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Reading is a very important activity for everybody, especially for

children! When you read, you ‘meet’ new people, new things, new cultures.
Reading can develop your mind and your imagination. Here you can read a
fairy tale, a story from Africa, a story from America and a poem. Enjoy!
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Task 1 Translate the titles.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Cinderella Hansel and Gretel

Little Red Riding Hood Sleeping Beauty

Task 2 Talk. 1 What is your favourite fairy tale?

2 Who is your favourite fairy tale character?
3Are fairy tales wonderful / OK / boring for you?

Task 3 Read.
Vocabulary
princess stepmother Majesty delicate
jealous beauty fair furious
servant get rid of kingdom shocked
fall asleep mad

PART 1
This is a story about a beautiful princess and her evil stepmother. The
princess is very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair. Her skin
is delicate and fair, and so people call her Snow White. Snow White’s
stepmother is jealous at her beauty. Every
day she asks her magic mirror the same
question:
‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the
fairest one of all?’
The answer is always the same: ‘You are,
your Majesty!’
But, one day, the queen hears a different
answer:
‘Snow White is the fairest one of all!’
The stepmother is furious!

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 She doesn’t want Snow White in her kingdom anymore. She makes a plan
to get rid of the girl. She calls one of her servants, gives him a lot of
money and says: ‘Take her far away into
the forest, far away from the castle,
and kill her there!
‘But, your Majesty! How can I kill the
little princess?’, asks the servant.
‘Silence! Do what I tell you to do! Bring
me her heart in this box! I want to be
sure that she is dead!’

The servant is shocked because

he is a good man and does not
want to kill the lovely pincess.
He takes the Snow White into
the forest and tells her all about
the queen’s plan.
‘I can’t do it! I can’t hurt you!
The queen is mad! Run, run away
my princess!’, the servant shouts.
He leaves her alone in the forest. The night is coming and she is scared.
Now she can hear some strange sounds and see terrible eyes of wild
animals behind the bushes. A few hours later, she gets tired of walking
and falls asleep under a tree.

Task 4 Answer the 1 What is the story about?

questions.
2 What does the princess look like?
3 Why is her stepmother jealous at her?
4 Who says: ‘Snow White is the fairest one of all!
5 What is the queen’s reaction?
6 Does the servant kill the princess?
7 What happens in the end of Part 1?

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Task 5 Read.
Vocabulary
path cottage tiny
chimney pot plate spoon
(chief) dwarf delicious protect

PART 2
When she wakes up, she
ca n he a r the son g of
birds but she doe sn’t
know where she is. She
takes a look around and
sees a path to a strange
cottage. The cottage is
strange because it has
a tiny door, tiny windows
and a tiny chimney pot.
Sn ow White come s to
the cottage and opens
the door.
‘l wonder who lives here?’ she says to
herself.
‘There are seven tiny plates and seven
tiny spoons on the table! There must
be seven of them! I ’ll make them
something to eat!’
After some time, seven little dwarfs
are comin g back home. T hey are
hungry and tired. They open the door
and see a girl in the kitchen.
The chief dwarf asks her: ‘Who are
you?’

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 Snow White tells them to eat the soup and listen to her sad story. The
soup is delicious but the story is sad.
‘Stay here with us!’, the dwarfs say to Snow White.
‘You can wash our clothes, clean our house and we can protect you from
your evil stepmother! But, remember, we are not at home all the time so
do not open the door to strangers.’

Task 6 Answer the 1 1 Does Snow White know where she is now?
questions.
2 What does she see?
3 Why is it a strange cottage?
4 What is there on the table?
5 Who comes into the cottage after Snow White?
6 What do they tell her to do?

