Skill Reading Literature

Honeymoon in the Forest

A/W
- Young man and woman moving towards a forest.
- Hunter carrying a gun meeting with the lost couple.
- Big river with a boy almost drowning.
- Strange birds and animals in the thick forest.

NB: Draw 4 separate pictures

Pre-reading
- Have you ever been into a thick forest? - What did you see in that forest?
- What did you go there to do? - Who knows how to swim?
Instructions:
Listen to your teacher read this story to you about a couple that spent their
honeymoon in a forest.
Honeymoon in the Forest
Nchu village has a very thick forest that has not yet been explored.
People do not like going there because it is very frightful. Something
happened in my life that forced me to go to that forest; and it is that
experience that I have liked to share with many other people.
I got married to a very beautiful girl called Lum. She was somebody
who loved a lot of adventure. After our wedding, she chose this forest as the
venue for our honeymoon.
On that fateful day, we took off for the forest. From the beginning, it
was beautiful, for we saw many animals and birds that we had hardly seen.
Indeed, it was all joy. We soon got to the banks of a big river that was not
easy to cross. At this point, I felt like going back, but Lum who is a big

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