. They would be my friends and I would play a lot with them. I would love to live in the jungle. It would very noisy because of the animals. It would be wonderful in the jungle. And if I did not want to be a lion anymore, I would change myself into another animal or a person. Chiara

... I would change myself into a famous and rich man. I certainly would be a great sports man. I would engage myself in pollution control. I would stop cultivation from genetic manipulated food and support GM-free food. As a very rich man I would prevent the clearing of the rainforest. And I would stop the wiping out of plants and animals. Of course I also would reduce the cars on the streets. I would spend my money on poor people. I would take care that they have enough to eat and to drink. Then I would build houses, schools and hospitals. Michael

...I'd change myself into a filmstar. I would be famous and everybody would know me. I would be on the front pages of magazines. Reporters would pay a lot of money to interview me. I would see the world and star in films in a lot of places. And maybe I would go to Hollywood. I would meet many new people and have a lot of fans and friends. I also would be very rich and live in a wonderful villa near Hollywood.. And there I would live and have a lot at great parties. Anna M.

… I'd change myself into a filmstar. Because I'd like to be rich. I'd also like to be famous. I would go to America and star in a film. When I'm be rich I could help other people and get many new friends. As a fimstar I could always stay in a super hotel with a swimmingpool. I could fly from one big city to another. As a filmstar I would have a lot of fund and I could be always happy. Sandra

... I would change myself into a lion. Then I would catch other animals, eat them. I would go into the desert. There I would find a deserted oasis. I would live there with my friends and their children. There would be water and fruit on high trees.The water would be in a big lake with an island in the middle. I would save children from the wild water.We would live like kings and have a lot of fun. It that was too boring, I would change myself back again. And if I’d like to be a lion, I’d change myself again. Monika

… I'd change myself into Superman. I would be strong. I would be fly from one country another one. I would help all children of the world. I would help the world. I would really like to change myself into Superman. Sebastian

The walking man

This is a story of a long journey that ends where it began.


Read the text carefully:

Once there was a lonely man who started walking and walking, all over the world. He went to many countries, he got a lot of new friends, he walked for several years, until he one day forgot why he started walking in the first place, and then he walked home.

Now click here to reconstruct the text. You can also listen to the text by clicking on the first word.






Source: British Council

Blue

Hi Superstars,
Here are your blue texts. They are really brilliant.
Great work !!!

It was six in the morning. Sandy got up and got dressed. She wore her blue jeans, her blue shoes, a blue T-shirt and a blue coat because her favourite colour was blue. At school her friends said, “Wow, what a great colour!” And Sally answered, “Yes, thank you. Blue is my favourite colour. All the children liked the colour. From that day on June 6th was called The-Blue-Colour-Day and since then all people have been wearing blue clothes. Andrea

In Australia there lived a bird. His name was Blue because he was a blue bird.

All the other birds were red and green. So nobody liked Blue. One day he flew away.

In Papua Neuguinea there were lots of birds and they were all friendly. One day a

flock of birds came and said that the colour blue was great. All the birds in Papua Neuguinea liked Blue. Alexandra

Once upon a time I had an interesting dream. There was only the colour blue. The grass was blue, the streets were blue, the houses were blue, even the people were blue. Everything blue! In the zoo there were blue animals. But one thing was not blue. It was the water. That was really strange! I couldn't understand it. Suddenly I woke up. It was midnight. I got up, went into the kitchen and had a snack. Then I went to bed again and soon got fast asleep. When I woke up in the morning, everything was as usual. I was really happy! Michael

One day Franzi cycled around a blue lake on his blue bike. Then Albert came and threw the blue ball on Franzi´s head. Franzi fell down with his blue bike and landed in the blue lake. The blue bike sank to he ground of the blue lake. Franzi wanted to have his blue bike back and asked Albert for help. Albert and Franzi pulled out the blue bike. Franzi was very happy, went home and Albert played with his blue ball. Armin

