Mary Poppins / Мэри Поппинс. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Wigg one day when he was at the circus on his birthday?

12. Why did Jane and Michael begin laughing?

13. What strange thing happened to Michael and Jane when they were laughing and could not stop?

14. Did Mr. Wigg like it when the children flew up to the ceiling? What did he say to them?

15. What did Michael and Jane ask Mary Poppins to do?

Did she fly up to them?

16. What did Mary Poppins do with the table?

17. Did they enjoy their tea? What was the first sad thought of the afternoon? Why did they all come down on the floor?

3.

Miss Lark lived in the next house.

The house was very big and beautiful, and in the garden Miss Lark had two gates. One gate was for her friends and relations. And the other gate was for the Baker, the Butcher and the Milkman.

One day the Baker made a mistake and came through the gate which was for Miss Lark’s friends and relations. And Miss Lark was very angry.

All day long Jane and Michael could hear Miss Lark’s voice.

“Andrew, where are you?” or

“Andrew, you mustn’t go out without your overcoat!” or

“Andrew, come to Mother!”

And if you didn’t know, you could think that Andrew was a little boy. And Jane thought that Miss Lark thought that Andrew was a little boy. But Andrew wasn’t a little boy. He was a dog – a little dog which looked like a fur collar[33 - looked like a fur collar – был похож на меховой воротник].

Andrew lived like a king. He slept on a silk cushion in Miss Lark’s room; he ate cream every day; he had four overcoats in different colours. Every day he had things which people usually have only on birthdays. And when Andrew himself had a birthday, he had a big cake.

People did not like Andrew and laughed at him. And when Miss Lark bought him two pairs of small boots, people came to their gates to look at him and laugh.

“He is stupid,” said Michael one day when the children were looking at Andrew through the fence between their garden and Miss Lark’s garden.

“How do you know?” asked Jane.

“I know because Daddy called him stupid this morning,” said Michael.

“He is not stupid,” said Mary Poppins.

And Mary Poppins was right. Andrew wasn’t stupid, and you will very soon see it.

You must not think that he did not love Miss Lark.