DEVELOPING

READING
POWER 4
PEPE AND THE GUAVAS

Pepe climbed the guava tree near the house. It had many ripe fruits. He picked
as many as he could and put them in his pockets. Then he sat on a branch and began
eating them.
While he was eating, he felt the branch break. He did not know it was a dead
branch.
Down, down he fell!
After that, he did not know what happened. When he woke up, he was in a
hospital bed. His two arms were in cast.

Questions:
1. Who climbed the guava tree?
2. Where was the guava tree?
3. What were on the tree?
4. Where did Pepe put the fruits he picked?
5. Where did he sit?
6. What did he do next?
7. What did he do next?
8. What happened to him?
 9. Did Pepe know what happened to him?
10.When he woke up, where was he?

HOW DAN LEARNED TO RIDE A HORSE

One day, Lito invited his cousin, Dan, to his father’s farm in the barrio. Dan lived
in the town.
“Let’s ride on my horse,” Lito said.
“I don’t know how to ride a horse,” said Dan.
“It’s easy! I’m going to teach you.”
Lito got his horse and rode easily on its back. “Come on! Hold my hand and
place one foot on mine while I pull you up,” he said.
At first, Dan was afraid. But when he tried, he found it easy. He did not feel
afraid anymore.
Together they rode far across the field. It was already dark when they reached
home.

Questions:
1. What were Dan and Lito?
2. Where did Dan live?
3. Where did Lito invite Dan?
4. Where would they ride?
5. How did Lito ride on the horse?
6. Did Dan know how to ride a horse?
7. What did Dan learn about riding a horse?
8. Did they ride together in the same horse?
9. Where did they go riding?
10.When did they go home?
AT THE PUBLIC PLAYGROUND

The public playground was full of children. They were shouting with joy. The
smaller children were playing in the sand boxes. They were digging the sand and filling
their pails. The bigger boys and girls were having fun riding on swings.
 Some big boys were chinning the bar. Others were climbing the big tower and
were sliding down. Some of them were busy playing on the seesaws, going up and
going down. Some girls in bathing suits were swimming in the pool.

Questions:
1. Where were the children?
2. How did they show they were happy?
3. Who played in the sand boxes?
4. What did they do in the sand boxes?
5. How did the bigger boys and girls have fun?
6. Who chinned the bar?
7. How did the children go down the tower?
8. What went up and down?
9. Who were swimming in the pool?
10.What were they wearing?

AUNT DANDING

Last December, Aunt Danding, a nurse, came home from America to visit ger
family. She stayed for a month in Manila.
Before she left for America last January, she had a picnic with the family. They
went to Los Banos, Laguna in a big car. They saw all the interesting places there. They
went swimming in the hot springs. Aunt Danding enjoyed every minute of it. She
enjoyed seeing the children watch the animals in the little zoo. They were all happy.
When they got hungry, they ate all the food they brought.

Questions:
1. Where does Aunt Danding live now?
2. When did she come to Manila?
3. Whom did she visit?
4. How long did she stay in Manila?
5. Why do you think did she come to visit?
6. Why is Aunt Danding in America?
7. When did she have a picnic with her family?
8. Where did they go for a picnic?
9. Where did they go swimming?
10.How did Aunt Danding enjoy her visit?
 ANA’S PET

Mother bought two piglets. She had a pigpen ready for them.
“These pigs should be given a good care,” she told Ana. “Can you help me take
care of them?”
“Of course, Mother,” answered Ana. “I’ll help you take care of them.”
So, Ana became the caretaker of the piglets. She cleaned the pen early in the
morning and gave them baths. She fed them swill which she got from their neighbors.
Soon, the piglets grew big and fat. When they were ready for sale, Ana felt sad.
She knew Mother would get a good price for them but she would lose her pets.