Yesterday I met a nice blue boy. I talked to him. He said that he lived on a blue cloud. The boy said to me," Come with me. I will show you my my cloud. "Yes", I said happily. I was really nervous. Suddenly the boy was unusually quiet. Two hours later we came to the blue cloud. The blue cloud was beautiful. There were lots of people. When we arrived, they said to the blue boy, "Hello Blue, you are the best man and your colours are so beautiful." Suddenly I woke up. It had only been a dream. Sandra


Once upon a time there lived a tuna swarm in the blue Atlantic Ocean.
It was a very dangerous area. There were many hungry sharks and other dangerous fish. The boss of the tuna swarm was a big and tall fish.
He was the strongest of the swarm. But one day a shark came. The big shark ate the boss of the swarm. All others in the swarm were very sad and swam farther south. They were sad for many months. But one day the smallest tuna said, "We need a new boss. Let's find one." So they had a swimming race and the smallest tuna won. He was the boss now. Niki

In the jungle there live lots of animals.
And all the tigers, lions, snakes, spiders, monkeys and crocodiles are blue.
But one little bird is red.
He can never play with the other baby animals, because they are all blue and they don't like red animals.
Suddenly the little red bird has an idea. He takes some blue colour, mixes it with water and takes a swim in it.
When he comes out of it, he is blue. He goes to the other blue animals and plays with them. The little blue monkey has an idea
"We can go swimming", he said.
'The bird jumps into the water.
Now the bird is red again.
When the other animals jump into the water, they suddenly all get red.
They had only been painted blue.
Now all are happy and play together happily. Teresa

My friend´s name is Blue. He has got blue eyes and his hair is blue. His clothes and shoes are blue. All his things are blue. His father´s name is Yellow. His things are yellow. Blue has a sister. Her name is Pink. Her things are yellow, blue, pink and red. She is the one of the family whose things are colourful. One day she found lot of pink things in the cellar. Her grandmother had left them there. But there was not enough space in her room. So she took the blue, red and yellow things and put them in a big basket. Then she carried the basket up to the attic. Now she had enough room for her new pink things. Monika



Last summer on my birthday I got a small blue dog. The dog was very nice and I had lot of fun with the dog. Some days later my family and I went to Italy. We arrived around noon. Later in the afternoon we went to the city. After some time I saw a dogshop. I went in with my blue dog. There were lots of beautiful things for dogs. I bought my dog a red ball. My blue dog had lot of fun with his red ball. Philipp




One day I was on my way home from school. Suddenly I saw a small blue dog on the street. I took it with me and went home. At home I gave him food and water. He was very hungry. I called him Snoopy. I was very happy because I had a very nice pet. Some days later I had to take Snoopy to an animal shelter because he had got dark blue. I knew Snoopy was ill. I was so sad. Bernhard




I like to swim in the sea because the water is blue. Blue is my favourite colour. I also like blue dresses. Yesterday at school, all the children in my class had blue clothes. That was so cool. It was really funny to look at the other children and to see only blue. Melanie



Today is March 31st, and form 2E is doing basketball exercises with their teacher Mr. DoubleU. Franzi likes basketball and he is very good at it, but he hates the colour blue. Sometimes the teacher gives him a blue ball. Franzi says,"Could I have another ball, please?" Then the teacher gives him another ball. But March 31st was a bad day for Franzi. His best friend Armin had a blue ball, they were in a blue hall and some boys had blue T-shirts. They started to throw their balls. Mr. DoubleU wanted to see who had thrown the ball farthest. Franzi was very happy, he threw the ball farther than all the other boys. He went to get his ball back, but suddenly a blue ball came from behind and crashed in his face. Now Franzi had a blue eye too. Poor Franzi! Albert



