Bonfire Night - Oxford Reading Tree characters

1. Bonfire Night

2. Bonfire Night can be very noisy.

3. We are safe inside.
Woof
!
Miaow!
Squeak!

4. Bonfires
We make a big bonfire.
Stand
back! No. It
is hot.
Can I put
a stick
on the
fire?

5. We put a guy on the fire.
Look at
the guy.

6. Fireworks
Be careful!
We have a box of fireworks.
We must be careful with our fireworks.

7. We can hold sparklers.
Ooh!
I can write
my name with
my sparkler.

8. Daddy lights the rockets.
Be careful!
Stand well back.
Can I help?
No.

9. The rockets go up into the sky.
Look at the beautiful colours.
Ooh! Aahh!

10. Mummy makes special food.
Treacle toffee Toffee apples
Yum!

11. We eat toffee apples.
Toffee apples are
apples on a stick.
They have been
dipped into toffee.
They are sticky and
crunchy.

12. We eat treacle toffee.
Treacle toffee is
black and chewy.

13. We remember the time that Guy Fawkes tried to
blow up the Houses of Parliament but was stopped.
Guy Fawkes
Hiding the gunpowder in the cellar

14. Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.