for f6e

coke
p:
gueen
Horrg wos o cooh. He worhed in Grogwatts Costte where he hod to
cooh o[[ the meals Jor Queen Alice. The gueen wos very unhind and
she oJten mode Harrg's job very dfJicutt. Horrg ond his two helpers,
John ond Kort, worhed hord i.n the costte hitchen every dog, but
Queen Atice never gove them ong moneu, so their Jomities on[g ote
cotd vegetables. They were hungrg ond unhoppg most oJ the time
ond Queen Atice wos ongrg most oJ the time. Nothing coutd mohe
her smile.
One dcg, she colled Horry ond soid, 'l hote birthdoys, but next
Fridoy I witl be 50 geors o[d, so mohe o birthdoy cohe Jor me. I
wont Uou to put 50 hinds oJ Jood in this cohe ond it must be the
biggest and the best cohe I hove ever tosted. Do you understqnd?'
'Yes,

I do,' Harrg soid, ond went

bqck downstoirs to the kitchen to

tetl John ond Kar[ the bod news.

Ouch! Thot
wos hot!!

John and Kor[ tried to thinh oJ things to put in the cake.

'We coutd put eggs, jom ond lots oJ butter ond milk in i.t,' John soid.

'What else con we put in it?' Horrg

oshed.

'We ccn put Jlour, mongoes ond brown sugor in it tool' Kor[ said.

'OK. Thot's seven dfJerent things. Whot etse?' Horrg oshed ogoin.

'How about some lemon julce, opples, colJee, ccrrots ond chocotate?'
said o child who suddenly oppeored in the hitchen. Horrg dldn't
hnow her, but she loohed hind ond Jriendty.
'Thonh gou!' he soid. 'Those ore greot ideos!'
Soon, theg hod 49 dfJerent hinds oJ Jood on the toble. John and
Kar[ begon to mix evergthing together [n on enormous bowt, but
Horru stopped them. 'We've got o. probtem,' he soi.d. 'We've onlg got
49 things to put in this cohe but the gueen wonts 50! We need one
more thing.'

The girt tooh a peor Jrom her pochet ond soid, 'Here! This is Jrom
my gro.ndmother's speciol peor tree. It'[[ mohe the cohe taste reotlg
deticious!'

Horry tooh the little peor ond odded it to o[[ the other Jood in the
bowt.

'Thonh Uou verg much!' he soid. 'Now, [et's cooh this cohel'
Horry, John ond Kor[ corried the cohe coreJutly to the old cooher. Then
they went outside to worh in the vegetoble gorden. The girl woved
goodbge ond disappeared into the wood thot wos next to the costle.

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An hour loter, Horrg went boch to [ooh qt the cohe. But when he
opened the hitchen door, he coutdn't see the tobte, the cooher or
the stolrs thot went up to the queen's dining room. The room wos
Jutt oJ cohe! He broke o piece ojj ond ote it. 'Wow! This cohe tostes
qnd the most deticious cohe
Jontostic!' he loughed. 'It's the biggest
thot I've ever mode!'
The queen loohed out oJ the top window. 'Whot's hoppening down
there?' she catled. 'And where's my blrthdog cahe?'
'We've mqde it,' Horrg onswered, 'but it's so enormous we con't get
back into the hitchen.'

'Thot meons gou can't bring me mg dlnner get, ond I didn't eat
enough lunch, so ]'m sti[[ hungrg!' Queen Atice shouted ongritg. 'Do
something quichtg!'
Horry loohed ot John ond Kor[. 'We must eot the cohe,' he soid,
'becouse we con't get boch into the kitchen unt[[ we do!'

tnffi
It's reollg
delicious!

The three coohs began to eot the cqhe ond eoch doy the cohe got
more qnd more delicious qnd eoch doy the three cooks got hcppier
ond hoppier. Their wives ond children come to eot the cohe too
ond soon otl the people Jrom the villoge came to hetp eot the cohe.
Evergone Jorgot their probtems ond stqrted to smite ogoin. The girl
wqtched Jrom the top oJ o tree [n the wood and smi[ed too.

The people Jrom the vitloge were getting happier ond hoppler, but
Queen Alice was getting hungrier cnd hungrier ond angrier ond
ongrler. She could onty eot drg biscuits ond she coutd onlg drink raln
woter Jrom the little gold cup thot she [eJt outside her window.
The coohs, their Jomilies and the people Jrom the vitloge Jinished eating
the cohe on the mornlng oJ the queenis birthdag. Horrg put the lost
piece on o beoutiJul sltver ptote ond corried it coreJully up the stoirs.
He didnt Jeel oJraid oJ the queen now. He Jett hoppg qnd brove.