Questions:
1. What did Ana’s mother buy?
2. Where did she keep them?
3. Whom did she ask to help her take care of them?
4. Did Ana like to take care of the pigs?
5. What new job did Ana have?
6. At what time of the day did she clean the pigpen?
7. Who gave baths to the pigs?
8. Where did Ana get the swill for the pigs?
9. What happened with the pigs?
10.How did Ana feel when the pigs were ready for sale?

A SIGN OF GROWTH

One morning, little Jun could not walk well with his shoes on.
“What’s wrong with your feet, Jun?” asked Mother. “Does your shoes hurt?”
“Yes, Mother,” Jun replied. “My shoes do not fit me anymore.”
Father made Jun take off his shoes and wear his old rubber shoes.
 “You are growing, Jun,” Father explained. “When your shoes get too tight for
you, you need bigger ones. Your feet are growing. It’s a sign that your body is growing,
too. Soon, you’ll be a big boy.”

Questions:
1. When did the story happened?
2. What could Jun not do well?
3. What hurts his feet?
4. Who made Jun take off his shoes?
5. What would Jun wear?
6. Why did his shoes become tight?
7. What did Jun need in place of his tight shoes?
8. What was happening to Jun?
9. What is the sign of growing feet?
10.What will Jun soon become?

HOW OUR FOREFATHERS KEPT THEMSELVES CLEAN

Our forefathers were clean and neat. They kept themselves clean by bathing
often and wearing clean clothes.
To keep their black hair clean, they used the suds of gugo bark boiled in water
for their soap. Their hair smelled sweet with their perfumed oil. To keep their teeth
even, they filed them with iron or stones while they were young. Their teeth looked red
because of the betelnut they chewed to preserve them.
Questions:
1. What is the story about?
2. What words described our forefathers?
3. How did they keep themselves clean?
4. What was the color of their hair?
5. What did they use as soap to keep their hair clean?
6. Did they use soap in those days?
7. What made their hair smell sweet?
8. What did they do with the gugo bark?
9. How were their teeth kept even?
10.What made their teeth look ugly?
 THE FIRST CAIMITO HARVEST

Doming’s father planted a caimito tree some years ago. Last October, it began to
bear its first flowers. The fruits were very slow in growing. Doming could hardly wait to
see them ripen.
One day, Doming saw a big, dark violet fruit.
“Father, Father!” he shouted. “There is a ripe caimito now.”
Doming looked up at the other branches.
“Oh! There are some more. They are hidden behind the leaves. Come, Father,
Let’s get them all.”
There were about twenty fruits which Doming’s father picked from the tree. They
were the first harvest. They were all sweet and delicious.

Questions:
1. Who planted a caimito tree?
2. When did he plant it?
3. When did it bear its first flower?
4. How fast did the fruits grow?
5. What did Doming see one day?
6. Whom did he call?
7. What did he see on the other branches?
8. Where were they hidden?
9. How many fruits did Doming’s father pick?
10.How did they taste?

A FAMILY OF MUSIC LOVERS

The Santos family are fond of music. All of them have good singing voices and all
can play the piano. Mr. Santos is their teacher and Mrs. Santos is their pianist.
People enjoy listening to them when they are practicing, more so, when they
sing Filipino songs. The songs make the listeners happy.
Lita, Raul, Emil, Nila and Anita sing with feeling. While singing they watch Mr.
Santos’s hand, so they know when to sing louder or softer.
Questions:
1. How many children are in the family?
2. What kind of family are the Santos Family?
3. What do all of them have?
4. What instrument can they play?
5. Who is their teacher?
6. Who is their pianist?
7. How do people feel while they are listening to the Santos family?
8. How do the children sing?
9. What kind of songs make the listeners feel happier?
10.What is the children’s sign in singing louder or softer?

FLOWERS FOR MOTHER

This is a story about Apolinario Mabini.