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Task 7 Read.
Vocabulary
Still dwarfs’ cottage kill dead if
poisoned (apple) sell make a wish bite
cannot suddenly fall (on the ground) run away

PART 3
The queen is happy because her
ser va nt come s b ack from the
forest and gives her the box. She
thinks that it is Snow White’s heart
inside the box but she is wrong.
It is the heart of an animal. The
queen turns to the magic mirror
and the answer is:
‘Snow White is still alive and she
is still the fairest one of all! She
lives in the seven dwarfs’ cottage,
down in the forest!’
‘No, No! She must be dead! If she is alive, I will kill her!’
She dresses like an old lady, takes a poisoned apple and puts it with
others apples in her basket and goes into the forest to find Snow White.
Snow White is in the kitchen and she hears the sound at the door:
KNOCK! KNOCK!
‘Who’s there?’, asks the girl.
‘ I’m an old woman. I sell apples. Do
you want some?’
‘I cannot opet the door and I don’t
need any apples, thank you!’, she
answers.
‘But I have one apple that can make
all your wishes come true!

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 Make a wish and bite it! Come on, it is easy, isn’t it?’
She opens the door and takes the apple from the old lady’s hand. Her
only wish is to get back home so she makes the wish and takes one bite of
the apple. Suddenly, she falls on the ground and the old woman runs away.

Task 8 Answer the

questions.

1 Why is the queen happy?

2 Is it the heart of Snow White in the box?
3 What does the magic mirror say?
4 What does the queen plan?
5 Who says: ‘I’m an old woman. I sell apples. Do you want some?’
6 Why does Snow White bite the apple?
7 What happens to her then?

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Task 9 Read.
Vocabulary
hurry scream realise desperate take care
happen breathe impressed cheek the same
break leave forever astonishment

PART 4
The evening comes and the dwarfs hurry to get back home. When they
come home, they see Snow White on the ground. They are shocked!
‘Oh, no! Is she dead?’, one of them screams.
‘Is she breathing?’ asks the chief dwarf.

They realise that she is breathing but she cannot wake up or move. She
is in a deep sleep now...The dwarfs are desperate. They put her on a bed
and take care of her day and night. They bring her flowers, try to find
somebody to help but nothing happens.
One day, a strange man comes to their home and asks for some water
for his horses. The dwarfs give him water for the horses and tell him
their sad story. They ask him to help them.

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 ‘Can I see her?’ asks the man.
They do not know that the man is a
prince.
When he sees her, he is impressed
with her beauty. He comes close to her
and kisses her cheek. To everyone’s
astonishment, Snow White opens her
eyes.
‘Hooray, hooray!’ all the dwarfs shout.
The prince falls in love with Snow White
and they get married. He takes her to
his castle but from time to time, they
visit the little cottage down in the
forest.
But, does anyone know where the evil queen is? Of course, she is in front
of her magic mirror.
‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?’
‘Snow White is the fairest one of all!’, the magic mirror answers.
When the evil queen hears the answer, she breaks the mirror and leaves
the castle. This time forever.

Task 10 A
 nswer the
questions.

1 Why the dwarfs are shocked?

2 What do they do to wake her up?
3 Who is the strange man that comes to their cottage?
4 Does he help Snow White? What does he do?
5 Where is the evil queen?
6 What happens to her in the end of the story?
7 Do you like the story?

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 A story from Africa

Task 1 Match and copy in your notebook.

pretežak/
udariti,
dijeliti stomak God preteška/
tresnuti
preteško

pot ideas bacitishare greedy struk

ćup, vrč,
wisdom bump tummy znati
lonac

world spider pauk vezati uže decide

tie a rope waist ideje too heavy become

pohlepan/ postati
know svijet throw
pohlepna odlučiti
sva mudrost
Bog mudrost all the world’s wisdom
svijeta

