SECTION 6 Additional resources Term 1 Topic 2 Unit 2


Elton’s story


Every day is the same. My mom walks me to school. I’m already eight, so my mom doesn’t come inside the gate with me anymore. But some days, I wish she would. I know that Andrew will be waiting for me behind the hall. I tried to tell my mom that I was too sick to go to school today but she didn’t believe me.


“Elton, give me your lunchbox” says Andrew. If I don’t give it to Andrew, he’ll go and tell the other children that I have really smelly breath. Then they won’t play with me. Yesterday, Andrew told everyone that I have teddy bears on my underwear. Everyone laughed and when I started to cry, they laughed at me some more. Some children even called me a baby. I hate school.


Andrew’s story


Everyday is the same. I get up and look for something to eat. But there’s never anything. My mom tries her best but she is often sick and so no-one will give her a permanent job. Sometimes she gets work and earns a little money. My dad left us when my brother and I were very young so there’s no money from him. I walk to school, feeling very hungry. I know that I can wait for Elton and he will give me his lunch. At least I will have something to eat today. I will try and save some for my brother, he’s only four.


“Elton, give me your lunchbox.” When I say this, I feel bad that I am taking his lunch but I know that he ate breakfast this morning and that his mom will give him lunch when he gets home. I’m scared that Elton will tell the other children what I am doing, so I make sure that no-one talks to him by telling them lies about him. Elton’s crying again and I want to tell the children to stop laughing at him but I can’t. I know what I’m doing is wrong but there is no other way.


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Term 2 Topic 1 Unit 1 King Midas and the Golden Touch


King Midas was a very kind man who ruled his kingdom fairly, but he spoke quickly without stopping to think. One day, while walking in his garden, he saw an old man asleep in the flowers. He was very angry, but took pity on the old fellow and let him go without punishment. The old man turned out to be magic and he rewarded King Midas by granting him one wish. The king thought for only a second and then said: “I wish for everything I touch to turn to gold.” And so it was.


The beautiful flowers in his garden turned toward the sun for light, but when Midas approached and touched them, they stood stiff and still, turned to gold. The king grew hungry and thin, for each time he tried to eat, he found that his food had turned to gold. His water, his bed, his clothes, and his whole palace was gold. One day a terrible thing happened: his lovely daughter ran up to him to give him a hug, and at his touch, she turned to gold.


King Midas saw that soon his whole kingdom would turn to gold unless he did something right away. He asked the old man to turn everything back to the way it had been, and to take back his golden touch. Because the king was ashamed and very sad, the old man took pity on him and granted his request. King Midas’s palace, and everything around him, turned back to the way it was before.


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