Yasmin Listening
Yasmin Listening
Elisa's Diary
7.00: I get up.
12.00: Drink ………………… with other members of the group. Then start work.
11.00: Go ……………………..…..
The Scaredy-Cat
One Halloween night, a young witch lost her black cat. “Here, kitty kitty,” the witch called, but
the cat did not come out. The witch walked down her street and called again. “Here, kitty kitty,”
the witch called, but again the cat did not come out.
The young witch walked across the street and up the hill. At the top of the hill, there was a big
house with Halloween decorations. It looked like a haunted house. There was a zombie in front
of the fence. Behind the fence, there was a tree. A ghost hung on a tree branch. Below the tree,
there was a graveyard. The little witch stood in the graveyard and called her cat, but it did not
come out. It was time to ask for help.
The witch walked up the steps and knocked on the door of the house. A young boy in a pirate
costume opened the door. “You didn’t say trick or treat,” he said. The witch laughed. “I am not
looking for candy. I am looking for my black cat. Can you help me find her? She is afraid of
Halloween.” “That’s funny,” the boy said. “You have a black cat that is afraid of Halloween!”
He stepped out of his house and helped the witch. They looked behind the pumpkins and under
the welcome mat. They looked in the garden and in between the cars.
Just then, they heard a lady scream across the street. The boy and the witch ran to help the lady.
She had a candle in her hands. “I took the lid off my jack-o’-lantern and a black cat jumped out,”
the lady said. “It scared me!” This time the witch laughed. “Don’t be scared. That was my cat.
She’s afraid of Halloween.” “Here, kitty kitty,” the witch called, and the black cat ran out of the
bushes and into her arms.
“That’s one scaredy-cat,” the boy said, and they all laughed.
The lady put the candle inside the jack-o’-lantern. “I like your costumes,” she said, and she gave
the boy and the witch some candy. “Happy Halloween!”
Questions
Here are some questions you can ask your students after they listen to the story.
1. Why is the cat hiding?
2. What decorations does the big house have?
3. Who helps the witch find the cat?
4. Why does the lady across the street scream?
5. What does the pirate call the cat at the end of the story?