'This is the most deticious piece oJ the cqhe and it's Jor gou,' he soid
hindtg.
Queen Atice loohed ot Horrg, tooh the cohe, ote it stowly ond smited
qt him. 'She's never, never, never done thot beJore!' Horry thought.
The queen smited ogoin. 'l con toste 49 hinds oJ Jood in this coke,

but what's the lost one? It tostes better thon onything etse in the
wor[d,' she soid.

'lt's a speclal peor,' Horrg qnswered. 'A hind ond happg littte gir[
gove it to us to put in gour cohe.'

'Yes, I did,' the girl in the wood whispered. 'My grondmother's

hlndness ond happiness cre in your coke too. They were our

present to gou ond to everuone in the vlltage. Hoppu birthdag,

Your Mojestgl'

I
@

the queen
for
coke

New words for gou!

Drow [ines between Uour new words ond their meonings.
verg good to eot
veru
different, better, more importont

verg big

greot

@ *no soid this?

Write A, B or C.
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Exomple:

,'1 ,(i

Where's mg birthdog cqke?...9...

I hqte birthdogs.........

Whot's hoppening down there? ........

5

Hoppg birthdog,Your Mojestg! ........

Whot else cqn we put in

Right or wrong?
Write right or wrong.
Exomple: The three cooks were poor.

I
2
3
4
5
5

The queen wos olwogs kind to the cooks.

Horrg knew the girl in the kitchen.

The girl gove the cooks her grondmother! peor.
There wos o wood next to the costle.
More thon one person qte o piece of the coke.

Horrg wos ofroid when he took the coke to the queen.

.....r'.gh.t

it?.

@ *not's hoppening in the kitchen?

Look ot the picture on poge 60. Write ges or no.
2
There
is one lorge
pocket on the
girl's dress.

Exompte:

You con
see o chicken
on the ground.

Three delicious
biscuits ore on o
sitver plote.

no
4

3
One of
the cooks hos
burnt his finger!

Someone
hos opened the
door of the old

There's
on enormous
spoon in Horrg's

cooker.

right hond.

It's two
o'clock in the

ofternoon.

(B *not have theg done?

Write the missing words in eoch sentence.

Exompre: Ho..g

..h.9.s..hLqt(911.. lots

of eggs into the bow[.

I John
.. some milk in the bowl too.
2 Theg
.. the coffee.
3 Another cook ................,.,,,, the chocolote.
4 The girt ...................... the peor to Horrg.
5 Horrg
.. qll the food together.
6 John ond Korl
.. the toble!

(breok)
(put)
(odd)

(brin9)
(9ive)

(mix)

(not cleon)

Whot kind of food is this?

Write the word.
Exomple: These ore oronge.Theg're

This is white

2
3

This is white.You need it ro moke cokes ond breod.

4
5
6

vegetobles.

cornots

or brown. Some people put it in teo.

This gettow fruit isnt sweet.
This drink comes from fruit or vegetobles.
These orqnge fruits grow in hot countries.

This is usuollg dork brown ond tostes sweet.

@tu or This tqstes deticious!

Listen ond write Robert's onswers. Write one word.
He[[o Robert! Let's tolk obout food.

Whot do gou like eoting for breqkfost?

Who cooks the meots in gour

house?

Where do gou eot gour meqls?

Tel[ me obout the food gou often eot.

I love ..................
I often

hove

for dinner.

I usuollg hove.................. on mg breod.

@ ,"t ond sfill

Cross out the wrong word in eqch sentence.

Exomple: The queen is ---

sitting in her room.

Horrg hosnt brought the queen her birthdog

coke

The cooks ore

eqting the cqke.
The queen hqsnt eoten her biscuits
The cooks hovent eoten o[[ the coke
5 The queen is
hungrg ond ongrg.

2
3
4

two dogs ogo

now

Cft"nge port of the storg.

Write new words in the spoces.
The cooks, tf'r"ir" ....til91d9.... ond the people from the vittoge finished
eoting the cqke on the morning of the queen's birthdog. Horrg put the
lost piece on o (t)
silver plote ond (2) .................. it
corefutlg up the stoirs. He didnt feel ofrqid of the queen now. He fett
hoppg ond (3)...................'This is the (4)
piece of the
coke ond itt for gou,' he soid (5) .................. .

@ GFu.r

Who's in the vegetoble garden?

Listen ond drow lines.

Horrg

John

Michoel

Anno

@ *no wos the girt?

You decide. Write ond sog.
Whot wos the girl's nome?
How otd wqs she?
Whg did she wont to help Queen
Alice ond evergone in the vi[[oge?

Whot did she do

Mg friend!
Write obout q friend.

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