One day, Pule’s mother was waiting for her children to come home from school.
After a while, she heard some voices from the yard. She was glad her sons were
already home.
“Mother! Mother!” called one of her sons. “Pule will be little late. He said he has
something to get for you.”
A little later Pule came. He had some flowering plants with him.
“These are for you, Mother,” Pule said. “I got them for you along the way. I
know you love flowers.”
How thoughtful Pule was! Instead of getting angry, his mother felt very happy.

Questions:
1. About whom is the story?
2. Who was waiting for the children?
3. Where did the boys come from?
4. What did Pule tell his brothers?
5. When did Pule come home?
6. What did he bring with him?
7. Where did he get them?
8. What did Pule know about his mother?
9. What kind of a boy was Pule?
 10.How did his mother feel when he gave her the flowers?

THE ARTESIAN WELL

Nonoy lived in a little barrio far from the town. He had to wake up early every
morning to fetch water from a well. He had to make several trips before he could fill a
big jar.
One day, men came to the barrio to drill an artesian well. In ten days, the
artesian well was ready. It was like there was a fiesta. Barrio people lined up to get
water. When Nonoy’s turn came, he took a long drink. How cool and satisfying the
water tasted!

Questions:
1. Where did Nonoy live?
2. What did he do every morning?
3. How long did it take him to get water?
4. Where did he put the water?
5. What did the men do in the barrio?
6. How did the barrio people feel about it?
7. What would the well give them?
8. How long did the men finish the work?
9. What did the barrio people do when it was ready?
10.How did the water taste to Nonoy?

FEEDING A BIG FAMILY

Aling Narda called her six children for breakfast. She served them all the fried
fish and rice she cooked. When the children sat at the table and began to eat, the food
was finished in a short time.
“Mother, is there some more rice?” asked Pedro. He had eaten slowly and had
taken only a small amount of rice.
Mother brought the scorched rice from the pot.
“This is the only rice left, Pedro,” she said. “Eat it.”
“But Mother, you will have none to eat,” Pedro said.
 Mother could not speak. There was little food to cook and she had six children. It
was hard to feed a big family.

Questions:
1. How many children did Aling Narda have?
2. What meal did they eat?
3. How did Pedro eat his food?
4. What did Mother bring for Pedro?
5. What were served on the table?
6. How much rice did Pedro get?
7. For how long did they eat the food?
8. Why did the children finish their food at once?
9. What did Aling Narda find about feeding a big family?
10.Why did Pedro ask for rice?

A BIG FIRE

A big fire hit the Tondo area near the sea. Hundreds of houses were burned and
many families were left homeless. After the fire, the place became a big, open space.
Only burned woods, stones and twisted galvanized iron sheets were left.
Many of the families who had no place to go were sadly grouped together. Their
few belongings were piled near them.
Not long after, the Red Cross people arrived to help the fire victims. They
brought canvas tents, clothes, mats, food and medicines.

Questions:
1. What hit Tondo area?
2. What did the families who had no place to go do?
3. What did the burned areas become?
4. How did the galvanized iron sheets look?
5. Had all of the families no place to go?
6. How many houses were burned?
7. Who arrived to help the fire victims?
8. What happened to many of the families?
9. Where did the fire in Tondo occur?
10.What were given to the fire victims?
 A WAY TO HELP MOTHER

Ludy was playing with her friends in their front yard when she saw her mother
coming from the market. She excused herself politely from her playmates and ran to
meet her mother. She took the basket and carried it to the house.
“Thank you, Ludy,” her mother said when they reached the house. “You can go
back to you friends and play again.”
“No, Mother,” Ludy answered. “I have already told them, I am going to help you
prepare our food.”

Questions:
1. With whom was Ludy playing?
2. Where were they playing?
3. Whom did Ludy see coming?
4. What did Ludy do when she saw her coming?
5. What did Ludy do upon meeting her?
6. What did Ludy’s mother do when they reached home?
7. Did her mother want her to continue playing?
8. Why did Ludy not go back to play agin?
9. Where did Mother come from?
10.What kind of a child is Ludy?

