class="p1">“I will make gingerbread puppies!” Betsy says.

“I will make hearts and stars!” Mary says.

“I will make squares and circles.” I say.

We make all different forms of gingerbread and put it into the oven. In thirteen minutes, our gingerbread is ready! We let them cool down and then we put it in the beautiful paper bags. We put red ribbon on each paper bag! Oh, our Christmas presents look so nice! We are very happy!

New words

to melt – таять

frying pan – сковородка

chef – шеф повар

to become – становиться

border guard – пограничник

to protect – защищать

writer – писатель

poem – стихотворение

novel – роман

competition – соревнование

Olympics – Олимпийские игры

champion – чемпион

dough – тесто

sink – раковина

soap – мыло

Exercises

Answer the questions

1.What do you want to be when you grow up?

2.Why?

3.What is Rex’s father’s profession?

4. Who from the Christmas Team usually helps his or her mom to cook?

5. Who from the Christmas Team likes to draw?

6. Who from the Christmas Team likes to dance?

7. Who from the Christmas Team likes to read and write?

Complete the table.

What does each puppy want to be when he or she grows up?

True or false

1. Timmy helps puppies to cook gingerbread.

2. Archie makes the dough with his paws.

3. Betsy makes gingerbread puppies.

4. Mary makes gingerbread stars and hearts.

5. Mikky makes gingerbread squares and circles.

6. Puppies’ Christmas presents look very nice.

Chapter 9

Singing Lesson

Today is a very great day! The day is so great because we are going to visit our friends and sing Christmas carols for them. It is going to be one more Christmas service. We are very excited!

All our Christmas team is together in our house. We put on our special costumes. I put on a costume of Father Frost. I have a Father Frost’s long red coat, big red mittens with gold stars on them, a red hat, and a beautiful white beard. I look amazing in this costume!

Betsy is a Snow Maiden today. She is in a wonderful blue winter dress with silver snowflakes on it and a silver hat. My sister looks very pretty!

Mikky and Archie are my reindeer today. They put on funny brown jumpsuits with big brown horns. Mikky and Archie have a lot of fun in these jumpsuits.

And guess what Mary is today? She is a snowflake! She puts on a beautiful silver dress, silver gloves, a silver hat and a silver scarf.

We are very happy. We take a lot of pictures of each other and make selfies of us all together.

Mommy comes to our room with Timmy.

“Oh, you look so wonderful in these costumes, dear puppies!” she says. “What are you going to do today?”

“Today is another day of our Christmas service, Mom.” Betsy explains. “We are going to visit our friends’ houses and sing Christmas Carols for them.”

“And give them our gingerbread as a present!” Mikky says.

New words

Snow Maiden – Снегурочка

scarf – шарф

gloves – перчатки

mittens – рукавицы

beard – борода

reindeer – северный олень

horn – рог

jumpsuit комбинезон

truth – правда

simple – просто

advice – совет

happiness – счастье

joy – радость

Exercises

Answer the questions

1. What are the puppies going to do today?

2. What costume does Rex put on?

3. Who is Snow Flake today?

4. Who puts on red mittens with golden stars on them?

5. Who puts on funny brown jumpsuits with big brown horns?

6. Who has a beautiful silver dress, silver gloves, a silver hat and a silver scarf?

7. Do you need to be a professional singer to sing Christmas carols well?

True or false

1. Father Frost’s costume is black.

2. Mary is Snow Maiden today.

3. Mikky and Archie are reindeer today.

4. Rex gives singing lesson to the puppies?

5. If you want to sing well, you need to sing with all your heart.

Guess the riddles

1. These are special songs that people sing during Christmas time.

2. These animals are very important members of the Father Frost Team. They have big horns.

3. This girl is Father Frost’s granddaughter. She helps him a lot during New Year’s time.

“Oh, this is so nice!” mother says.

“Mrs. Matilda, I know that you are a famous singer. Would you please give us a singing lesson?” Mary asks.

“Of course, I will happily do that! But first can you sing a carol for me?”

“Yes! Mrs. Matilda!” Mary answers.

“What carol are we going to sing?” I ask my Christmas team.

“Let’s sing Carol of the Bells ”. Archie says.

“Okay, I love this carol! Let’s sing it!” I answer. “Are you okay with that, puppies?”

“Yes!” the puppies answer.

We sing ‘Carol of the Bells ’. Mommy listens and smiles.

When we finish singing, Mary asks:

“Mrs. Matilda, please tell us the truth, do we sing well? I am afraid that we sing bad, because we are not professional singers!”

Mommy looks at Mary and smiles and says:

“Well, puppies here is my singing lesson for you, please listen very carefully.”

“We are listening, Mrs. Matilda.” Mary says.

“You do not have to be a professional singer to sing Christmas carols well. Every puppy in the world can sing Christmas carols well. Even little puppies like Timmy can sing them very well. You just need to know the words of the song and the melody by heart.”

“Is it really that simple?” Archie asks.

“You need to know the words and the melody… and one little secret!”

“What secret Mommy?” Betsy and I ask.