The wide-mouthed frog

The wide-mouthed frog I m Freddy. I m a wide-mouthed frog, and I eat insects. And you? Well, nice to meet you! Bye, gorilla! Hi. How are you? Bye, frog! I m fine, thanks. What s your name? Hi. How are you? I m fine, thanks. What s your name? Hi. How are you? I m fine, thanks. What s your name? SB p. 11 I m Gordon. I m a gorilla and I eat bananas. I m Freddy. I m a wide-mouthed frog, and I eat insects. And you? Well, nice to meet you! Bye, bear! I m Betty, I m a bear and I eat honey. I m Freddy. I m a wide-mouthed frog and I eat insects. And you? Bye, frog! Oh, oh, oh! Well. I must go. Bye! I m Carl. I m a crocodile and I eat... wide-mouthed frogs! Helbling Languages UNIT 1 1

At the zoo There s a snake in here. There. It s under the rock. I can t see a snake. Cool. Where? It s under the rock. Over there. There s a crab in here. Oh yes. It s beautiful. Cool. Where? There. It s next to the rocks. It s next to the rocks. Over there. Oh yes. It s beautiful. I can t see a crab. 2 UNIT 3 Helbling Languages SB p. 18

There are two tigers in here. There. They re behind the bush. Cool. Where? I can t see two tigers. OK. The spider cage. Cool. They re behind the bush. Over there. Oh yes. Wow. Spiders? Yuck. Where are they? Where are the spiders? On your shoulder. There s one. Where? Aaaaagghhhh! SB p. 18 Helbling Languages UNIT 3 3

The lost cat THE LOST CAT 1/2 Another day at the office. The telephone rings. Hello. Sherlock Groans, the world s best detective. This is Lady Grey. Please, help me! I can t find my cat, Pepper. Don t worry, Lady Grey. I can find Pepper. Groans leaves his office. Pepper! Pepper! Pepper! Groans comes to a bridge. Perhaps Pepper is under the bridge. Groans falls into the river. Aaargh! Pepper isn t here! Perhaps Pepper is in the park. Groans bumps into a tree. Perhaps Pepper is in the woods. Ouch. Pepper isn t here! Groans goes to the park. Groans goes to the woods. 4 7 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 44

A SURPRISE FOR PRINCE STERLING 2/2 Groans looks for Pepper but sees a wolf. He sees Pepper in the tree. Oh. No! Pepper isn t here! Help! Help! Hey, Pepper is here! Groans climbs a tree. Groans phones Lady Grey. 20 minutes later. Lady Grey hits the wolf. The wolf runs away. I ve got Pepper. But I ve got a problem. There s a wolf here. Bad wolf! Go away! Oh, wonderful! Give me 20 minutes! The branch breaks. Groans falls out of the tree. Pepper jumps into Lady Grey s arms. Ouch! Thank you, Mr Groans! Sherlock Groans, the world s best detective! Pepper! No problem, Lady Grey! SB p. 44 Helbling Languages UNIT 7 5

The birthday party There s a birthday party this afternoon and I haven t got anything to wear. You ve got lots of clothes. No, I haven t. Sophia, can I borrow your red sweater? Please, Sophia. Can I borrow your green jeans too? No, you can t. OK. No. You ve got lots of jeans. What s wrong with your red jeans? Please, Sophia. You re my favourite sister. I ve only got three pairs. Black jeans, blue jeans, and red jeans. They re old. OK. You can borrow my green jeans. Try them on. 6 9 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 57

Two minutes later. Do they fit you? Can I borrow your yellow trainers, too? I don t like the colour. Please, Sophia. Can I borrow your yellow trainers? Yes, they do. They fit! No. What about your pink trainers? OK, OK. Thirty minutes later. I m ready to go. How do I look? Have you got your invitation? Yes, here it is. You look great, Debbie! Erm... Debbie. There s a problem. A problem? What problem? So what? Today is Saturday. This invitation says Saturday. Yes, today is Saturday the 14 th. The invitation says Saturday the 7 th! Oh, no! SB p. 57 Helbling Languages UNIT 9 7

The horse can count THE HORSE CAN COUNT 1/2 You re a strong horse, Jolly. You can carry a lot. There s Old Fred s shop. OLD FRED S SHOP Hi, Fred. How are you? I want to buy a lot of things for the winter. I m fine. What can I do for you? Great. What do you want? I d like 40 kilos of beans. They re my favourite food. I d like 20 kilos of rice. Right. Beans. 40 kilos. What else? OK. Rice is nice. 8 11 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 72

THE HORSE CAN COUNT 2/2 Anything else? I d like 30 kilos of carrots. They re for my rabbits. Let me think. Sure. No problem. 40 kilos of beans, 20 kilos of rice, 30 kilos of carrots... hmm. That s 90 kilos! And I d like 50 kilos of potatoes. 140 kilos! Joe can carry that. That s 140 kilos! Five kilometres in five hours. Joe is so slow! Jolly? Jolly? Where is that horse? SB p. 72 Helbling Languages UNIT11 9

