Mary Poppins / Мэри Поппинс. Книга для чтения на английском языке. П. Л. Трэверс

barked again.

      “He says, madam,” said Mary Poppins, “that he does not agree. His friend must have a silk cushion and sleep in you room, too. Or Andrew himself will sleep in the coal-cellar with his friend.”

      “Andrew, how can you?” cried Miss Lark. “I shall never agree to it.”

      Andrew got up and prepared to go.

      “Oh, he is leaving me!” cried Miss Lark. “All right, Andrew, very well. It will be as you wish. Oh, what a terrible dog! Oh, how can you, Andrew? What is he saying now?” she asked Mary Poppins, because Andrew was barking again.

      “He says that he will never wear overcoats or boots – that is his last word,” said Mary Poppins.

      “All right. Let’s go,” said Miss Lark with tears in her eyes. And she and the dogs went into the house.

      “So you see, he isn’t stupid at all44,” said Jane, when they were going upstairs to Tea.

      “Yes,” said Michael, “that’s right. He isn’t stupid. But how did Mary Poppins know it? What do you think?”

      “I don’t know,” said Jane. “And I think she will never, never tell us…”

EXERCISES

      1. Practice the pronunciation of the following words.

      2. Agree or disagree.

      1. The house was very big and beautiful, and in the garden Miss Lark had two gates.

      2. Andrew was a little boy.

      3. People did not like Andrew and laughed at him.

      4. When Miss Lark bought him two pairs of small boots, people went and bought boots for their dogs, too.