The Horse of Death

Furr, Mark [ed.]:Stories for Reading Circles. Bookworms Club Bronze. Oxford University Press, 2007

FAIK, Sait: The Horse of Death

Plot:

The story is about Unal, a boy that has got measles, he's on his house and he can't do anything. He goes to the window and looks on the toyshop a horse, black and big horse with light eyes. He can't go to the toyshop because he can die, but he goes. He rides horse and he goes on the sea, the sun...In the morning he appears on the black horse on the toyshop. He has got blue face and he's dead, the people look at the horse and his mother buries the horse and Unal together in the cold ground.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

Opinions:

I didn't like the book because It was very sad.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

I like the book because it's interesting and exciting.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

I liked the book because it's very mysterious, unusual because he dies in the horse and it's beautiful because he's buried with it.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I like the book because it's easy to understand. My favourite part is when Unal was riding the horse happily.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

I liked the book because it teaches us an important lesson. We must listen to good advice. It's not good to be stub-loom

Laia Arias, 1st B 

Characters:

Unal:

He's a small boy who wants to discover things. He is very impulsive.

Marc Frigola, 1st C

He was ill. He liked a black horse. He had red spots on his face.

Mireia Herrero, 1st A

He is ill and he is boring, but he is very clever.

Laura García, 1st C 

He's poor, he hasn't got money and hasn't got father and grandpa, he wants a black horse of the toy shop and in the end he dies.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

He has got blond hair. His father is dead. He is eight years old. In the story he has measles.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

The Horse:

The Horse of Death has eyes which light up when you pull the reins. It's black and it has a brown mane.

Laia Arias, 1st B

The Little Hunters at the Lake

Furr, Mark [ed.]:Stories for Reading Circles. Bookworms Club Bronze. Oxford University Press, 2007

URAL, Yalvac: The Little Hunters at the Lake

Plot:

It's about four boys that killed a bird and then wanted to cook it. They went to Ali's shop and they asked how they can cook it. Ali said that they must bury it. They buried the bird and later they turned to the grave and they saw a second bird and the bird was her female and it die near the male. The bird was there for love.

Jade Lam, 1st D

The story is about a group of boys that want to be hunters. Hikmet takes the gun from his father and he and his friends go down to the lake. They shoot a bird crane which is a symbol of love. They bury the bird in the lake. when it is spring they return to the lake and look at the tomb of bird. And found his partner dead in the grave. Hunters never shoot crane birds.

Ivan Rodrígez, 1st A
 

This story is about a group of young boys who want to hunt ducks just like their fathers. One of the boys borrows his father's gun and they go to the lake. They shoot a bird but later they discover that it's a bird of love. They become very sad and they bury the crane. The message in this story is that young boys must be patient if they want to be men.

Laia Arias, 1st B 

Opinions:

I liked the book because it's about love.

Jade Lam, 1st D and Mariona Coll, 1st B

I liked the book because I like fantasy stories.

Toudji Balde, 1st D

 I didn't like the book because for me it was not very interesting and I only understood something.

Eric Aguilar, 1st D

I liked the book because the story of the birds is very beauty and the boys understand it.  

Rocío Bueno, 1st D 

I liked because it is an adventure and it's a very interesting book. 

Germán Rodríguez, 1st A 

I liked the book because it is interesting, mysterious and fun.

Ivan Rodríguez, 1st A

I liked the book because it is about children that want to learn and also because is about the lake and the birds.

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

I liked the book because it's frightening but beautiful. My favourite part is the end, because it teaches us something.

Laia Arias, 1st B

Characters:

Hikmet:

My favourite character is Hikmet: he is a very brave boy and agile, too. He is the cleverest in his club of friends. He is the main character in the story.

Berta Arcos, 1st D

Hikmet is my favourite character. He likes hunting birds on the lake with his friends and his father's gun.

Ivan Rodrígez, 1st A 

His father is hunter and he wants to learn all about huntiing. He likes hunting birds, the birds that are around the lake. His friends love hunting, too. 

Judith Ascanio, 1st A

He is a clever  hunter and  likes hunting, shooting the ducks and birds, but birds are afraid. His father is a big hunter.   

Jose Carbó, 1st A

 
Ali:

He is very cool. He has a shop and he knows many things.

Jade Lam, 1st D

Ali, the bird seller, is a man who sells birds to the men when they are not able to hunt anything.

Laia Arias, 1st B