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The Blue catOnce upon a time, there was a king in Indonesia. He loved cats. He always had a catnear him. All of his cats were beautiful. His favorite cat was white. It had a collar madeof gold and rubies. It slept on a silk cushion. The king played and talked with his cat.One morning the king told his fortune-teller, I dreamed about a blue cat with green-yellow eyes and a ruby collar. It lay on my lap when I sat on my throne. !veryonebrought me gifts. !veryone was happy. The blue cat brought me good luck. "ut whenthe cat #umped o$ my lap and ran out of the palace, the gifts disappeared. Tell mewhat my dream means.% The fortune-teller said, &ou had a wonderful dream. A bluecat will bring riches and happiness to everyone on this island. In your dream the catwent away and the happiness went away, too. 'e must (nd a blue cat to bring backyour good luck.%The fortune teller was telling the king a story to trick him. "ut the king was sure thathe was speaking wise words.The king told all his people, "ring me a blue cat)% !veryone looked for a blue cat.There were plenty of white, black, gray and orange cats, but no one had a blue cat.The king promised a large reward for a blue cat. He promised to give his daughter inmarriage and half of his kingdom to any young man who found the blue cat of his

dreams. A young man in the country loved the princess. He heard the king*s promise.He thought and thought. At last he brought a blue cat to the king. +ome people in thepalace said it looked like the king*s favorite white cat. It was the same sie. It hadgreen-yellow eyes. "ut it was bright blue. It was the (rst time anyone saw a blue cat.The king did not ask uestions. The blue cat was wearing a collar of rubies, like the catin his dreams. The king and his people were happy. The people of the land brought theking gifts. ife was #ust like his dreams. I promised to give my daughter in marriage tothe (nder of the blue cat. This young man will marry the princess and receive half ofmy kingdom,% said the king. /any people spoke secretly about the blue cat. They saidit wasn*t a blue cat. They said it was really the white cat. They thought the young manpainted its fur blue. 0eople said, How can this young man trick our king1%

One day the blue cat was gone. The king thought that bad luck was coming to thepalace. He had to (nd the blue cat. The servants looked in all the room. They found noblue cat. Then someone looked in the garden. There was the king*s cat. 'hen it ranaway, it fell into a tub of soapy water. The strong soap took most of the blue dye o$ itsfur. The king saw the cat. He was very angry) /y daughter*s husband tricked me.2ow he must die. 0rison is too good for him. /y luck depends on a real blue cat.%The princess loved his husband very much. +he did not want him to die. 'hat are youdoing father1% she cried. &ou wanted a blue cat. /y husband made you a blue cat.&ou wanted our land to be happy. This blue cat brought us peace.%"ut I wanted the blue cat of my dreams. The fortune-teller said, 3A blue cat will bringyou good luck.*% The old king didn*t want to listen to the princess* words. The blue cat

was only a dream, my dear father. /y husband showed you that a dream is only adream. Happiness comes when you believe in the dream. &ou were happy when youthought that white cat was a blue cat. &our white cat is #ust like a real blue cat if youthink so,% cried the princess. 4ust then the white cat #umped on the king*s lap. It stillhad a little blue color on its fur. The king thought about his daughter*s words. Then helaughed and played with the cat. 5ive the cat another bath,% he said. 'ash out theblue dye. /y daughter is right. A white cat is #ust like a blue cat. There will be no moredream cats in my kingdom.%BEFORE READING (Practicing new words)&ou will (nd these words in the story.

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6. a band around the neck of a dog or another pet7. a pillow8. a material used to color things9. a person who tells the future:. thick hair on an animal;. land belonging to a king. a prie for doing something good6?. an e@pensive red stone used in #ewelry66. a soft material made from the thread of a silk worm67. a large container for washing

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The Blue cata collarb cushionc dyed fortune-tellere furf kingdomg laph prison

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READING (0nderstanding the stor!)Bead the story and answer the following uestions by choosingthe correct option.

6. The fortune-teller said the king*s dreams meantCa he must (nd a white cat.b he must (nd a blue cat.c he must let the blue cat go free.

7. The kin said, Any man who (nds a blue catCa will marry my daughter as a reward.%b will get half of my kingdom as a reward.%c all of the above

8. /any people in the kingdom thought the king*s blue cat wasCa really his white cat.b really blue.c really beautiful.

9. The king learned that the blue cat was really white whenCa the young man told him he put blue dye on the cat.b the blue cat fell into a tub of soapy water.

c his daughter washed the blue cat.

:. At the end the king decided toCa play with his white cat.b put the young man in prison.c dye his white cat blue again.

AFTER READING (Telling the stor! again)Dill in the blanks using the new vocabulary to completethe story.

The king*s favorite white cat wore a EEEEEEEEEE and golden EEEEEEEEEE. It slept on a EEEEEEEEEE made ofEEEEEEEEEE. 'hen the king had a dream, he asked his EEEEEEEEEE what the dream meant. The fortune-teller told the king to (nd a cat with blue EEEEEEEEEE. The king promised a EEEEEEEEEE to the (nder of ablue cat which consisted of giving his EEEEEEEEEE and his daughter in marriage. A young man loved the

princess. He bought blue EEEEEEEEEE to color the king*s cat. Then he caught the white cat and colored itblue. The blue cat made the king happy. The young man married the princess. They were happy, too.One day the cat ran out of the palace. It fell into a EEEEEEEEEE of soapy water, so the blue dye came o$.

The king was angry because the young man tricked him. He wanted to send the young man toEEEEEEEEEE, but his daughter told him that was not the right thing to do. The king understood. The cat#umped up on his EEEEEEEEEE. The king wasn*t angry anymore.

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