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Ned is not happy when his parents take him on holiday to a small mountain village – he wants to stay at home and play computer games – but the little village has a special secret, Ned just has to open his eyes!
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Ned is bored when his parents take him on holiday to the mountains, but there is an exciting adventure waiting for the boy from the city.
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Hello! My name is Paloma and I love writing stories and plays for children. I live in Amsterdam, a beautiful city in Holland. I love animals and nature and I get the ideas for my stories... when I am walking by the canals of Amsterdam.
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Paloma Bellini The Secret Passage
Paloma Bellini The Secret Passage
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his is the best day of Ned’s life. He is in his favourite place – his bedroom – playing his favourite game – Space Animals. After months of practice, playing four hours a day, he has got the highest score ever! He will be the best player in the world! Suddenly, Ned’s mum and dad come in to his room. They look happy.
‘You must start packing, Ned,’ says his mother, ‘We are leaving early tomorrow... the mountains, remember?’ ‘What!? I don’t want to go to the mountains! There is nothing to do there and I don’t know anyone.’ ‘The fresh air will be good for you,’ says Ned’s dad. ‘You spend too much time in your room.’
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Ned is very cross. ‘It’s not fair! It is totally boring in the mountains!’ ‘Why did we have to come here?’ Ned asks himself. ‘They don’t even have the Internet. All they have is snow and ice. I can’t live without my computer.’ It really is cold, there is an icy wind and it is snowing. The village is completely empty. No one is out in this weather! Ned is on his own and he is not happy.
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Ned is so cross that he doesn’t see two children watching him from behind a tree. ‘He doesn’t look very happy,’ says the boy in the green jumper. ‘The lady at the hotel says he is called Ned and comes from London. He got here yesterday evening... he looks really bored,’ says the girl. ‘Hey Chrissie, shall we ask him to play with us?’ ‘That’s a great idea, Mark!’ says Chrissie, and she shouts out, ‘Hey Ned, don’t go into the woods on your own.’ 7
Activity Pages 1 This paragraph describes the place where Ned goes on holiday. Put the correct word in the gaps. There are three extra words in the box! river rabbit
wood cold icy snowing
rain deer mountains
Ned goes on holiday to a village in the __________. There is an ____________ wind and it is ____________ . Ned feels very ____________ . Near the village there is a ____________ , where Ned sees a ____________. 2 Adverbs describe how you do something. Choose the right word from the box. crossly
carefully
worriedly
slowly
1 When people are angry they speak _____________ . 2 ‘Where is everyone?’ Ned asks, _____________ 3 When you see a deer you have to move _____________ and _____________ .
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3 Stop or start need a verb with ‘ing’ if the action continues. Put the words in the right order. 1 snowing?’ ‘Does asks it stop Ned. never ______________________________________________
2 Mark. never do ‘And you complaining?’ asks stop ______________________________________________
3 Mark ‘Stop says. talking,’ ______________________________________________
4 starts walking Ned wood. through the ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________
5 towards him. The deer and starts Ned moving looks at _________________________________ _________________________________ ________________________ ________________________
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