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STORIES FOR A1

1. All By Myself Read the whole story >>>

2. Classroom Rules Read the whole story >>>

3. Goldilocks and the three Bears Read the whole story >>>

4. Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush Read the whole story >>>

5. I wasn’t happy yesterday. Read the whole story >>>

6. It is a green day Read the whole story >>>

7. Mice and Cat Read the whole story >>>

8. My body Read the whole story >>>

9. My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes Read the whole story >>>

10. Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been? Read the whole story >>>

11. The Enormous Turnip Read the whole story >>>

12. The Lion and The Mouse Read the whole story >>>

13. The seasons rhyme Read the whole story >>>

14. The Seefood Diet Read the whole story >>>

15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Read the whole story >>>

   All By Myself

 

There are things that I can do
All by myself.

I can comb my hair and tie my shoes
All by myself.

I can bath and brush my teeth
All by myself.

I can stretch and touch my feet
All by myself.

I can wash my hands and face
All by myself.

I can even put the toys in place

All by myself.

 

   Classroom Rules

 

Follow the classroom rules, when you go to school!

Follow the classroom rules, because that’s how to be cool!

 

You must stay in your seat and keep your desk neat!

Follow the classroom rules, because that’s how to be cool!

 

You must be there on time and never jump the line!

Follow the classroom rules, because that’s how to be cool!

 

   Goldilocks and the three Bears

 

Narrator : Goldilocks is a little girl. She has golden hair. One day, she walks into the forest, sees a house and knocks the door. Nobody is in the house. She sees three bowls on the table. She is hungry.

Goldilocks : OUCH !!!  This soup is too hot!     MMm !!!This soup is too cold!    AAa !!! This soup is just right!

Narrator : So, Goldilocks eats all the soup.

Narrator: Goldilocks is tired now! She goes to the living room and sits on the chair.

Goldilocks : This chair is too big! I don’t like it. This chair is too hard too! I don’t like it. That chair is just right!

Narrator : But the chair breaks! Goldilocks is very tired now. She goes upstairs to the bedroom…

Goldilocks :  This bed is too hard! I don’t like it. This bed is too soft! I don’t like it! This bed is just right!

Narrator: After some minutes the bears come home… and look around.

Daddy bear: Someone’s been eating my soup!

Mummy Bear: God! Someone’s been eating my soup!

Baby Bear: Someone’s been eating my soup and it’s all gone!  Not fair !!

Daddy bear: Someone’s been sitting on my chair!

Mummy Bear: God! Someone’s been sitting on my chair too !

Baby Bear: Someone’s been sitting on my chair and it’s broken!  Not fair !!

Daddy bear: Let’s go upstairs. Someone’s been sleeping in my bed!

Mummy Bear: God. Someone’s been sleeping in my bed!

Baby Bear: Someone’s been sleeping in my bed and she’s still there! Not fair!

Narrator: Goldilocks wakes up and sees the

three bears. She is scared! Oh who are you?

Goldilocks : AHHHHHH! Help! Help!

Narrator: She runs downstairs and goes back to the forest. She never comes back again!

 

4. Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush

 

Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,

The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,

Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,

So early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our clothes,

Wash our clothes, wash our clothes,

This is the way we wash our clothes,

So early Monday morning.

This is the way we iron our clothes,

Iron our clothes, iron our clothes,

This is the way we iron our clothes,

So early Tuesday morning.

This is the way we sweep the floor,

Sweep the floor, sweep the floor,

This is the way we sweep the floor,

So early Wednesday morning.

This is the way we mend our clothes,

Mend our clothes, mend our clothes,

This is the way we mend our clothes,

So early Thursday morning.

This is the way we clean the house,

Clean the house, clean the house,

This is the way we clean the house,

So early Friday morning.

This is the way we bake our bread,

Bake our bread, bake our bread,

This is the way we bake our bread,

So early Saturday morning.

This is the way we get dressed up,

Get dressed up, get dressed up,

This is the way we get dressed up,

So early Sunday morning.

 

   I wasn’t happy yesterday.

 

I wasn’t happy yesterday, I was sad, oh so sad!

I wasn’t happy yesterday, I was mad, oh so mad!

 

But not today, not today,

Today I’m very happy!

We’re going to go on holiday and have a lot of fun!

We’re going to go on holiday and play out in the sun!

 

Say hello to sunshine! Say hello to fun!