A WET AFTERNOON

It was cloudy that afternoon. It looked like it will rain. Tonio and Lucio were
walking home. They had visited their grandmother who lived on the other side of the
rice field.
“Let’s walk fast, Tonio,” Lucio told his brother. “We might be caught in the rain.
Mother would be waiting for us.”
“It’s beginning to rain!” Tonio said as he ran under a tree to take shelter. Lucio
followed him.
Soon, the rain stopped and they went on walking. They were already home
when it rained again.

Questions:
 1. What were Tonio and Lucio?
2. Why did it look like it will rain?
3. Where did Tonio and Lucio come from?
4. What did they do there?
5. What might happen to the boys?
6. What did they do?
7. Where did they run when it rained?
8. Who would be waiting for them at home?
9. What did they do when the rain stopped?
10.What happened when they reached home?

FREE CANDIES

Vic and Jicky were walking to school. Near a store, they saw a man giving free
candies to children.
“Hurry, Jicky, let’s ask for some candies,” shouted Vic as he ran towards the
man. “There may not be any candy left for us.”
“No, Vic, stop!” called Jicky. “Those candies might be drugged.”
Vic stopped at once. He remembered that Miss Reyes told them not to accept
candies or anything to eat or drink from strangers. They might be drugged.
“Quick, Jicky,” Vic said in a frightened voice. “Those children might eat those
candies. Let’s report them to the principal.

Questions:
1. Where were the two boys going?
2. Where did they see the man and the children?
3. What was the man doing?
4. Why did Vic run towards the man?
5. What did Jicky think about the candies?
6. Why did Vic stop running?
7. From whom should children not accept anything to eat or drink?
8. How did Vic feel?
9. To whom did Vic want to report?
10.What must the children do?

WHEN FRUITS ARE IN SEASON

 Many of our native fruits are very delicious. Mangoes, caimitos, chicos, oranges
and lanzones are a few of them. Some of them can be bought at any time of the year.
However, most fruits are plentiful when in season.
Mangoes are mostly in season in May, caimitos in March and lanzones in
October. Bananas grow the whole year round.
Fruit trees that grow in different places bear more fruits at different seasons.
That is why, in December we can buy lanzones from Mindanao even when the lanzones
season in Laguna is over.

Questions:
1. What are the fruits native in our country?
2. How does this fruits taste?
3. When can we buy fruits?
4. When are fruits plentiful?
5. When are mangoes in season?
6. When are caimitos in season?
7. When are lanzones in season?
8. Are all fruits in season at the same time?
9. Where can we buy lanzones during the month of December?
10.Why can’t we buy lanzones in Laguna during the month of December?

FLORA’S GODMOTHER

One Sunday, Flora went to her godmother’s house. She did not see her Ninang
Marta but someone was there who looked like her. When she was about to leave, the
woman laughed.
“Why, Flora,” she asked, “don’t you remember your own godmother?”
Flora was surprised. The woman was her godmother but she looked different.
She wore a black wig that made her look younger and prettier.
“I did not recognize you at once, Ninang,” Flora said. “You look different with a
wig.”
“Is that so?” Aling Marta asked. “A friend sold me her long hair and I had it
made into a wig. A hairdresser made it for me.”

Questions:
 1. When did Flora go to her godmother’s house?
2. Whom did she see in the house?
3. Did she know the woman?
4. What did the woman do when she was about to leave?
5. How did Flora feel?
6. Who was the woman?
7. What made her look different?
8. How did it make her look different?
9. Was the wig given to her godmother?
10.Who made the wig?

CARLITO’S HOBBY

Carlito has a hobby. He loves birds so he collects them. His father bought him
different kinds of birds which he keeps in clean cages. He takes good care of them. He
has lovebirds, mayas, doves, and a parrot. He gives them food and drinking water
every day.
Once, he was able to catch some mayas. How? He kept the door of a big cage
open with a string that he held from a big cage open with a string that he held from a
distance. He put some rice inside the cage to attract the birds. Soon, some birds flew
down and entered the cage. Carlito let go of the string and the door shut. The mayas
were caught inside the cage. These birds soon became pets, too.