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Task 2 Read.
WHY WISDOM IS EVERYWHERE
Nyame is the God of the sky. One day Nyame gives Anancy, the spider,
a huge pot. In this pot there is all the wisdom of the world. Nyame tells
Anancy to share the wisdom with everyone he meets.
The pot is full of wonderful pictures, stories, music and many more
exciting ideas. Every day Anancy looks in the pot and he learns something
new. But Anancy is really greedy and doesn’t want to share the wisdom.
‘I want to keep it for myself!’ he thinks. So Anancy decides to hide the
pot of wisdom at the top of a tall tree, where no one else can find it.
He ties a rope around the pot and then ties it around his waist. He
starts climbing. But the pot is too heavy and keeps getting in Anancy’s
way and bumps against his tummy. Anancy’s son watches him climb the
tree. ‘Tie the pot to your back,’ he shouts, ‘That way it is easier to climb
the tree.’ So Anancy ties the pot to his back and very soon he is at the
top of the tree.
But when Anancy gets to the top he becomes very angry. ‘My son knows
more than I do and I have the pot of wisdom,’ he says. ‘How can that
be?’ Anancy is so angry that he throws the pot away. Crash! The pot
breaks into hundred of pieces. Whoosh! The wisdom flies everywhere!
People find bits of wisdom and start taking them home to their friends
and families.
That is why no one person has all the world’s wisdom. People everywhere
share their ideas with their friends.

Task 3 True or false?

1 Nyame gives Anancy a pot full of money. T / F

2A nancy doesn’t want to share the wisdom
from the pot because he is greedy. T / F
3 Anancy decides to hide the pot at the top
of a high mountain. T / F
4 Anancy’s son is angry with Anancy. T / F
5 Anancy throws the pot away and breaks it. T / F
6 Now people everywhere share the wisdom. T / F

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Task 4 Find these sentences in the text.
1 Želim to zadržati za sebe.
2 Kako to može biti?
3 Veži ćup za svoja leđa.
4 On se počinje penjati.
5 Eto zašto niti jedna osoba ne posjeduje svu mudrost svijeta.

Task 5 Unscramble the questions and answer them in your notebook.

eg. Nyame / is / Who / ? Who is Nyame?
Answer: Nyame is the god of sky.
1 he / the spider Anancy / What does / give / ?
2 the pot / in / there / What is / ?
3 the wisdom / share / Anancy / Why doesn’t / ?
4 Where does / the pot / he / decide to hide / ?
5 to tie the pot / Who tells / Anancy/ on his back / ?
6 Why does / angry / become / Anancy / ?
7 do / with the pot / What does / he/ ?
8 the wisdom / Where does / fly / ?
9 do with the pieces / people / of wisdom / What do / ?

Task 6 Tell the story. The answers from Task 5 can help you.

Task 7 Translate the text.

Nyame is the BOG of the sky. Nyame tells Anancy to share the
MUDROST with everyone he meets. The ĆUP is full of wonderful
pictures, stories, music and many more exciting IDEJA. But Anancy
is really POHLEPAN and doesn’t want to DIJELITI the MUDROST.
So Anancy decides to hide the ĆUP of MUDROSTI at the top
of a tall tree, where no one else can find it. But the ĆUP is
PRETEŽAK and keeps getting in Anancy’s way and bumps against
his STOMAK.

Task 8 Do you know any Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian stories?

We’re sure you do! Try to tell one in English.
Work in groups. Ask your teacher to help you.

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 AN INDIAN TALE
Here is one story about wisdom from America.
Enjoy!
Task 1 Read.

AN INDIAN TALE
Far away from here there is a mountain, a green
forest and a beautiful clear green lake. Indians
live around it. They go fishing and hunting in
canoes or on wild horses. They are at peace with
the world.
There is an old, wise man named Paco. His name
means eagle. If you have a question, you go to
him. He knows all the answers.
An evil man called Akando wants to take Paco’s
place. ‘ Ever ybody respects Paco. He knows
everything. I must think of a hard question, a
question he can’t answer.’
One day Akando catches a little bird and holds
it in his hands. He has an idea. ‘I’m going to make
fun of Paco!’ he thinks.
He runs and shouts: ‘Listen up, people! I have a
question for Paco. He can’t answer it. Come to his tepee!’
Every Indian rushes to Paco’s tepee. He is sitting outside it. He is looking
at the fire.
‘I have a qustion for you, old man!’ he says. ‘Is the bird in my hands dead
or alive?’
Akado thinks: ‘If Paco says it is alive, I’ll sqeeze it. When I open my hands,
the bird will drop dead. If he says it is dead, I will open my hands and
the bird will fly away. Whatever he says, he can’t be right.’

