2. • What happened here?
• What was in the truck?
• Where do you think the
truck was going?
• How do you think this
happened?
• What will they do now?
Now. Listen as I tell the
story of A MAN WITH
THE COCONUTS
3. The Man With The Coconuts
One day a man went out and picked many coconuts. He loaded his
horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy. He asked the
boy how long it would take to reach the house.
The boy looked at the load on the horse. He said “If you go slowly, you
will arrive home very soon. But if you go fast, it will take you all day.”
The man did not think that this strange speech from the boy could be
true. He made his horse run very fast. But the coconuts fell off and he had to
stop to pick them up. Then he hurried his horse even more to make up for
lost time, but the coconuts fell off again. He did this many times, and so it
was night when he reached home at last.
4. •Have you heard this story before? This is an old story from the
Philippines.
• Did the man go too fast or too slow?
•Where did the man go?
• Who did he meet on his way home?
• What did the boy tell the man?
•What did the man think about this?
• Why do you think the man hurried home?
• Why do you think the coconuts fell off the horse?
• Who was correct, the man or the boy?
• What should the man have done? What would you tell the man?
5. FOCUS WORDS: Read after me. Put a mark on
a word that you’re sure you know.
man slow fell day hurry
met fast arrive loaded fruit
run pick all horse would
went with you again house
ask long true heavy boy
6. Find a partner and share a
time when you’re in a
hurry but you were late
because of an accident.
7. Let us look at the picture again in
the beginning…
What do they need to do
to clean the coconuts up
off the road?