It was a beautiful summer day in the morning. A noise came from a big forest. It sounded like a baby’s crying. All the trees were green but one of the trees was blue. So he started to cry. After some time a little girl with a blue dress came to the tree. She saw him crying. "Why you crying?", she asked him. The blue tree said," I am crying because I am blue and not green!". "But blue is a beautiful colour. Look, I have got a blue dress." “Yes, but I have to be green”, the tree said sadly. The girl said," I will go home and get some green paint. Then I will paint you green. Is that okay?". "Yes, thank you, that is wonderful!” the blue tree said and stopped crying. He even smiled. Ten minutes later the girl came back. She painted the green tree. Now the tree is happy. He and the girl are good friends now. Chiara

In Australia there lived a bird. His name was Blue because he was a blue bird.
All the other birds were red and green. So nobody liked Blue. One day he flew away.
In Papua Neuguinea there were lots of birds and they all were so friendly. One day a
flock of birds came and said that the colour blue was great. All the birds in Papua Neuguinea liked Blue. Alexandra

In a little village there lived many people. One of the people loved blue. His name was Jack. Jack's favourite TV programme was called Blue. In this programme, all things were blue. He found the blue clouds wonderful. But one day the TV programme was gone. Jack was very angry. The next day Jack was relieved. There had only been an electric blackout. Jack was happy that eveything was okay again. Julia




One day I was in the park. Suddenly I saw an alien. It was blue from tip to toe. The Alien told me about his blue planet. Everything was blue. Awful! The forest was blue, the streets and the flowers were blue. The blue alien's name was also "Blue". Blue said to me," The Earth is called ‘The Blue Planet’ But it isn't blue! That’s strange!" Then he went back to his planet because he did not like the earth. Suddenly I woke up. I was in my bed. It had only been a dream and that the Alien was gone. Anna M.




It was 10 p.m. Sally was very tired. She said good night to her mum and her dad. Then she went to bed. Suddenly she heard a noise. Sally saw a little blue thing. The little blue thing said, "Come with me Sally. I live in a wonderful town. Come Sally, come !" Sally got up, got dressed and followed the little blue thing. She was terribly upset. Sally was standing between a big blue lake and a blue tree. She saw that the grass was also blue. The cats were blue, the dogs were blue, the houses were blue and the people were blue too. Everything in town was blue! Suddenly Sally heard her mother shout, "Sally, get up. You are late for school!" It had only been a dream. And then she saw that one of her fingers was blue. Stefanie



Yesterday I had a really crazy dream. I was in a big city. But it wasn’t a normal city, all things were blue. The houses, all people, the streets, the sun, the forest. Everything was blue. I was terribly scared. Suddenly I was at a little river. When I went down to the river, out of the blue I fell into the water. That was a big, big problem because I could not swim. Some minutes later I woke up. I was in my bed. I thought it was a dream, but it had been no dream, my bed was wet with water from the river. I really felt confused. Franzi



My friend’s name is Blue. He loves blue and has blue clothes. His room is blue, his pencilcase is blue and all his pencil are blue. One morning he found a blue parcel on the doorstep. Blue smiled and was happy. In the parcel there was a blue dog. The dog’s name was Bluey. Bluey was a happy dog and Blue was happy too. He showed the dog to his friends Yellow, Red and Green. Yellow loved the colour yellow. She had a yellow cat. Red loved the colour red and had a red mouse. Green loved green and had a green rabbit. Blue’s friends were happy that he had also a pet. Daniela



It was a wonderful summer day, and the big cloud took me high up. We both flew over the world and all people we saw were really small. When we flew over the USA we saw lots of sky scrapers in the big cities. I knew that my mum would soon wake me up. But I liked my journey and forgot about the time. Anna F.


And finally we have got a blue Music Video.

Donald

Superstars, I love your stories !
Great, creative writing ! I am proud of you all.
Enjoy your weekend !
This is the beginning of a story:

In an old castle in the north of England, there lived a ghost.
His name was Donald. Donald was very good at frightening people.
Every night at midnight he did the same things. First he walked round the castle. Then he went to the hotel in town and frightened the tourists and their children. Then he went back to the castle. But one night, something happened. When Donald came out of the castle, he saw . . .

