tailieunhanh - Start reading - 5

Tham khảo sách 'start reading - 5', tài liệu phổ thông, tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | L start Reading 5 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Kimau s paper bag 1 Kimau and Makula walked quickly beside the brown African river the Tana River with its crocodiles and its hippopotamuses. They were a long 5 way from their camp and it was late. They could already see the moon and the stars in the sky. They could hear the lions and other wild animals near the path in the long brown grass and 10 the small trees. The noises of the animals made the two boys walk faster and faster. They were in a hurry now. We must get back to the camp 15 quickly Kimau said. Hewas frightened. Sh We must be as quiet as we can too. The lions are hunting for food . . . Makula suddenly stopped and held up 20 one hand. Listen They listened. An elephant Makula whispered. They walked as quietly as they could along the path and stopped behind a 25 big tree. There was a large elephant twenty metres in front of them on the 30 35 40 45 50 Don t let it hear us Makula whispered. Suddenly the elephant turned. It could hear them and smell them too. put its long trunk up into the air. Elephants cannot see very well but they can hear well with their big ears and they can smell well with their long trunks. The boys hid behind the tree and did not move. Slowly the elephant came towards them. Then it stopped only five or six metres away from their tree. It screamed loudly and angrily and waved its ears backwards and forwards. It s going to attack us whispered Makula. We must do something . . answered Kimau and he pulled a big brown paper bag from his pocket. There were some sweets in the bag. He let the sweets fall into the long grass and he started to blow into the bag quickly.