Page 51 - English Expedition Class 1

7 Fishing for the Moon
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in the Well

Which of the following is your favourite object in the sky? Circle it and explain
why.

How would you feel if one of them disappeared? What do you think would

happen?

One evening, a kind-hearted
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man went to fetch some water
from a well. As he looked into the

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well, he saw the reflection of the
moon in the water.

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Alarmed , the man said, ‘Oh!
Good Heavens! The beautiful
moon has fallen into the well! I

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must hurry back home for my
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fishing hook . I will fish the moon out of the well.’

fi shing : trying to catch fi sh alarmed : worried or scared by something
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fetch : go for and then bring back hurry : move or act quickly
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(something or someone) 6 hook : (here) a curved piece of metal for
refl ection : an image in a mirror or on the catching or holding things
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shiny outer part of something
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