These are your endings:


.....his old friend Archibald.
Suddenly Donald's surrounding changed. They were in a prison now."What are we doing here?", Donald asked.
"Your time is over, Donald. You were a good ghost, but now you have to go,” Archibald answered.
Donald asked,”What are you talking about? What are you doing here? I thought you would be hanging on a chain for another 230 years!"
Archibald didn't say a word, he just took a letter out of his long black hair and gave it to Donald.
Donald shouted when he opened the letter.
The letter said: Donald, just because of you, Archibald put the ring on Dee's finger. You told him that he should do so. Now you have to be hanging on a chain for another 230 years.
Suddenly Archibald took one of the chains which were hanging behind him, and hanged Donald on it.
"No, please don't do this to me, Archibald! I have always been your friend,” Donald shouted.
But it was too late, Archibald was gone.

Albert

. . . no tourists and no children.
"Where are they today?" he thought.
He looked at the hotel, but there were nobody. It was very quiet round the it. D
onald was scared and went back to the castle.
Suddenly there were a lot of ghosts in front of the castle.
Donald ran away as fast as he could. The ghosts started laughing. He could not frighten tourists and children anymore.

Sandra

. . . all his friends with party hats on their heads.
Donald was very surprised and asked his best friend Joe,"What is this?"
Joe answered," Surprise, surprise! It's your birthday party!"
250 years is a beautiful age.
Donald was very happy an celebrated with all his friends all night long.

Niki


. . . a large box. He tried to open it but he could not.
Donald got very angry about his failure and banged on it.
Suddenly it opened and in the large box was another small box. The ghost tried to open it and after some time the box was finally open.
In the box there was a slip of paper. It read:

Hello Donald,

I am writting you this letter because I miss you so much!

Yours,
granny

Donald was really happy and was smiling all day long.

Julia


. . . another ghost.
Donald was afraid of this ghost.
Suddenly the big ghost said hello to Donald. Now Donald realised that it was a lady ghost.
"My name is Amalia", the ghost said. Donald thought she was really pretty. And Amalia also liked Donald. Finally Amalia was Donald's girlfriend and Donald was so happy.
Amalia and Donald went to the village to frighten people and had a lot of fun.
Two years later Amalia got three baby ghosts.
Donald was very and proud because he had a family.

Bernhard


. . . lots of other ghosts. One of the ghosts was drinking tomato juice. Another ghost was reading a book and the third ghost was listening to music. They had come to the castle to have a party. Donald had invited them to a party.
After some time they decided to go to the hotels in the town and frighten the tourists and their children.
They had a lot of fun together. From now on the ghosts came to the castle every night.

Philipp

. . . a little baby boy sitting on the floor. Donald looked at him and wanted to frighten him.
So he went to the baby and screamed:" Awwwuuuahhh!". The child looked at Donald and began to laugh. The baby was not afraid. He wanted to play with the ghost.
But ghosts do not play with babies. The little baby boy tried to touch Donald but there was nothing. You cannot touch ghosts.
The baby was scared and started crying.
Donald knew that he had to take the baby back to their parents in the hotel.
So he grabbed the child and went to the hotel in town.
Donald put him on the doorsteps and knocked at the door. But before the door was opened he went back to the castle.
He felt happy.

Chiara


. . . many people and children.
The following midnight wanted to frighten them.
So Donald switched off the lights, opened and closed windows, rang the bell and cried huhuhu.
The children were scared and ran to their parents.
The people took their suitcases and went to the airport. They went home to Austria by plane.
Donald said to himself, "This was the best night ever - it's wonderful to frighten people."

Sebastian


. . . .. his parents. They wanted to see that their son was a real ghost. Donald was extremely surprised and nervous. He walked round the castle with his parents. They saw a young girl. Donald wanted to frighten the girl but he couldn't. He was too nervous. The second chance he got at the hotel. There they saw a little baby. Normally it was an easy "exercise" for Donald, but he was not able to frighten the baby. His parents were angry because their son couldn't even frighten a baby. They said to him, "In one year we will be back and then you will have to be able to frighten people." The following year Donald was hardly nervous anymore and frightened all the people in the hotel. His parents were happy and Donald was proud.

