Five stories, all of them about something that already happened.
New words: well, bucket, cloud
Last year there was no 
for many weeks.
The 
in our garden was almost dry.
My 
took a 
and went to the .
There was only a little 
at the bottom.
We used it carefully for the 
plants.
Then one evening a big black 
came over the hills.
The fell all night.
In the morning the was full again.
Talk about it
New words: temple, oil-lamp, moon
On Poya day my 
took me to the 
.
She carried a white in her hand.
I carried a small 
.
There were many people there.
An old man gave us a 
of 
.
My lit the and closed her 
.
The light was very beautiful.
We walked home when the 
came up.
Talk about it
New words: cricket, fence
Our school had a 
match on Saturday.
I was the last batsman.
We needed four runs to win.
The 
came very fast.
I hit it as hard as I could.
It went over the 
!
All my friends were shouting my name.
Our 
gave me a 
as a prize.
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New words: paddyfield, peacock, feather, crow
Early one morning I went to the 
with my 
.
The 
was just coming up.
Suddenly we saw a 
near the water.
It was standing very still.
Its long 
s were blue and green.
Then a 
made a loud noise.
The opened its tail and ran into the trees.
My said it was good luck to see one.
Talk about it
New words: hospital, doctor, medicine
My was not well last week.
She could not eat her 
.
My 
took her to the 
by 
.
A 
looked at her for a long time.
He gave her some 
.
"Drink plenty of ," he said.
After three days she was much better.
She made 
for all of us.
Talk about it
Longer, with some conversation.
Shorter, if these feel hard.
How to use them, and the other grades.