My lucky escape
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Utent play then the
loud noise I wounded in a large
ne about to cha tard
animalIgnored. Next,
orange mell. Then I saw a bright
orange light. After that, my neck and
y shoulders started to feel very hot
Buddenly. I realized what was happening
se was forest fire and the trees were
burning all around us
we were abaolutely terrified and we
ran to the beach, while we were waiting
patiently with all the other people from
the campsite, planes dropped water on the
burning forest. Finally, after hours and
hours, we went back to our tent but we
couldn't stay on the campaite because it
was too dangerous. Luckily, we were able
to spend the night at a nearby school.
In the end, we had to go back home to
England the next day. We were relieved
and grateful to be alive
Read the story again and answer the questions.
Where was Ben on holiday?
2 Who was he with?
3 What kind of holiday was it?
What was Ben doing when he heard the noise?
s What did he think the noise was?
6 What was happening?
7 What did Ben and his parents do?
8 Where did they spend the night?