Michael

. . . many other ghosts.
The ghosts' heads came to him and said,"You have to go to an other castle in Greece."
But Donald didn't want to go to Greece.
Two ghosts went away to give Donald his belongings.
A third ghost gave him a suitcase. Donald was sad, took his things and decided to go. But he was grumpy.
He went to Greece by train. After a while he found the castle. In the castle there lived another ghost.
The ghost was a woman. Her name was Caroline. They fell in love and lived happilly forever.
And Donald was happy that he had gone to Greece.

Monika


. . . a ring. It was a wonderful golden ring. He wanted to put the ring on his finger. Suddenly an old ghost came. He said to Donald," You must bring me a golden key." It is in a castle in the east of England."
The next day Donald flew to the castle.
After a long search he found the golden key. Then he flew back to the castle in the north of England.
He put the golden ring on his finger and the old ghost came. Donald gave him the golden key. Then the old ghost flew away, but Donald had made a big mistake.
He had to hang on a chain for 150 years.

Mihriban


. . . a policeman. The police man said, "Are you a ghost and are you frightenning tourists and their children?"
Donald was confuesd and said, "Yes I am." "Come with me," said thepolice man firmly. Donald asked, "Why?" The policeman answered, "You always frighten the tourists and their children! That is not allowed!" "But it is my hobby", Donald shouted and flew away.
Nobody ever could find Donald.
He still frightens the tourists. And the police can't do anything about it.

Daniela


. . . another ghost.
He was really big, had three green eyes, a big nose and shabby grey hair.
Donald was shocked about the awful ghost. Immediately he ran into the cellar.
He was so sceard, that he never came out of the cellar again.
The cellar in the old castle in the north of England is a place of peace for Donald. And he is still there.
Visit Donald in your holidays and you can see him.

Anna F.


...that there were many tourists in front of the castle. Suddenly all tourists took their cameras and took a photo of Donald.
Donald was very angry. He wanted to frighten the tourists. But they were not afraid of the ghost.
Three hours later the ghost went back to the castle. He was very tired.
Every night the tourists were in front of the castle.
So Donald couldn´t go out of the castle any more.

Stefanie


. . . nobody.
He wanted to go to a hotel and frighten the people that were there. He went back to the castle and was surprised that nobody was in the village.
Suddenly the telephone rang. It was the mayor. He told Donald to come to his office because he wanted to talk to Donald.
The next evening Donald went to the mayor. Donald rang the doorbell. A servant came out and took Donald to the mayor.
The mayor asked Donald why he had frightened all the tourists in the village. Donald told the mayor that he liked frightening twelve year-old-children.
Every night he went to their hotels and woke them up. Their parents woke up too.
But a rule for ghosts is: You must not frighten twelve–year-old girls and boys.
So the children played a trick on Donald. They hid in the cellars at midnight. When Donald came, nobody was there.
"I’m so silly. That was a big mistake", Donald told the mayor. "Now I’m not a real ghost. I’ve no job. I dream of children every day and I cannot sleep."
If a ghost does that, he must hang on a chain for 150 years.
So the mayor put Donald in his friend’s cellar. Archibald was there too. And they could talk, talk, talk ........ about Dee.

Franzi


. . . a ghost. The ghost was a beautiful ghost woman.
Her name was Dee.
She had beautiful long, black hair and her eyes were wonderfully blue.
Donald and Dee were really happy and they fell in love.
Two years later Donald and Dee got married.
It was a wonderful wedding. All their friends and their family were there.
As a present they got a bigger castle.
Donald and Dee wanted to have children got ten little ghost babies.
And they were all happy.

