Write your own short story. Choose one of these beginnings for a short story.

• The child and his mother
• When I was walking in the street with my aunt and her child yesterday.
• I saw something very funny. The curious child asked his mother (my aunt): "Mommy", why are some of your hairs turning grey?
• The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: "It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!"
• The child replied innocently: "Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.

Extra activities

A. Read the story below. Put words in the gaps to make it more interesting. (the story is true).

• One day a young man was walking in a lovely park in New York. It was summer and it was a beautiful day. He was near a huge lake. Suddenly he stopped.
• He couldn't believe his eyes!
• There was a dangerous crocodile in the water. He phoned the police on his mobile phone.
• He spoke very quickly. The police came with a fast boat and went up and down the lake.
• One was carrying a long rope. Another grabbed the crocodile by the tail and threw it into the boat.
• The crocodile climbed out of the boat easily.
• A lot of people were watching. They started to laugh loudly.
• The policemen caught the crocodile again, but it escaped.
• Nobody has seen the crocodile again.

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B. Write your own short story. Choose one of these beginnings for a short story.

• The child and his mother
• When I was walking in the street with my aunt and her child yesterday.
• I saw something very funny. The curious child asked his mother (my aunt): "Mommy", why are some of your hairs turning grey?
• The mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: "It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!"
• The child replied innocently: "Now I know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.