Cat took things to prison
Police in Brazil stopped a cat. The cat wanted to go to a prison. The cat had many things on its body. The things were for prisoners. One of the things was a mobile phone.
Police say that the animal didn’t speak. Police took the cat to a centre for animals. All prisoners will go to police now. The police will ask. The police want to know about the cat.
Interesting words: prison (place for people who did something very bad), prisoner (person who is in prison).
Free public transport in Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia. It is the first city in Europe with free buses and trams. People don’t pay for public transport in Tallinn.
People say that they want to make the Estonian capital one of the cleanest cities in Europe. There was a referendum last year. Many people wanted free buses and trams in the referendum. But some people don’t like it. They say that it is a bad thing. They want to use the city’s money for something else.
Interesting words: capital (main city in a country), public (for people), referendum (moment when all people in a country say what they want).
Special fun in Germany
German people have special fun in the winter. They go down a hill very fast. The go on old sledges. They go down one kilometer. Sometimes, their speed is 90 kilometers an hour.
This year, the weather is very warm in the winter. They had problems with snow. They prepared the way three times well. But snow always changed into water. In the end, they put a lot of snow on the way. They put big pieces of salt into the snow. They were happy because they could drive on it.
Interesting words: sledge (special thing for travelling on snow), an hour (per hour).
Hot air balloon crashed in Egypt
A hot air balloon fell from the sky in Egypt. The balloon crashed near Luxor. There were 21 people in the balloon basket. Nineteen of the people were killed. The balloon was 300 meters high. A person in another balloon filmed the moment. Smoke came from the falling balloon, and then it lost its air and it went down.
People from Great Britain, Egypt, Japan, China, France and Hungary were in the balloon. The pilot jumped from the balloon. He didn’t die. Hot air balloons are popular in Egypt but all balloons are stopped now.
Interesting words: balloon (big bag with air inside).
Young dog can walk again
Juliette is a puppy who is twelve weeks old. She is full of energy. She had a difficult start to life. Juliette was found on the street. She had a big problem. Her legs were deformed.
A person took her to a home for lost animals. The puppy got good food and help from experts. Many people sent her lots of nice messages. There won’t be problems with a new home for her. Six hundred people want to take her home.
Interesting words: puppy (young dog), deformed (in a wrong shape), expert (person who understands something).