Andrea

…..an old treasure box. He opened it. There were lots of clothes in it. Donald looked at the wonderful dresses, the golden trousers and the silver jacket. He was happy, because he could go to the town with the new clothes.
Donald put the trousers and the jacket on.
He flew to the town. There were lots of people. He showed the other people with his wonderful cloths. But the people didn’t notice the ghost. Donald was very sad and disappointed.
He started crying loudly. Suddenly the people noticed him. A little girl came to the ghost and comforted him. And soon he felt better. With a smiling face he flew back to his castle.

Anna M.



. . . his old school friend, Archibald. Archibald has always been an excellent cook. In his hands he had a wonderful cake. It was a present for Donald. Donald also wanted to do something for hie friend. So he decided to book for him. In the evening he went to the kitchen to make hamburgers. But Donald was not good at cooking. He did not know how to do it. He even did not know anything about the oven. The oven was too hot and the oil in the pan started burning. Soon the whole kitchen was under fire. Archibald was angry. Donald had never told him that he was such a bad cook. He had to go home without having eaten anything.


Alexandra


……. another ghost. It was a lady ghost. Donald thought it was the loveliest ghost of all ghosts he had ever seen.
Her name was Daisy. Donald fell in love with Daisy. They wanted to get married. But one day before they got married, Daisy was not here.
Donald could not find her. A friend of Donald's told him that Daisy had found another boyfriend. Donald was so sad.

Samuel


. . . a lot of crying children. Then he saw a man running with a lot of soft toys in his hands and arms. The man had a big bag on his back. Donald saw a teddy’s head looking out of it. Now he knew that the man was a burglar.
The ghost made a frightening face and went to the man. He stopped in front of the burglar.
The burglar was very afraid of ghosts, so he dropped the soft toys and wanted to run away. But Donald held him back on the bag. The man put the bag on the ground. Then he ran away. Donald took the soft toys back to the children.
They were very happy. Donald was happy, too.

Teresa

Rainy day

Rainy days are perfect for listening to stories, aren't they?

Here is one that you all know.

Hansel and Gretel - Loudspeakers !

Book Reviews

Key: Adverb - Adjective (Exercises: 3rd Test)

1 easy, useful, correct
2 intelligent, really, careless, carefully
3 well, badly
4 regularly, fluently, easy, terribly, fast
5 bad, slowly, surprisingly, quick
6 angry, excitedly
7 quickly, good
8 beautiful, strong
9 wrongly, bad
10 strange
11 happy, hard
12 delicious, awful
13 terribly hot, good
14 quickly, furiously, dangerous






Maisie and the dolphins
by Stephen Rabley

Maisie lives on the Bahamas. She is thirteen years old. Maisie likes pop music, reading and swimming. Her parents are animal doctors.On Saturdays she and her grandfather go out in his boat. She likes to swim under the water and look at the beautiful fish.
One day a big ship hits a dolphin.
Maisie and her grandfather take the dolphin in the boat and go home. Maisie runs into the house. Her parenrs help the dolphin. She calles him Ben. Maisie and the Dolphin make friends.
One day the Dolphin must go back to his home. Maisie and her grandfather go out to the sea and take Ben back into the sea. Ben swims away but comes back again. He has a key in his mouth. Maisie jumps into the water and follows Ben. Ben keads her to a box. Maisie opens the box with the key. They take the box back home. They are happy and rich.

Monika


April in Moscow
by Spephen Rabley

April Fox is a dancer. She works for the British Dance Company. Her boss is Maria Grant. The dancers are going to Moscow because they dance there. Laura, April's best friend, and April are going to the market in Moscow. There they meet Nikolai and Sasha. Then the four people go to a lake. April and Nikolai climb into a boat beside the lake.
Back in Moscow there is a lot to do. The evening passes quickly.
All poeple like the dancers.
Twenty-four hours later all the British dancers are at Moscow airport.
Then they fly home again.