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 All the people of the village come to hear what their wise man has to
say. But he does not speak.
‘Well, Paco, you are silent. We can’t wait. Do you know the answer?’ Akando
asks. ‘Dead or alive?’
Everybody listens very carefully.
Finally, Paco says: ‘That, my son, depends on you.’

Task 2 Translate the words in red. These pictures can help you.

Task 3 Order words in the sentences. Tell the story.

eg. KNOWS PACO ALL THE ANSWERS

2 1 3
1 HIM EVERYBODY RESPECTS .
2 TAKE HIS PLACE AKANDO WANTS TO .
3 HE A HARD QUESTION THINKS OF .
4 A LITTLE HE BIRD CATCHES .
5 HE EVERYBODY CALLS TO PACO’S TEPEE .
6 ASKS HE : DEAD OR IS ALIVE THE BIRD ?
7 WAIT CAN’T AKANDO .
8 PACO SILENT IS .
9 SAYS FINALLY, HE : YOU IT DEPENDS ON .

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Task 4 Find the following sentences in the text.
1 On sve zna.
2 On ima ideju.
3 To moj sine zavisi od tebe.
4 Njegovo ime znači orao.
5 Daleko odavde nalazi se jedna planina, jedna zelena šuma i
prelijepo čisto zeleno jezero.

Task 5 Read the story again and complete the sentences. Use:

sqeeze silent depends on holds respect bird

thinks tepee place listen fun drop fly away

Paco says the trees and animals are our brothers and sisters. He is at peace
with the world. The Indians him because he is wise. An evil
young man, Akando, wants to take his . He wants to make
of him. He of a hard question. He catches
a little and calls everybody to Paco’s . He
the bird in his hands. ‘Is it dead or alive?’ he asks Paco.
If Paco says it is dead, he will let the bird . If he says it is
alive, he will it and the bird will dead. Paco
is and Akando gets impatient. All the Indians
carefully. Finally, Paco breaks the silence: ‘It you, my son’.

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 Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog
If you enjoy reading, you can find many great stories and poems even on
the Internet! Here is an interesting poem in English that you can also find
online!

Task 1 Talk. 1 What is your favourite animal?

2 Name some animals that you can keep at home.
3 Have you got a pet?
Task 2 Read.

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Task 3 Match and copy in your notebooks.
yell sjesti, leći, srušiti se
dumb dog lajati
shed hrkati
bark vikati, derati se
disgraceful things ostaviti blatnjavi trag
track mud linjati se
flop sramotne stvari
snore glupi pas

Task 4 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1 Do you like the poem?
2 Do you want a dog?
3 Does your mother or father want a dog?
4 Why some parents do not want animals in their homes?

Task 5 Play BINGO! Copy three sentences from the list in your notebook.
The teacher reads out the list of sentences. Cross out the
sentences you hear. Shout BINGO when all your sentences are
crossed out.

Mother doesn’t want a dog. Mother says they smell.

Mother says they shed. Dogs track mud on the floor.
Dogs snore their doggy snore. Dogs bark at friends.
Dogs always let the strangers in. She’s making a mistake.
Dogs do disgraceful things on rugs. Dogs track mud on the floor.

Task 6 Translate the sentences from Task 5 in your notebook.

Task 7 Talk. 1 Do you like poems?

2 What is your favourite poem in Bosnian,
Croatian, Serbian language?
3 Who is your favourite poet?

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 CARDINAL NUMBERS 1 - 1,000
LET’S PLAY WITH NUMBERS!
Task 1 Read after your teacher.

