cat’s niece & bee’s whiskey

DIFFICULTY: NOT THAT HARD, REALLY

intro …Brian is in the middle of spending a week alone at home, with only his Aunt around. His parents have gone to Ireland on a two-week trip and both his sister Kate and brother Timo are out of the house. Brian ends up spending most of his time with Callie, a girl he goes to school with and with whom he also shares some interests, including a love of cats. Brian wishes he had a cat but his parents won’t let him get one. Callie on the other hand has a cat named Squirrel, but her parents aren’t too fond of him, either.

squirrel must go

I was holding the screen door open with my body and _____ to get out of there. “I just remembered I’m supposed to cut the grass today,” I said. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Squirrel ran over, right _____ me onto the landing. There was something in his mouth. He dropped it at Callie’s feet. It _____ out to be a baby bird. He must have _____ into some bird’s nest. “This is too much,” said Callie’s mother. “Do you have anything to say about this, Callie?” It didn’t look like Callie did.

screen door … dve?e se sí?kou
be anxious to do st … toužit n?co ud?lat
out of nowhere … z ni?eho nic, znenadání
landing … odpo?ívadlo (na schodech)
nest … hnízdo
defend … bránit, obhajovat
grateful … vd??ný
prove … dokazovat
sneak … tajn? se plížit
vet … veteriná?
fend for oneself … postarat se sám o sebe, protloukat se sám
he won’t last … moc dlouho nevydrží
starve to death … um?ít hlady
rip … trhat, škubat
reassuring … uklid?ující
get along with sb … vycházet dob?e s n?kým

She had been defending this cat and had been _____ for all the things he did. And instead of being helpful or _____ , Squirrel played right into Callie’s mother’s hands by proving that he couldn’t be trusted. I _____ away quietly, letting the screen door close behind me. As I got on my bike, I heard Callie’s mother saying, “Wait til your father gets home. He will have something to say to you about this.”

As soon as I got home, I heard the phone ring. “I’ll _____ it,” I said before Aunt Speed could come to the phone. It was Callie. “Brian,” she said, “my mother already talked to my father on the phone. I know what’s going to happen. If I don’t find someone to take the cat, they’re going to call the vet and _____ him killed. I can’t let that happen. I suggested that we could take him out in the country instead and _____ him off. I mean, he can hunt, right? I’m sure he can _____ for himself. But my mother says that he wouldn’t last a week. She thinks he will either starve to death or _____ eaten by a wolf.”

“Do you have any ideas?” — “Someone needs to take him in. Someone that I know will take good care of him. That’s all.” — “You mean me.” — “Why not? You and Squirrel like each other, don’t you?” — “What about Meeko? He won’t be too happy to have a cat around.” — “Don’t worry. Squirrel can take care of himself. I saw him _____ the belly of this big dog once.” That didn’t sound very _____ to me. “I don’t mean he’d do that to Meeko. I’m sure he’ll get _____ ok with Meeko.”

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