Questions:
1. What is Carlito’s hobby?
2. Who gave him different kinds of birds?
3. Where does he keep his birds?
4. How often does he give food and drink to his pets?
5. Does Carlito take good care of his pets?
6. What birds was he able to catch once?
7. What did he use for catching them?
8. What did he use to attract the birds?
9. How many birds were attracted?
10.What did Carlito do with the birds he caught?

IN BED WITH INFLUENZA

 Lola Luchi was in bed with a cold. The sneezed and coughed. In the evening she
had a fever.
When a doctor was called, he gave her some medicines to take.
“Lola, you have influenza,” Dr. Paras said. “Drink plenty of fruit juice and stay in
bed. Take this medicine and you will get well.” Then he told Aunt Celia to follow all
directions in giving Lola Luchi her medicines.
Lola Luchi was very careful. She used her own spoon, cup and plate. She did not
allow the children to go near her. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief when she
sneezed or coughed.
In a few days, Lola was well again.

Questions:
1. What kept Lola Luchi in bed?
2. What did she have in the evening?
3. Who said she had influenza?
4. Who gave her some medicine to take?
5. What should she drink?
6. What did the doctor tell Aunt Celia to do?
7. Whose things did Lola use?
8. Where did she sneeze and cough?
9. Who were not allowed to go near her?
10.How soon did Lola Luchi get well?

MARITES LOVES DAISIES

Marites is fond of daisies. One day, she bought five daisy plants with flowers
from a plant vendor. They were planted in small plastic bag. The flowers were of
different colors- red, orange, pink, white and yellow.
Marites was very happy when she reached home. She watered the plants and
put them in the shade.
After two days, she saw that their leaves were turning yellow. The flowers were
wilting, too. She thought that she had been cheated. She pulled out the plant and saw
that it had no roots. The leaves were tied together to make it appear like a plant.
Marites was very angry. She learned a lesson and said she would not be cheated
again.

Questions:
 1. Who is fond of daisies?
2. From whom did she buy the daisies?
3. Where were they planted?
4. How many daisy plants did she buy?
5. How did Marites feel when she reached home?
6. Where did she put the plants?
7. What did she see after two days?
8. What did she think was done to her?
9. What did she find out when she pulled out a plant?
10.What did Marites say?

ORCHIDS

There are many kinds of orchids in the Philippines. They grow wild in the forests.
Some grow on the ground and others on trees.
Orchids have beautiful flowers. Some stay fresh for sometimes. The cattleya and
waling-waling stay fresh for as long as two weeks.
Orchids are made into corsage. They are worn by women on their dresses. Of all
the orchids, women pay more for the cattleya. It is the most beautiful and stays fresh
longer than others.
Some people make money form orchids by raising them and selling their flowers.

Questions:
1. How many kinds of orchids are there in the Philippines?
2. Where do they grow wild?
3. What can you say about the orchids?
4. Can they grow on trees?
5. How long can some orchids stay fresh?
6. For how long can waling-waling stay fresh?
7. Into what are orchids made?
8. Where do women wear them?
9. What is the most beautiful orchid?
10.How do some people make money from orchids?

THE TELEGRAM
 It was late at night. Someone knocked hard at the door. Dado’s father looked
out of the window to see who was there.
“Telegram, Sir!” the man outside said.
Dado opened the door quickly. His father and mother followed him.
“I hope it’s nothing bad,” Aling Loleng said.
Mang Poldo opened the telegram at once. Then he read it silently. He was very
quiet. Aling Loleng looked at her husband. She thought something was wrong.
Soon, Mang Poldo began to laugh. He shouted with joy. He handed the telegram
to Aling Loleng. She read it: LEOPOLDO CRUZ - won ten thousand pesos - Contest.
Collect – Monday. – Kleen Soap Company.

