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A man went into a pet shop one day.
“I’d like a parrot that talks”, he said.
“I’m sorry sir, but you have to teach your parrot to speak.”
So he chose a parrot and took it home with him.
Two weeks later he returned to the pet shop.
“My parrot still doesn’t speak”, he said.
“Ah, that's a shame. Buy this mirror. He’ll look at himself, and talk.”
The man bought the mirror and went away.
Two weeks later he returned a final time.
“My parrot is dead”, he said.
“I’m sorry, sir – but tell me, before he died, did he say anything?”
“Yes he did. But only one word.”
“Really?
Which word was that?”
“Foooooooood!”Quelle: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/stories/three-jokes
Activities
- Read the story above or listen to it!
- Do the text-re-construction exercises after reading!
- exercise 1
- exercise 2 - Copy the text and go to http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm.
- Paste the text into the frame.
- Change the layout and the colour to make your word cloud look nice.
- Download and save your word cloud.
- Use your word cloud and re-tell the story in your own words.