worksheet 1
The Fox and the Stork
At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began. "I am sorry," said the Fox, "the soup is not to your liking." "Pray do not apologize," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon. "So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar.
"I will not apologize for dinner," said the Stork
Vocabulary:
1. term
2. shallow
3. bill
4. pray
5. apologize
6. dine
7. contain
8. narrow
9. snout
10. lick
Phrases:
1. nothing…but…
The fox put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish.
= The fox put only some soup in a very shallow dish before her.
2. lap up: to drink all of something with great enjoyment
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