B4

For a long time, young Peter was scared of dogs and he didn’t / did not know why. His friends were happy to play with every dog in the neighbourhood, but not Peter.

NOT KNOW

B5

One day, he was out walking with his mother when they saw a strange-looking dog. Peter was frightened and he wanted to run away, but his mother said: “Oh, look! That dog is just like the one that jumped into your cot when you were a baby!” 

 WALK

B6

Peter was silent, but he was thinking hard. “So that’s why I have this fear,” he said to himself.

 THINK

B7

The next day at school, Peter had to read out his homework, a short paragraph he had written about himself.

 WRITE

B8

“I used to be afraid of dogs,” he read to the class, “but now that I know the reason why I am beginning/have begun to like them.”

 BEGIN

B9

Some of the children laughed, but the teacher said he was very brave to talk about his fear.

 LAUGH

B10

“Perhaps one day you will have a dog of your own, just like all your friends,” she said.

Today, Peter has not one, but three dogs, and he is a happy young man without any fears.

 HAVE