The holidays are here,  so say hello to the sun!

 

We’re going to go on holiday, we’re going to have a rest!

We’re going to go on holiday, holidays are the best!

 

  It is a green day

 

It’s a green day, It’s a clean day, It’s a new day today!

I like helping my planet,

Let’s show them the way!

Let’s paint a new tomorrow

With colours bright and new!

I like painting a new future

And I know you like it, too!

 

It’s a green day, It’s a clean day, It’s a new day today!

I like painting my dreams,

Let’s show them the way!

 

  Mice and Cat

 

One mouse, two mice, three mice, four,

Stealing from their tunnel, creeping  through the door.

Softly! Softly! Don’t make a sound –

Don’t let your little feet, patter on the ground.                                                                                                              

 

There on the rug, sleek and fat,

Soundly sleeping, lies old Tom Cat.

If he should hear you, there’d be no more

Of one mouse, two mice, three mice, four.

So please be careful, how far you roam,

For if you should wake him…he’d-chase-you-all-home!

 

  My body

 

All may stand up straight and tall. 
Chins up high, one and all ! 
Hands on hips, hands on knees, 
Put them behind you if you please. 
Touch your fingers, 
Now your nose. 
Touch your ears, and now your toes. 
Raise your hands up high in the air, 
Down at your sides, 
Now touch your hair. 
Now, if you please, 
Touch your elbows, 
Now your knees. 
Raise your hands up high as before, 
Now sit down, hands quiet once more. 
Eyes to the front, 
Feet on the floor.

 

   My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes

 

The cat from Berlin, played the violin.

The cat from Brazil, caught a very bad chill.

The cat from Greece, joined the police.

The cat from Norway, got stuck in the doorway.

The cat from Spain, flew an aeroplane.

The cat from France, liked to sing and dance.

But

MY cat likes to hide in boxes.

 

  Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?

 

"Pussycat, Pussycat, where have you been?"
"I've been up to London to visit the Queen."
"Pussycat, Pussycat, what did you there?"
"I frightened a little mouse under her chair"
"MEOWW!" Has anybody seen my mouse?
I opened his box for half a minute,
Just to make sure he was really in it,
And while I was looking, he jumped outside!
I tried to catch him, I tried, I tried….
I think he's somewhere about the house.
Has anyone seen my mouse?

I look in the mirror and what do I see?
I see a happy face smiling at me.
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
I see a sad face frowning at me.

 

  The Enormous Turnip

 

Characters: Three storytellers, old man, old woman, boy, girl, dog, cat and mouse.

(Stage Directions: storytellers on stage left and the old man in the centre. All the other characters are in a line off-stage or they can be on stage, with each character miming doing their own thing.)

Storyteller 1: Once upon a time there lived a little old man.
Storyteller 2: One day he planted a turnip seed in his garden. (Old man plants his seed.)
Old Man: This turnip is going to be very big and very sweet. (Looks at the audience.)
Storyteller 3: The turnip grew and grew.
Old Man: I think it is time to dig up the turnip. (Old man mimes trying to pull it up.) 
Storyteller 1: He pulled and pulled but he couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Old Man: I know, I will ask my wife to help me. Wife! Wife! Please help me to pull up the turnip. (Wife holds on to him at the waist and they try pulling up the turnip.)
Storyteller 2: His wife came and helped him.
Storyteller 3: They pulled and pulled but they couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Wife: I know, I will ask the boy to help us. Boy! Boy! Please help us to pull up the turnip. (She calls for the boy and the boy comes to help them.)
Storyteller 1: The boy came and helped them. (The boy holds on to her at the waist.)
Storyteller 2: They pulled and pulled but they couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Boy: I know I will ask the girl to help us. Girl! Girl! Please help us to pull up the turnip. (He calls for the girl and the girl comes to help them.)
Storyteller 3: The girl came and helped them. (The girl holds on to him at the waist.)
Storyteller 1: They pulled and pulled but they couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Girl: I know, I will ask the dog to help us. Dog! Dog! Please help us to pull up the turnip. (She calls for the dog and the dog comes to help her.)
Storyteller 2: The dog came and helped them. (The dog holds on to her at the waist.)
Storyteller 3: They pulled and pulled but they couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Dog: I know, I will ask the cat to help us. Cat! Cat! Please help us to pull up the turnip. (He calls for the cat and the cat comes to help them.)
Storyteller 1: The cat came and helped them. (The cat holds on to him at the waist.)
Storyteller 2: They pulled and pulled but they couldn’t pull up the turnip.
Cat: I know, I will ask the mouse to help us. Mouse! Mouse! Please help us to pull up the turnip. (She calls for the mouse and the mouse comes to help them.)
Storyteller 3: The mouse came and helped them. (The mouse holds onto her at the waist.) 
Storyteller 1: They pulled and pulled and then suddenly they and then suddenly they pulled up the turnip. (They all fall over.)
Storyteller 2: Everyone was very happy and they all thanked the mouse. (Everyone shakes hands with the mouse.)
Storyteller 3: Everyone had turnip soup for dinner. (The wife mimes giving each one of them a bowl of soup and they mime drinking it.)

