Last weekend, Bill, Jane and their parents went to the sea ¡or Bill’s birthday. It was sunny at the beach. The children played badminton with their father. Mum put a picnic on a red blanket. The family sat on the blanket and ate their lunch. They gave Bill a cake and they sang a birthday song. After their food, Mum and Dad slept.

The children were not tired.
They wanted to play in the sea.
Jane jumped and ran in the water and Bill played with his toy boat. He thought, “I’d like to sail on big boat.”

The pirate said, “Hello! Would you like a ride in my boat?” The children
said, “Yes, please!”. The pirate took them to an island. They climbed trees and played. The pirate gave them some coconuts, which they ate at the top of the trees.
Then he said “ï must take you back to your parents.” Bill said, “That was
the best birthday! Thank you!”
When they went back to the beach, their parents were awake. They talked to the pirate and gave him a cup of tea.

My name’s Ben. I live in a town with my dad, mum and our dog, Sam. Last
holiday, we went to see my grandparents I love going to see them because
they live in the mountains.
One day, Dad, Mum and I wanted to climb a
mountain. ‘You must wear strong shoes,’ Grandpa said. ‘And you must take
a map,’ said Grandma and she gave me one. ‘And we must take a picnic,’
said Dad.

We started climbing. It was sunny. Sam was very happy. He ran in front of us, It was very beautiful at the top of the mountain. Mum sat on a rock and looked at the map. Dad took some pictures of us. We had our picnic, then I played in a waterfall and Sam tried to catch rabbits. ‘Stop, Sam!’ I said. ‘You mustn’t run after rabbits.’

When we started walking down the mountain, Dad said, ‘Look at those black clouds!’ It started raining.
‘I can’t see,’ i said. I was afraid
It’s OK,’ said Dad ‘We’ve got Sam with us. He can help us.’ Dad was right. Sam walked in front of us and Jound my grandparents’ house again.
We had a hot dinner and I gave Sam his favourite food. ‘Thank you, Sam,’
I said ‘You’re a very good dog.’

Last week, Sam and Anna's Grandpa Bill came to their house. They loved days with their grandfather because he did lots of exciting things with them. On Saturday, the children went to the zoo in their grandfather’s car. Sam loved the monkeys and Anna loved the lions. At the end of the morning, they wanted to go home again, but Grandpa Bill couldn’t start the car.

They ran quickly to the bus station to catch a bus. On the bus, they started talking to two older children, Ben and Alex, who were with their parents. Grandpa Bill told the four children some very funny stories and they laughed a lot.
Then the mother said, “Would you all like to come to our house for lunch? We’ve got a swimming pool in the garden. You can swim there before lunch.” Grandpa Bi said, “Thanh you. We’d like that!”

The family's house was very old. It was big and all the walls were blue. The four children swam then played badminton. Grandpa Bill watched them play. Then for lunch they all had chicken and vegetables. Alex took pictures of the family's three new friends and then Grandpa Bill, Sam and Anna said goodbye and went home.