Questions:
1. Who knocked at the door?
2. Who looked out of the window to see who was there?
3. What did the man outside say?
4. Who opened the door?
5. What did Aling Loleng say?
6. Who opened the telegram?
7. How did he read it?
8. What did Aling Loleng think about the telegram?
9. Who shouted with joy?
10.What was the telegram about?

PLANTS NEED WATER

Jose’s father has a vegetable garden in their backyard. He has eggplants,

pechay, radishes, and cabbages. He has also cucumbers, patola, upo and other
vegetable vines.
One day, jose came home from school ahead of his father who works in a
factory in the town. He saw his father’s garden. The soil was very dry and the leaves of
the plants were wilting due to the heat of the sun. After changing his clothes, he took
the sprinkler and began watering the plants. He was almost through with his work
when his father arrived.
“Good boy!” his father said. “The plants are surely happy now. They also like
people. When it is very hot, they also want to drink.”
“I know it, Father,” Jose said. “That’s why I’m watering them now.”
Questions:
1. Where was the vegetable garden?
2. Who owned the garden?
3. What are the vines?
4. Where does Jose’s father work?
5. Why did Jose water the plants?
6. What did he use for watering?
7. What made the soil dry?
8. Who arrived when Jose was watering the plants?
9. In what ways are plants like people?
10.How do plants feel after being watered?

HOW DYSENTERY WAS SPREAD

Some years ago, the people of Barrio San Antonio did not have safe water for
their daily needs. They got their water from a well near the schoolhouse.
One day, it was reported in school that someone was sick of dysentery. Mr.
Castro, the school principal, told the pupils and the barrio people to boil all their
drinking water. Many of the people could not understand why they had to boil water
from the well. They thought that clear water was already safe from germs.
Soon, many pupils and their parents got sick. Only Mr. Castro’s family and those
who boiled their water did not get sick.

Questions:
1. What barrio did not have safe water?
2. Where did the people get their water?
3. Where was it located?
4. What sickness was reported in school?
5. Who was the principal of the school?
6. What did he tell the barrio people to do?
7. What did the people think about the water from the well?
8. Did all the barrio people boil their drinking water?
9. Why did some pupils and their parents get sick?
10.Who did not become sick?

DAMA DE NOCHE
 Most plants have bright-colored flowers. They open during the day. There are
also plants with flowers that bloom at night. Their flowers are either white or light-
colored. They smell very sweet. Some of these are the dama de noche, sampaguita and
camia.
Dama de noche means “lady of the night.” Its little star-like flowers open at
night. They give out a sweet odor that can be smelled from a distance. By its fragrance,
you can tell that there is a dama de noche plant nearby. In the morning, the flowers
lose their fragrance.

Questions:
1. When do most flowers open?
2. What kind of flowers bloom at night?
3. Which of these flowers smell sweet?
4. Which of these flowers open at night?
5. What does dama de noche mean?
6. What is the shape of its flowers?
7. When do its flowers bloom?
8. What flower mentioned in the story can be smelled from a distance?
9. How does one know that there is a dama de noche plant nearby?
10.What happens to its odor in the morning?

FLAG CEREMONY AT THE RIZAL PARK

It was Rizal Day. Mr. Santos and his two sons, Victor and Luis, rode in a taxi to
the Rizal Park. They would attend the flag raising ceremony at the Luneta that day. It
would be held in front of Rizal monument at seven o’clock in the morning.
It was still early but the crowd was already getting big. There were many small
children with their parents. They would play in park after the ceremony.
The three took their places near the monument. When the band played the
National Anthem, everybody stood at attention. The flag went up quickly till it reached
the top of the pole. Soon, the anthem was over and people began to move away.