 

   The Lion and The Mouse

 

Narrator: Look! We are in the jungle and a lion is sleeping in the jungle.

Lion: Roar rrrrrr.    The sun is hot. I can’t sleep with this hot sun.

Narrator: Look! It’s a mouse! It passes by.  Oh No! The lion sees the mouse and it is chasing it!

Lion: I’m hungry.

Mouse: Help! I’m scared. Don’t eat me!

Narrator: Oh! No! The lion is opening its mouth!

Mouse: Ah! Don’t eat me!

Lion: Why not?                                                                                           

Mouse: I am little and I’m your friend!

Lion: You? My friend? Says who??  Ha! Ha! My friend. But you are too little to eat. Go home, you silly, little mouse!  You are too little for me. I need to eat something bigger.

Narrator: The next day the lion is in a net and needs help!

Mouse: My friend! What’s the matter?

Lion: Help! I can’t get out of this net. I am trapped. !

Mouse: I can help. Look I can break the net.  Little by little I will break the net.

Narrator: The mouse is eating the net. Little by little. The lion is fine now!

Lion: Thank you, Mouse! You’re very little but you’re a big friend!

Narrator: And so the lion and the mouse became friends forever!

 

  The seasons rhyme

 

Spring is here, spring is here!

I love, I love this time of year!

It’s a very windy day today.

Come with me to the park to play!

Summer

Summer’s here, summer’s here!

I love, I love this time of year!

It’s hot today and sunny too!

I’m swimming and the water’s blue!

Autumn

Autumn’s here, autumn’s here!

I love, I love this time of year!

It’s raining here but I don’t mind.

I’m playing with my toys inside!

Winter

Winter’s here, winter’s here!

I love, I love this time of year!

It’s snowing and it’s cold today.

I’m wearing my hat and scarf to play!

 

   The Seefood Diet

 

I’ve started on a seefood diet.
I highly recommend you try it.
You eat whatever food you see;
a grape, a crepe, a pear, a pea,
a candy cane, some bubble gum,
a piece of pie, a peach, a plum,
banana pancakes, chicken legs,
a dozen donuts, boiled eggs,
spaghetti noodles, steaks,
vanilla ice cream, birthday cakes,
a hundred pizzas, chocolate mousse,
and gallon jugs of apple juice.

The seefood diet. Just can’t beat it.
Whenever you see food, you eat it.
I’m pretty sure you won’t lose weight,
But, what the heck? The food is great!

 

  The Very Hungry Caterpillar

 

Readers (5)

1:            In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf.

2:            One Sunday morning the warm sun came up...

3:            and POP, out of the egg came a tiny, very hungry caterpillar.

1:            He started looking for some food.

5:            On Monday he ate through one apple.  But he was still hungry.

4:            On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.

2:            On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.

3:            On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.

5:            On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.

1:            On Saturday he ate through  one piece of chocolate cake,

3.            One ice-cream cone,

4:            One pickle,

2:            One slice of Swiss cheese,

5:            One slice of salami,

3:            One lollipop,

2:            One piece of cherry pie,

4:            One sausage,

1:            One cupcake,

4:            And one slice of watermelon.

5:            That night he had a stomach ache!

3:            The next day was Sunday again.

2:            The caterpillar ate through one nice leaf, and after that he felt better.

5:            Now he wasn't hungry anymore; and he wasn't a little caterpillar any more.

3:            He was a big fat caterpillar.

1:            He built a small house,

2:            Called a cocoon,

1:            Around himself.

3:            He stayed inside for more than two weeks.

5:            Then he opened a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and...

4:         He became a beautiful butterfly!

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