 ho can block the sun?
 A bear gave birth to a little cub, and they lived together in a mountain cave. When the bear cub grew up, his mother took him to a clearing in the woods. The cub caught sight of the bright sun, blue sky and green trees for the first time. He jumped in fright and hid behind his mother.
“Mum, I'm scared! Enormous beasts are waving their huge paws, and something yellow is blinding me from up above.”
“Silly billy! Those are the pine trees waving their branches. They're harmless. And that's the sun up there in the sky. It provides us with warmth and light,” mummy bear chuckled.
Soon the bear cub stopped being afraid, and he spent the day chasing butterflies and breathing in the scent of the sweet flowers. Mummy bear taught him to hunt under the tree roots for beetles and ants. In the evening, the sun sunk down behind the mountain.
“Mountain, please don't take the sun!” the little bear begged.
“I'm taller than everything else, and I'll take the sun away for ever,” came the mountain's thunderous reply.
“Mum, the mountain's hidden the sun, and it's gone all dark,” the bear cub sobbed.
“Even the highest mountain can't put out the sun ,” mummy explained.
Night came, and the bear put her son to sleep in the cave. But the cub slept badly, terrified of never seeing the sun again.
In the morning, mummy bear took her son for a walk.
“Good morning, sun!” the bear cub exclaimed in delight. “Mummy was telling the truth: Even the highest mountain can't put out the sun!
The mountain said nothing in response.
 Questions to accompany the story
- Why do you think the mountain tricked the bear cub?
- Why did the bear believe the mountain?
- Colour in a picture of the sun smiling.
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A little blind puppy was abandoned at the side of the road. A cat who had kittens of her own in a box, brought the puppy to her children and started to feed him milk.
The cat leapt over the fence and yowled in response. 
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