a day without water

1. A DAY WITHOUT WATER
by Lenka Voborníková
his morning Vilém got up. It was a weekend but his uncle needed him to
help on the farm. Vilém went to the kitchen and he wanted to make
himself some tea, but…what?! Water didn‟t run!!! Oh no, he would have
to wait and have tea with his uncle. Then he went to the bathroom, put
toothpaste on the toothbrush and brushed his teeth. He had a mouth full of
toothpaste, but …NO!!! Water didn‟t run!!!
Vilém was twelve and he was from a village in the Czech Republic. It was
autumn and all week it was rainy but today was hot and dry. All the flowers got
dry and when Vilém came to the lake… there was no water, only dead fish, mud
and sand. What happened??? He was dirty, thirsty, he had a mouth full of
toothpaste and he was angry, and sad.
He came onto uncle‟s farm and he saw his aunt crying. “Vilém, something
terrible has happened. Here is no water! We haven‟t got any water for the
animals nor for the flowers. Our neighbours haven‟t got any water, neither…”,
she said. “What shall we do?”
The afternoon was very hot. Usually they would go swimming, but that day they
couldn‟t. Everybody was thirsty but had nothing to drink. They were tired,
thirsty, dirty and sad, and…
… andVilém woke up. Fortunately, that was only a dream. Now he could drink
and swim in the lake and there were nice flowers everywhere… and happy
people, too.
In fact, in such a day, all the fish would die as well as many other animals. So,
let‟s save water so that such days will never happen…
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T

2. A Big Snowstorm
By Matěj Bína
ne morning many years ago, I woke up and looked out of the window. I
saw snow. Nothing else just snow. I walked downstairs and I wanted to
open the front door. But there was snow outside. Then I walked upstairs
to ask my mother what happened. She said: „At night, there was a big
snowstorm. We can´t go out.‟ I asked: „Do we have some food, or will we die?‟
She said without hesitation: „We´ve got some food in the cellar. If you want
some, you can go there.‟
It was time for lunch and I was very hungry. It wasn´t a long way to our cellar.
„It isn´t a hard work for me. I‟ll be back in five minutes,‟ said I. I walked
downstairs. I opened the door and I looked around the room. I saw a window.
„Maybe there isn´t snow. I will look outside.‟ I opened the window. All snow
that was near the window fell into the cellar. It threw me to the other side of the
room.
I shouted the strongest I could. My mother helped me away from the snow hell.
Then I went to my bed and I slept for the rest of that terrible day. Next day,
when I woke up, I didn´t see any snow. It was a brilliant feeling.
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O