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Text: The Talking Cat   Author: Penny Newman

Read the text and record key words/phrases that answer these questions:

Who? Choucho,Tante Odette,Pierre leBlanc

What?  it can talk

Where? at a house

When? at night

Why? want’s to earn money

How? by

Summarise the text in 25 words

(Include key words from the text as well as your words)

rubbing his head	chopping wood	having some soup	dug the garden	giving money
Vegetable garden	knocking on the door	they are hugging	he is thinking	wrapping his tail
purred	shivered	throwing his voice	laugh at them	smiled
happy	it is getting dark	purred at me	i need a bed	he asked for food
cat talking	telling me	picked up	ridiculous	crazy idea

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