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Usborne Farmyard Tales

THElttJNAWAY

TRACTOR

Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright

Notes for Pa rents one of a delightful series of picture books. Your child will wantto share with you many times.

This story

is

it

All the stories in

special

Farmyard Tales have been written

way to ensure thatyoung children succeed

in

a

in

their first efforts to read.

To help with that success, first read all the story aloud and talk about the pictures. Then encourage your child to read the short, simpler text at the top of each page and read the longertextatthe bottom of the page yourself. This "turn about" reading builds up

confidence and children do love joining in. It is a great day when they discover that they can read all the story for themselves.

Farmyard To /es provides an enjoyable opportunity for parents and children to share the excitement of learning to read. Betty Root

(isborne Farmyard Tales

THE RUNAWAY TRACTOR Heather Amery Illustrated

by Stephen Cartvright

Language Consultant:

There

is

a

little

Betty Root

yellow duck to find on every page.

This

is

Apple Tree Farm.

K

I

Mrs. Boot, the farmer. She has two children called Poppy and Sam, and a dog called Rusty.

This

is

Ted

is

the tractor driver. *

He has

filled

the

trailer with

the fields to feed the sheep.

hay.

.

\ ,

,

He

y

is

taking

it

to

Poppy and Sam hear a funny

noise.

n

says Sam. "Ted making a funny noise.

> ,,->—

shouting and the tractor

"Listen,"

is

is

Let's

4

*. . .,,

go and

look."

They

run to the top of the

hill.

;:-,.

^*"

The

tractor

and

faster.

Is "It

racing

down

the

hill,

going faster

won't stop," shouts Ted.

The

trailer

comes

off.

*•-*

The

fence. 6

runs down the hill and crashes into a stops suddenly and all the hay falls out.

trailer It

The

tractor runs into the pond.

3k%5^

water with a great splash. The engine makes a loud noise, then it stops with a hiss.

The

tractor hits the

7

Ted climbs down from the

tractor.

Ted wades through the water and out Poppy and Sam run down the hill. 8

of the pond.

Ted

is

very wet.

*~^ Ted takes off his boots and empties out the water. How can he get the tractor out of the pond?

"I

need help

to

move

the tractor."

"Run to the house. We must telephone Farmer Dray," says Ted. Poppy and Sam run off to the house. 10

Farmer Dray has a

big horse.

Soon he walks down the hill with his is a huge carthorse, called Dolly.

horse.

It

11

Ted helps with the ropes.

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Farmer Dray ties the ropes to the horse. Ted the other ends to the tractor. 12

ties

Dolly pulls

and

pulls.