Melanie


Ali and his camera
by Raymond Pizante

Ali, a boy from Istanbul, likes to take photos of people and buildings
in his city.
There is one problem: His parents can't buy him a camera because they don't have the money for it.
One day Ali meets a woman on a bridge. Her name ist Mrs Yildi. She gives Ali her son's Yusuf old camera.
Ali must work after school so that he can buy films.
After some time he comes to a photographer's. There he meets an old man whose name is Selim. Selim teaches Ali a lot about taking photos. From time to time Ali's photos are very good and in the end one of his photos is in the newspaper.
After some time he works as a cameraman for this newspaper.

Franzi




Flying Home

Felix is a blue and yellow bird from Brazil.
He lives with the Baxter family in New York.
His home is a cage. The Baxter family like Felix and Felix likes the Baxterfamily.
But Felix is not happy. He would like to live in Brazil.
One day Mr. Baxter opens Felix's cage to give him some food.
The phone rings. Mister Baxters answers the phone, but he forgets to shut the cage. Felix sees the open window and flies out.
Behind him Mr Baxter shouting, "Hey! Felix, come back!" But Felix does not come back.
Felix stops at the Statue of Liberty.
A small, grey and white bird asks him, "Where are you from?"
"I am from Brazil," answers Felix."
"And where are you going?" asks the bird.
Felix flies up and says, "I am going home!" Felix flies south. He cannot see New York any more. But he can see the Atlantic Ocean.
Two hours later it starts raining. Felix can see a ship. He flies to the ship.
There are hundreds of fish.
Two days later Felix flies across Peru.
He meets a beautiful bird with black and white feathers. Felix tells him his story. The bird says "I have a friend. His name is Aca and he lives in Rio. He knows the jungle.
Felix flies from Peru to Rio. There he sees a lot of people in the streets.
"Aca! Aca"! Felix shouts. Suddenly he feels a hand on his neck. Somebody wants to catch him but Aca helps him.
Felix and Aca fly from Rio to the jungle.
Felix wants to fly to his home. So the two birds fly over the road. They stop in a tree near the village. There he sees birds with blue and yellow feathers. “ Felix, is it you?” they ask. "Yes", Felix answers, "I am at home!”

Mirhiban



The Fireboy

Hapu lives in Egypt at the time of Queen Cleopatra. He works in the factory of his father Bak. They make gold tables and chairs. They are poor people. "One day we´re going to be very rich", Bak tells Hapu.
Three days later Bak suddenly stops working. He closes his eyes and falls on the ground. He is ill. Bak can´t work.
Hapu needs some money. He makes a gold necklace for Queen Cleopatra. Hapu goes to the palace. He wants to give the necklace to the Queen. But the guards don´t let him in.
At the market he hears a man say, "Cleopatra's women are coming here tomorow." The next morning he goes to the market and waits.
Suddenly a long line of people are coming from the palace. A minute later Cleopatra arrives. Hapu runs to her and gives her the necklace. “This is beautiful. Give this boy some money,” Cleopatra says.
Hapu is very happy and runs home. He gives the money to his father and they are both happy. One day a guard comes to him and offers him a job at the palace. Hapu doesn't want to leave his father, but he has to. They need the money.
At the palace Hapu tells the Queen everything about his father. The Queen says: “Your father can come with you and you both work for me”.
Hapu is very happy. He and his father can make lots of beautiful things. They both become rich.

Bernhard



Red Riding Hood
by Fran Hunia

Red Riding Hood is a nice girl.
One day she goes to her Grandma to bring her cake. On her way she picks flowers for her.
The big bad wolf wants to play with Red Riding Hood but she does not play with him. The wolf runs to Grandma. Grandma sees the wolf and gets up. The wolf jumps into Grandma's bed.
Red Riding Hood comes in and asks Grandma why she has got such big ears, eyes and teeth.
The wolf jumps up and wants to catch Red Riding Hood. But she runs out of the house. There she sees her father. She climbs up on a tree and his father kills the wolf.
Grandma crawls out of the wolf's stomach.
Red Riding Hood gives the flowers and the cake to her grandmother.
They are all happy.

Andrea