Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A puma at large

Reports of a puma at large were sent to London Zoo as many people claimed that they saw a huge cat-like animal clinging in the area. Serious investigation was taken as long as the same story was described by many other people. A woman picking blackberry saw it first near the river bank and the puma was believed to move from place to place. A businessman later saw a huge animal up the tree. Paw prints and puma fur were found near the bushes as well and roaring sound was heard by people at the nearby neighbourhood. After all evidences were collected, experts were convinced that the animal was a puma.

Vocabulary:
-spotted: when something is spotted, it is seen or noticed by people. Its existence were known by people.
-accumulate: to add up small things into big amount over a period of time.
-obliged to: to be forced to do something/ or to make it necessary to do something.
-claimed: to say that you have seen something/something is true although it was not confirmed and people may not believe the story.
-extraodinarily similar: very much the same
-immediately: at once, now
-convinced: is persuaded

Composition:
Mrs Stone had spent the whole morning picking her ripe blackberries on her farm. It was nearly lunch time, so she decided to take a break and have the lunch she brought this morning. She was just about to start eating when she heard a noise in the bush not very far away from her bench. Then she spotted a huge animals, which looked very much like a cat behind the bush. However, she was very sure that the animal was not simply a cat, but something else that might be very dangerous. The animal suddenly turned its head towards her, staring at her for a while, and she thought it was going for her. She was extremenly frightened, dropped her lunch basket and began to run away as fast as her foot could bring. She was shouting for help along her way but nobody seemed to be present near her farm. Hearing the sound, the animal turned around and walked away, after which, Mrs Stone was relieved from the danger that could threaten her life and ran all the way home. She told her neighbours that she saw a wild puma at large but they did not believe her and claimed that she made up the whole story. Puma could not be seen in such a quiet countryside. She also telephoned the police but they did not take her story very seriously as well.

Special difficulties:
He is the man about whom we have heard so much--> He is the man whom we have heard so much about.
The shelf on which you put those books has collapsed--> The shelf which you put those books on has collapsed.
Whom did you receive the letter from?
This is the road by which we came--> This is the road which we came by.
Where is the pencil with which you was playing?--> Where is the pencil which you was playing with?

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