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Sarah’s
Sarah’s new friend!
new friend!

Sarah andSarah and herand

her parents parents and twobrothers
two younger younger live
brothers
in thelive in theEarly
jungle. jungle. Early every
every
morning, morning, she
she runs to runs
her to her favourite
favourite mango treemango tree and
and climbs it, climbs it, sobring
so she can she can
five bring five
mangoes mangoes fromofthe
from the top thetop
treeoffor
theher
tree for her
family family
to eat for to eat for breakfast.
breakfast.
One morning,
One morning, she was
she was sitting sitting
in the treeinwhen
the tree
she when sheenormous
saw an saw an enormous tiger
tiger below her.below her.
‘Go
‘Go away!’ away!’
she called.she‘I called. ‘I can’t
can’t come downcome down
until until But
you go!’ you the
go!’tiger
But didn’t
the tiger
go didn’t go
away. up
away. It looked It looked
at her up
andatsaid,
her and said, ‘Why?’
‘Why?’
Sarah wasSarah
very was very surprised!
surprised! ‘Tigers
‘Tigers don’t don’tshe
speak!’ speak!’ she said.
said. ‘Well, ‘Well,
I do,’ I do,’ the tiger
the tiger
answered.answered. ‘I’m not dangerous.
‘I’m not dangerous. Climb
Climb down. down.
Those Those mangoes
mangoes lookI’llheavy.
look heavy. help I’ll help
you get
you get home. Youhome. Youon
can ride can
myride on my back.’
back.’
Very
Very slowly slowly
and and very carefully,
very carefully, Sarahdown
Sarah climbed climbed
thedown
tree. the
Whentree.
sheWhen shethe
was on was on the
ground
ground again andagain and
looked looked
into into the
the tiger’s tiger’s
kind eyes,kind eyes,
Sarah Sarah
didn’t feeldidn’t feel frightened.
frightened.
It was funIttowas
ridefun
onto ride
the on the
tiger’s tiger’s
back. back. Itjust
It stopped stopped justthe
outside outside the‘Ivillage.
village. ‘I shouldn’t
shouldn’t
come nearcome near theithouses,’
the houses,’ it said.are
said. ‘People ‘People
afraidare afraid of me!’
of me!’
Sarah understood.
Sarah understood. Shethe
She thanked thanked the tiger
tiger and and said goodbye.
said goodbye.
‘You’re
‘You’re back back her
quickly!’ quickly!’
fatherher father said.
said.
‘Yes!’
‘Yes!’ Sarah Sarah‘Ismiled.
smiled. ‘I rode
rode a tiger a tiger home!’
home!’
No-oneSarah
No-one believed believed
butSarah but she
she didn’t didn’t
mind! Shemind!
knewShe
she knew she
had an had anand
exciting exciting
reallyand really
kind new kind new
friend, thefriend,
tiger, the
andtiger, and that
that made hermade her very happy.
very happy.

84 Cambridge English: Young Learners 10 10

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Examples

jungle
Sarah’s family lives in a ……………………………… .

a mango tree
Sarah climbs ……………………………… early every morning.

Questions

1 Sarah’s parents and brothers have mangoes for their

……………………………… .

2 When Sarah was in the tree one morning, she saw a

……………………………… on the ground.

3 Sarah didn’t want to ……………………………… from the tree until

the tiger went away.

4 Sarah was ……………………………… when the tiger spoke to her.

5 Sarah rode the tiger until they were ……………………………… and

then the tiger stopped.

6 The tiger said the village people were ……………………………… it.

7 Sarah thought her new friend, the tiger, was

……………………………… .

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