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      As far as you remember, our friends went to the attic to find the old letters to reveal the truth.

      Hundreds of tiny screeching fuzzy ***** with leathery *****, long toenails and dog snouts attacked them in the *****. Have you ever seen bats? For Kudjo and Luna it was the ***** time and, of course, they got scared stiff. They didn’t ***** immobilised by fear. The wave of bats knocked them down and vanished in the ***** of the forest.

      While the dogs were lying there trying to ***** what had happened, they heard a strange fluttering *****. They went inside to investigate and saw a tiny grey *****, which had got stuck between two old floorboards. Luna begged Kudjo to help the bat get out of the crack. Kudjo knew that it was ***** to take bats in your hands only with thick gloves. They looked for something like ***** in an old chest of drawers and found some big leather *****. He took the ***** carefully while Luna was making the crack ***** with a poker. One minute more and the pup would be free.

      (to be continued)

      EXERCISE 2

      Change the sentences using the tense in brackets:

      For example,

      People are afraid of bats. (Present Perfect Continuous) – People have been experiencing fear of bats for centuries.

      1 The bat is making a clicking sound. (Past Continuous)

      2 Some people call bats heroes of the night (Past Simple Passive)

      3 People even celebrate Bat Week every last week of October. (Present Simple Passive)

      4 Bats help foresters and farmers protect their crops from pests because bats can eat their body weight in insects. (Present Perfect)

      5 Kudjo said that he loved bats because they can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes an hour. (Direct Speech)

      EXERCISE 3

      Put the verb in brackets in the correct form:

      1 Kudjo was astonished when he /tell/ that bats are not blind.

      2 Kudjo thought that bats /use/ the attic for hibernation before the dogs’ coming there.

      3 Kudjo just /read/ that bats live in friendly colonies, share information and food and even adopt orphans.

      4 When Kudjo looked at the pup, which they /rescue/, it /hang/ upside down and /eat/ some insect.

      5 It /believe/ that the first bats /discover/ 65 to 100 million years ago.

      EXERCISE 4

      Find and correct mistakes in 4 sentences:

      1 Kudjo and Luna took care of the pup, fed it with some insects and it told them the colony of bats has been living in the attic for a few months.

      2 The pup helped them find the drawer where the old letters were kept.

      3 Kudjo and Luna heard some voices outside. Luna’s parents had woken up and are trying to find them.

      4 The dogs quickly opened the drawer and grasped a pile of letters, which were tied together with an antique box.

      5 Kudjo and Luna kissed the little bat good-bye and ran downstairs, where they were looking for.

      EXERCISE 5

      Chilly is texting a message to Kudjo. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past, present and future tenses:

      1Hi, Kudjo. How you /do/?

      2 Guess what? I just /tell/ that we /come/ to you next month.

      3 Everything /prepare/ for this trip right now.

      4 Shopping lists /write/, clothes /sort/ out, the bags /check/ at the moment.

      5 Luckily, I /find/ a quiet place where nobody can bother me. Oh no! My secret hideout /discover/. Ay me!

      EXERCISE 6

      Choose the correct option:

      1 The bats ***** a symbol of happiness in China and Japan.

      a consider

      b are considered

      c will be considered

      2 In cultural folklore, bats ***** as ingredients for medicines and potions in witchcraft.

      a were used

      b used

      c are used

      3 They say witches ***** bats to spy on people during medieval times.

      a used to tame

      b tame

      c were used to tame

      4 Researchers ***** bats groom themselves as cats do.

      a have been discovered

      b discover

      c have discovered

      5 Several animals such as birds, snakes, and weasels ***** to prey on bats

      a are known

      b be known

      c know

      EXERCISE 7

      Translate the story:

      К счастью. родители ушли искать Куджо и Луну в другую часть сада, и им удалось выскользнуть из дома незамеченными. Они спрятали письма с коробочкой в своем тайнике под старой яблоней и побежали навстречу родителям. Те выглядели встревоженными, так как их разбудила

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