There was a cat that looked like our Lucky. In the end, we were a cat that looked strikingly like Lucky. And it was Lucky! I grabbed him and brought him home. "Mum, look who I (FIND)!" I cried to mum. "The new owner told me the cat had been waiting for us in our old house. Nobody could inform us about him because the address on the cat's tag is our old address." I come from England but now I live permanently in Québec, Canada. When my parents (BRING) me to Canada, I was fifteen. It was winter and I (IMPRESS) by the amount of snow there. I asked my new friends what they (DO) for entertainment in such a cold climate. Their answer was (CHILD) and adults go skiing and skating." Before arriving in Canada I had never tried skating and my Canadian ice experience was really painful. To start with, it took (I) half an hour to put on the skates. I (NOT KNOW) how to move so my new friends showed me some basic techniques. However, when I was left alone on the ice, I (FALL) over immediately. When I opened my eyes, my new friends were standing around. They weren't laughing, they looked worried. "Are you OK?" they asked. "Fine," I said, "I wish I (CAN) skate as easily as you do." "You definitely will," they smiled. And they were right. By the end of my (ONE) winter in Canada, I felt confident on the ice. More than that, I found out that skating was a really exciting activity! When I was little, I loved reading books written by Roald Dahl. They were my favourite choice of bedtime story. When Mum asked me what book I wanted, I always (CHOOSE) a book by Dahl. Mum readily agreed. She said she (ENJOY) reading him too in spite of the fact that she was an adult and had a very serious job. In those years there (BE) lots of Dahl's books in our home library. And to me he is still the best children's author of the (TWENTY) century. Roald Dahl started as an adult writer. His first book (PUBLISH) in 1942. Later he began writing children's books. Many of the (STORY) are based on Dahl's own childhood memories. Several of his books are now successful films, for example 'Matilda', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. I'm sure you (SEE) at least one of them! When you shop for children's books, Dahl is the (EASY) choice. His books are entertaining and full of jokes. Roald Dahl is an author that you can never grow tired of. Now I read his books to (I) son. He is too small yet and cannot read himself. Most adults miss their childhood. Your school years are the (GOOD) years of your life, they say. Just recently, while I was on my way to work, I started thinking back to my own school years. They probably were not trouble-free but there (BE) many reasons for us to feel happy at school. One of them was spending every single day with friends. We (NOT GET) tired of being together. The (TWO) one was uniform. Yes, in my opinion, the school uniform had more advantages than disadvantages. It was dark green, unfashionable but comfortable. It (MAKE) of natural materials. Besides, the uniform (SAVE) a lot of time in the mornings. Now it (TAKE) me hours to decide what to wear. Another thing is that I don't really like sport. But at school we (PLAY) football, netball, hockey and so on. Sport was compulsory. Now I realise that this was a good thing! And of course there were... holidays! Christmas, Easter, half-term, and the jackpot - the summer holidays. I wish I (HAVE) as much free time now. This story happened long ago. My son was six and we lived in an old house near a large park. There (BE) lots of people in the park at weekends and we enjoyed walking and playing there too. One day, my son (BRING) an injured bird from the park. It was a crow. Its wing (BREAK) and the bird could not fly. I didn't know what to do with the crow, but my son said that he (TAKE) care of it. "If you were a (OLD), you could manage it. But I doubt you can do it now," I couple of years.

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