Lesson 8 The best and the worst
Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.
Nearly everybody enters for " The Nicest Garden Competition" each year, but Joe wins every time.
Bill Frith's garden is larger than Joe's.
Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting.
He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool.
I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work.
Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town.
Lesson 9 A cold welcome
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.
It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
The big minute hand did not move.
We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
Suddenly someone shouted, " It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped! "
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.
At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