100 a/one hundred 200 two hundred

101 a/one hundred and one 300 three hundred
102 a/one hundred and two 400 four hundred
103 a/one hundred and three 500 five hundred
104 a/one hundred and four 600 six hundred
105 a/one hundred and five 700 seven hundred
106 a/one hundred and six 800 eight hundred
107 a/one hundred and seven 900 nine hundred
108 a/one hundred and eight 1,000 a/one thousand
109 a/one hundred and nine
110 a/one hundred and ten
121 a/one hundred and twenty-one

Task 2 Read the numbers.

505 999 212 610 441 856 153 715

111 303 477 901 813 580 102 1,000

9...
5 , 7 , 9 , 1 1 , 13, 15, 17, 1
rs: 1, 3, 0...
Odd numbe 2 , 14, 16, 18, 2
R EM E M B E R

, 8 , 1 0 , 1
ers: 2, 4, 6
Even numb rd s ODD and E
VEN?
sla te th e w o
Can you tran
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REMEMBER G L ISH, TOO!
N D O M ATH S I N E N
YO U CA

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 One hundred plus one hundred is/makes two hundred. 100 + 100 = 200
One thousand minus three hundred and
twenty-six is/makes six hundred seventy-four. 1,000 − 326 = 674
Three times two hundred is/makes six hundred. 3 x 200 = 600
Eight hundred and ten divided by two is/makes
four hundred and five. 810 : 2 = 405

Task 3 True or false?

1 One hundred plus one hundred is/makes two hundred.
2 One thousand minus two hundred and eighty-one is/
makes seven hundred and eight.
3 Five times one hundred and two is/makes five
hundred and fifteen.
4 Eight hundred and ten divided by five is/makes one
hundred and sixty-two.

Task 4 Read.

3 + 10 = 13 100 : 4 = 25 99 – 32 = 67
6 x 66 = 396 444 + 201 = 645 1,000 : 5 = 200
101 x 9 = 909 650 – 303 = 347 251 + 711 = 962
226 x 0 = 0 444 : 44 = 11 890 – 589 = 301

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FOR CURIOUS KIDS ONLY!
ORDINAL NUMBERS
Task 1 Read after your teacher.

1st 11th 21st 31st

first eleventh twenty-first thirty-first
2nd 12th 22nd
second twelfth twenty-second
3rd 13th 23rd
third thirteenth twenty-third
4th 14th 24th
fourth fourteenth twenty-fourth
5th 15th 25th
fifth fifteenth twenty-fifth
6th 16th 26th
sixth sixteenth twenty-sixth
7th 17th 27th
seventh seventeenth twenty-seventh
8th 18th 28th
eighth eighteenth twenty-eighth
9th 19th 29th
ninth nineteenth twenty-ninth
10th 20th 30th
tenth twentieth thirtieth
Can you translate the words CARDINAL (numbers)
and ORDINAL (numbers)?

Task 2 Answer the questions.

1 What date is it today?

2 What is the fourth day of the week?
3 What is the tenth month in the year?

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Task 3 Cardinal or ordinal numbers?

1 My mother is thirty-one years old.

2 Amar is in the fourth group.
3 I have lunch at two o’clock.
4 It’s the first day of our holiday.
5 Tuesday is the second day of the week.

Task 4 Look at the list.

Ann’s class
1 Ann 2 Alison 3 Andrew 4 Benjamin 5 Bob
6 Brian 7 Charlotte 8 Diana 9 Dorian 10 Emma
11 Hana 12 Henry 13 Ian 14 James 15 Jim
16 Jessica 17 Kate 18 Kevin 19 Lisa 20 Martin
21 Monica 22 Olivia 23 Paul 24 Peter 25 Richard
26 Robert 27 Tanya 28 Tina 29 Tom 30 Steve
31 William
Now ask and answer.
Student A: Who is the first on the list?
Student B: The first on the list is Ann.

Student A: Who is the ... Student B: The ...

