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The Magic Pot

Emily Flynn

The Magic Pot

Illustrated by Guido Drago
Poor little Maggie and her mum have very little to eat, but one
day a kind old woman gives her a magic pot which cooks lots
of delicious soup whenever they say the magic words! But one
day Maggie’s mum forgets the magic words to stop the pot,
and it cooks and cooks and cooks…
Beautiful illustrations captivate the imagination and
make understanding easy
Simple, repetitive language will soon have children
memorising the story
Games and language activities make practising English fun
A picture dictionary encourages vocabulary acquisition
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 Maggie is sad, very sad.
She’s hungry, very hungry, and she can’t eat anything.
There’s no food in the kitchen, no food in the house.
Then she has an idea. ‘I can’t eat... but I can play!’
she thinks.

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 ‘Mum, can I go and play in the wood?’ she says.
‘Yes, you can!’ says the mum.
Maggie puts on her yellow boots and her yellow hat
and she goes out.

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 Maggie is crying now. She’s hungry, very hungry!
The old woman with the big bag arrives.
‘Why are you crying, little girl?’ she says.
‘I’m hungry and I want to eat something!’
says Maggie.

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 The old woman opens her bag and takes out a big
pot.
‘This is for you. It’s a magic pot!’ she says. ‘It can
cook delicious soup! When you’re hungry, you say
“Cook, magic pot, cook!”’

This is for you.

It’s a magic pot!

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 Maggie is hungry!
4 Read, look and write.

Sorry,
Mum,
Maggie, there isn’t
can I have a glass
any _ _ _ _.
of M
_ _I _
L_K please?

Mum, Sorry,
can I have a piece Maggie, there isn’t
of _ _ _ _ _ please? any _ _ _ _ _.

Sorry,
Mum,
Maggie, there isn’t
can I have a piece of
any _ _ _ _ _ _.
_ _ _ _ _ _ please?

24 • ACTIVITIES

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 ON, IN and NEAR
5 Read and draw.
Draw the magic pot…

1 on the table 4 near the rock

2 in the tree 5 in the garden

3 on the chair 6 near the rabbits

25 • ACTIVITIES

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 Picture dictionary chair table

acorn

grass food

hill

glass
oak tree

milk
rock

bread
village

cheese/
piece of
castle cheese

soup
wood

hat
house garden

boots

kitchen bag

30 • ACTIVITIES

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 rabbit squirrel hungry tired

delicious
bird

eat fly
toe

in on play walk

near on the top

sing run

small big

happy sad cry cook

catch look

poor

31 • ACTIVITIES

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