not share space with puppies like you.”
“This girl is not nice,” Mary whispered to Betsy.
Clara turned abruptly to the girls. “I heard what you said, but I do not care! You will see the icon is going to be mine! I love golden jewelry and I want to get it! And I always get what I want in this life, unlike you. Bye!” Clara turned around and went away.
All of us started to laugh now.
“Such a proud puppy!” Bill said.
“Let her live alone and enjoy her own company,” Bob said.
“And I feel sorry for her. I think that the poor puppy has no friends at all,” said Betsy.
SPEAKING
Answer the questions
What is the name of the sea near which the camp ‘Eagles nest’ is located?
Describe the nature found on the island.
How do puppy girls like to play with starfish?
Do they put the starfish back in the water after playing?
How many cottages are there in the camp?
What food did the puppies find in the fridge?
Why did Mary think that Michael is in love with a Komondor lady?
TEXT UNDERSTANDING
True or false
The puppies found their uniforms in the fridge along with food.
Before leaving the cottage the puppies took several pictures.
Michael was talking to a young pretty Lady who wore a long red dress.
The puppy girl Clara wore a big golden necklace on top of her t-shirt and big golden earrings in her ears.
Clara was a very nice and polite puppy girl.
The best award that puppies could get in the camp was the icon with a golden tiger.
Clara lived in the cottage by herself.
GRAMMAR
Circle the right word
We could hear seagulls that were flying/is flying in the sky.
All of the nature look/looks so beautiful!
There are so many starfish that puppy girls like/likes to collect them and put/puts them around their necks like necklaces.
There are/is a lot of wonderful waterfalls and caves there.
His apartment is/are on the second floor and his office is/are on the first floor.
It was/were almost time to go.
When we puts/put everything on, we looked like little sailors.
CREATIVE THINKING
Guess the riddles
It is a sea creature. It can be different colors. It has a shape of a star.
It is clothes. People have to wear it at school sometimes. It should look the same in the same school for all pupils.
Chapter 3
Sharing Our Dreams
“And now, dear puppies,” Michel said as he took the microphone, “We are going to play. Please stand all together in two big circles. One circle is inside of the other one. Those of you standing in the inner circle, please turn your faces to the puppies in the outer circle.”
All our company stood in the inner circle. I was standing between Bob and Mary; Betsy was standing to the Mary’s right and Bill and Timmy were standing to the Bob’s left. We saw puppies and big dogs standing in the other circle.
“Great, now we have two big circles,” Michel continued explaining the rules of the game. “Here are thirty balls. Each puppy in the outer circle will get a ball. You should throw the ball to a puppy, or a dog from the other circle and tell three things about yourself. First; your name, second; where are you from, and third; what is your biggest dream. Then the puppy who has the ball will tell three things about him or herself too. After that the puppy will take a step to the right and throw the ball to the next puppy and so on. We will play until all puppies and big dogs from both circles have gotten acquainted.
We took the balls and started to play.
A big dog (his breed was beagle) threw his ball to me.
“My name is Doctor Glosser,” he said. “I was born in Great Britain a long time ago, but when I was a child my parents, my father and mother, came to Vladivostok to explore the Far East. They were scientists. They loved this place so much that they stayed here all their life. I grew up here, got an education and became a doctor. Now I work in the Eagle’s nest camp. I love little puppies and my biggest dream is to build a hospital where all sick puppies can get well. What about you?”
I was very impressed with Doctor’s Glosser’s story and I was very glad to get acquainted with him. I threw the ball back to Dr. Glosser and introduced myself:
“My name is Rex. I am from Moscow and my biggest dream is to become big and strong like my father. He is a border guard.”
“A border guard is a very good profession. Good luck puppy Rex.”
“Thank you Doctor, it’s very nice to meet you!”
Betsy stood in front of puppy Clara. Clara started to talk first, “Hi again, you already know my name so I will not introduce myself one more time. I am from Moscow; I live very close to Red Square in a big mansion which used to belong to an ancient noble family of Count Streltsov. The mansion is very beautiful and very expensive. I told you, puppy girl, I always get the best things in this life.”
“Nice to hear that,” my kind sister Betsy tried to be as polite as she could. “And what is your biggest dream?”
“Well, I will achieve a lot of goals in my life, but my biggest I think is to have a golden bracelet.”
“A golden bracelet, really?” Betsy was surprised.
“Do you think I want a regular bracelet that you can find in every jewelry store? No way. I want a very special bracelet. In my mansion I have a portrait of an outstanding lady dog. She was Count Streltsov’s wife. There has an amazing golden bracelet on her left paw and the bracelet is decorated with precious stones; topaz, diamonds and rubies. I have enjoyed looking at this beautiful picture since I was a little baby. I have dreamed about growing up and to become as beautiful as she was. And I have also dreamed to have the same bracelet. Six months ago, I visited Paris with my father. One of his friends invited us to look at his jewelry collection. Can you imagine our amazement when we saw the exact bracelet there? Mr. Croul, (that’s the name of my father’s friend) said that his grandfather bought it from Streltsov’s daughter when she moved to France in 1917.