Task 5 Write the following 3 3rd 20 20th 2 2nd

groups of numbers 5 5th 12 12th 30 30th
in letters.
1 1st 19 19th 8 8th

Task 6 Play BINGO! Copy seven numbers from the list in your
notebook. The teacher reads out the numbers. Cross out the
numbers you hear. Shout BINGO when all your numbers are
crossed out.

31st 22 1st 13th 2

10th 3 33 18 8th

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 e l e a r nt this
w h a t you hav y.
revise r
Let’s u t y o u r count
h o o l y ear abo
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QUIZ 1
1 Tešanj belongs to: 2 Tuzla in Turkish language means:
a) Herzegovina- Neretva Canton a) the place of sault
b) Central Bosnia Canton b) the place of rice
c) Zenica-Doboj Canton c) the place of love

3 One of them is not a Bosnian 4 The writer of the poem Bosna

writer? Who is it? žubori is:
a) Vesna Krmpotić a) Musa Ćazim Ćatić
b) Branko Ćopić b) Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić
c) Dragan Kulidžan c) Ismet Bekrić

5 Bobovac is: 6 One of them is a Bosnian

a) a kind of traditional Bosnian food composer. Who is it?
b) a place important for Bosnian a) Josip Kaplan
history b) Milan Jeličanin
c) a traditional Bosnian dance c) Stevan Mokranjac

7 Who is the last Bosnian king: 8 District Brčko is located in the:

a) K
 ing Tvrtko II a) north of Bosnia and Herzegovina
b) King Stjepan Tomaš Kotromanić b) west of Bosnia and Herzegovina
c) King Stjepan Tomašević c) east of Bosnia and Herzegovina

9 The official centre of Central- 10 10 The writer of the short story
Bosnia Canton is: Šarko is:
a) Travnik a) Ivo Andrić
b) Zenica b) Isak Samokovlija
c) Doboj c) Alija H. Dubočanin

ANSWERS 1 c) 2 a) 3 a) 4 a) 5 b) 6 b) 7 c) 8 a) 9 a) 10 c)

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 Let’s revi
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u have lea
school yea rnt this
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ur country.

QUIZ 2
1 Goražde belongs to: 2W
 ho is the composer of the song
Ševin Kljun?
a) Posavina Canton a) Asim Horozić
b) Tuzla Canton b) Kemal Monteno
c) Bosnian Podrinje Canton c) Milan Jeličanin

3T
 he writer of the short story 4T
 he official centre of Canton
Dječak Aron is: 10 is:
a) Alija H. Dubočanin a) Široki Brijeg
b) Isak Samokovlija b) Livno
c) Ivo Andrić c) Mostar

5B
 osnian people celebrate 25th 6W
 hich river flows through Jajce?
November as their:
a) Independance Day a) the river Vrbas
b) Statehood Day b) the river Una
c) religious holiday c) the river Bosna

7T
 he Mehmed Paša Sokolović 8O
 ne of these writers is from
bridge is located in: Banja Luka. Who is it?
a) Banja Luka a) Šukrija Pandžo
b) Maglaj b) Musa Ćazim Ćatić
c) Višegrad c) Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić

9 Lašva is: 10 O
 ne of them is not a Nobel
Prize Winner:
a) a Bosnian dance a) Skender Kulenović
b) a Bosnian river b) Vladimir Prelog
c) a Bosnian traditional song c) Ivo Andrić
ANSWERS 1 c) 2 a) 3 b) 4 b) 5) b) 6 a) 7c) 8 c) 9 b) 10 a)

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 Contents
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs............................................. 2

A story from Africa............................................................................. 10

AN INDIAN TALE......................................................................................... 13

Mother Doesn’t Want a Dog ........................................................... 16

CARDINAL NUMBERS 1 - 1,000................................................................. 18

LET’S PLAY WITH NUMBERS!................................................................... 18

FOR CURIOUS KIDS ONLY!.......................................................................20

ORDINAL NUMBERS....................................................................................20

QUIZ 1.............................................................................................................22

QUIZ 2............................................................................................................23