A knock at the window A KNOCK AT THE WINDOW 1/2 Dana is alone in the house. She is watching TV. Suddenly, there is a knock at the window. 5 minutes later, there is another knock. Hello? Who s out there? Dana phones her best friend Joe. Joe? It s Dana. I m scared! I m home alone and there are noises in the garden. Can you come? Oh? What s the matter? Sorry, I can t. Dad and I are cooking dinner. Bye! 10 13 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 82

A KNOCK AT THE WINDOW 2/2 Suddenly, there is another knock. Cooking dinner. Ha! Oh no! She phones Joe again. She sees Joe in the garden. Aha! Just wait! Why is a mobile ringing in the garden? Joe? Can you please come? I m so scared. Got you! Sorry, Dana, I can t. Aaaarrrgh!! SB p. 82 Helbling Languages UNIT13 11

A surprise for Prince Sterling A SURPRISE FOR PRINCE STERLING 1/2 It s Thursday, September 17 th. Prince Sterling and his father, King Nicholas, are in the castle. Saturday s my birthday! I know, I know. Saturday s your birthday and on Sunday you can have a party. But I m a prince! So I want a very special party. I want twelve beautiful cakes. And I want twelve fantastic presents. And I want twelve guests! The servants go into the village. They buy presents and they invite twelve children from the village to the party. Let s have a very special party on Sunday for the prince! We need twelve great presents, and twelve guests from the village! It s Sunday. The king, the prince, the servants and the twelve children are all in the big room. On the table, there are the twelve presents and twelve beautiful cakes. HAPPY BIRTHDA D Y, DA, AY PRINCESTERLING The children are having fun. They are listening to music. They are dancing and playing games. The prince is not happy. 12 UNIT 14 Helbling Languages SB p. 90

A SURPRISE FOR PRINCE STERLING 2/2 It s time for the presents! Wow! What wonderful presents! I m special. I don t want these silly presents! The king speaks to the children. Why are you whispering? I want to hear it too! We ve got a surprise for you, Prince Sterling! HAPPY BIRT Oh, a surprise! I hope it s a special surprise. I m a special prince! RT R HDA D Y, DA, AY PRINCESTERLING We re talking about something special for a special prince! Yes, it s very special, Prince Sterling! Just close your eyes. One, two, three! HAPPY BIRTHDA Y, DA, DAY PRINCESTERLING Happy birthday, Prince Sterling! SB p. 90 Helbling Languages UNIT14 13

Rescue at sea RESCUE AT THE SEA 1/2 What a beautiful day. Can we hire a boat? Of course. Let s! In the afternoon, the weather changed... The strong wind pushed the boat onto the rocks of a small island. Watch out! Look at the hole! Finally, they were on the island. Hours later, they saw a helicopter... Aw! There s no signal. Here we are!... but the helicopter turned away. 14 16 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 104

RESCUE AT THE SEA 2/2 The wind was so strong that soon the island was on fire. They had the idea to make a fire. OK! Alan, we need more wood! We must go back into the water! Suddenly, the helicopter returned. Look at all that smoke! HELP!!! The men saw them and rescued them. Thank you! The men took them back home. Thank you again! We were really lucky! SB p. 104 Helbling Languages UNIT 16 15

The remote control The shop in Mill Street sold lots of things. In the window I saw a TV remote control. I went into the shop because I needed a new one. There was an old woman behind the desk. Be careful! That s not a normal TV remote control. It has special powers. Special powers? Yes. Use it carefully and never, ever press the button with the star. What a strange lady At home my brother Tom was in the living room. The TV was on. It was a film about dinosaurs. What s that? Can we watch a cartoon? A new TV remote control. No. 16 17 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 112

I pointed the remote control at Tom and pressed a button. He froze. I looked at the button. It was the pause button. I pressed the rewind button. My brother started moving and talking backwards. I pressed the fast forward button. He started moving really fast. I remembered the old lady and her words: Use it carefully. So I stopped.!einna No. NO! Let me look at the remote control. I SAID LET ME LOOK AT THE REMOTE CONTROL! Where s Tom? HELP ME! HELP! HELP ME, ANNIE! PLEASE, HELP ME! OH, NO! SB p. 112 Helbling Languages UNIT17 17

Why lions donʻt like jackals WHY LIONS DON T LIKE JACKALS 1/2 One day, the jackal was looking for food. He didn t find any food. I m hungry,... hungry,... hungry. Missed it! Then he saw a lion. Help, great lion, help! Oh no, he s going to eat me. I need a plan. What s the matter? See the big rock? It s falling on us. It will kill us. Please, lion. You are so strong. Please, hold up the rock. OK. 18 18 UNIT Helbling Languages SB p. 120

WHY LIONS DON T LIKE JACKALS 2/2 AHH! Thank you. I ll get the elephant to help us. OK. But be quick. The rock didn t fall... And the rock didn t fall... AHHHHHHH! After an hour he stopped and the rock didn t fall... WHAT?? And the rock didn t fall... He tricked me again! I hate the jackal! And this is why lions don t like jackals. SB p. 120 Helbling Languages UNIT18 19