Way Up High. Там, в вышине. Адаптированная книга на английском

Way Up High. Там, в вышине. Адаптированная книга на английском

Роджер Желязны

Девочка Сьюзи знакомится с птеродактилем Германом по дороге из школы. Летние каникулы они проводят вместе: они летают, разговаривают, читают книжки. Однако Герман не хочет говорить Сьюзи, где его семья и почему он один. Текст сокращен и адаптирован под уровень А-1. Подойдет для чтения в 4-5 классах. В книге также имеются небольшие задания, иллюстрации и словарик в конце.

Роджер Желязны

Way Up High. Там, в вышине. Адаптированная книга на английском

“Way up high”

by Roger Zelazny

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Suzi met Herman in the garden when she went to school.

It was a very old garden, there were no people. In summer the grass was so high and the apple trees made the green roof above the head. Only Suzi knew how to go through this garden and not to cut legs.

That’s why that warm day before the holidays, when Suzi met Herman, she was alone. She saw him sitting on the stone enjoying the sun, his eyes closed.

“Oh!” said Suzi.

He opened one eye, looked down at her and said “hi”.

“Are you a bird?” she asked.

“No,” he said. “I’m too big for a bird.”

“At school I read about very big birds that can fly high above the mountains.”

“I can fly high, too,” he said and showed his big wings. They were brown and leather.

“So, you are not a bird?” she asked.

“Can you see feathers?”

“No, but I can see your beak and wings.”

“Planes also have wings, but planes are not birds,” he answered.

“So, you are a bat. A big bat.”

“I’m not a bat!”

“Ok,” said Suzi. “What are you?”

“I am a pterodactyl.”

“Pterodactyl…. What is it?” she asked.

“Pterodactyls are better than birds and bats because they are bigger and can fly higher and faster.”

“You are boasting!”

“No, I’m just telling facts,” he said. “Pterodactyls are very good.”

“Ok, you are good,” she said.

“Thank you, little girl. What’s your name?”

“Suzi.”

“I am Herman.

The girl needed to go home but Herman asked her to stay with him.

“Why are you sitting on a stone?” she asked.

“Because I am cold blooded and I like to feel the warm sun.”

“Cold blooded? Like a snake?” she asked and made a few steps back.

“No!” he said. “Snakes! Dirty and small, hiding in the grass. I am different. I fly in the sky. I feel the clouds.”

“This is very interesting but I need to go.”

“No, please, don’t go.