Questions:
1. Where did Mr. Santos and his two sons go?
2. Where did Mr. Santos and the boys stay?
3. At what time did the ceremony begin?
4. What would Mr. Santos and his sons attend?
 5. Where did they ride?
6. What did they see in front of the monument?
7. When did they visit the place?
8. What would the small children do after the ceremony?
9. Why did the people move away?
10.What was played by the band?

THE WALKATHON

Lina’s father wanted to grow strong and healthy. One day, he started a
walkathon with a group of friends. Every morning, they walked fast from their places to
the schoolhouse. Then they turned around a wide circle along the park and back to
their own places. They did this every morning when other people were still asleep.
After sometime, their small group became big when other neighbors joined
them. Their little group of six became a big group of forty members.
Lina’s father was not the only one who grew strong and healthy, but his
neighbors as well.

Questions:
1. What did Lina’s father want to become?
2. With whom did he start a walkathon?
3. When did they have their walkathons?
4. How much exercise did he have after they started the walkathon?
5. From where did they start their walk?
6. What place did they reach first?
7. Where did they turn around?
8. What happened to their group?
9. Who joined their group?
10.How many in all became members of their group?

TRAVELING IN SPACE

Years and years ago, man never thought he could travel in space. Rocket ships
were only for the comic books. Now, rocket ships travel in space. They have orbited
Earth and landed on the moon.
 Men who travel in space are called astronauts or cosmonauts. They are very
brave men. The first man to orbit our Earth in a spaceship was a Russian cosmonaut.
The first man to land on the Moon was an American astronaut. These men have
become international heroes.

Questions:
1. In what place did man think he could not travel?
2. When were rocket ships only for comic books?
3. Where have rocket ships orbited?
4. Where do rocket ships travel?
5. Who are astronauts?
6. What kind of men are astronauts?
7. Who was the first to orbit Earth in a spaceship?
8. Who was the first to land on the Moon?
9. What have these men become?
10.What is the Russian name for astronaut?

THE LIGHTNING

Lydia saw a flash of bright light. Clap! Br-r-r-m-m! the sound of thunder rolled
on. Lydia covered her ears with her hands and ran to her mother.
“What’s wrong, Lydia?” asked Mother. “You’re safe in the house. The lightning
won’t hurt you here.”
“Mother, why won’t the lightning hurt me?”
“First of all, you are in the house,” explained Mother. “More often lightning
strikes people in an open space. It finds the highest place to strike. Farmers walking
alone in the field or riding a carabaos are often struck by lightning. If a farmer is caught
in a thunderstorm, he should lie down on the ground and wait until it is over. He should
stay away from his carabao and avoid staying under a tree.”

Questions;
1. What did Lydia see?
2. What followed it?
3. What did Lydia do?
4. Where was Lydia?
5. Was Lydia safe there?
 6. Where does lightning often strike people?
7. Is a field a closed place?
8. What place does lightning strike?
9. What should a farmer on the field do when lightning occurs?
10.What should a person avoid when there is lightning?

WHITE ANTS

Ants are interesting insects. They live in groups. White ants, for example, have
their own queen that lays eggs. Then worker ants take care of the eggs. They look for
food and feed the queen and the baby ants that hatch from the eggs. Soon, these baby
ants grow into worker and soldier ants.
Some white ants know how to grow mushrooms inside their anthills. They use
mushrooms for food. Other white ants eat dead trees and even growing ones.
White ants destroy books, furniture and even houses. To destroy white ants, the
queen should be found and killed.

Questions:
1. What kind of insects are ants?
2. How do ants live?
3. Which of the white ants lays eggs?
4. Who took care of the eggs?
5. What hatch from eggs?
6. What do the baby ants become?
7. What do some white ants grow in their anthills?
8. Why do they grow them?
9. What things do white ants destroy?
10.What should be done to destroy white ants?

THE BIGGEST LAPULAPU

This is a true story about a very big fish.

Sometime in 1968, some fishermen were fishing in the sea not far from Sorsogon
in the Bicol Peninsula. They caught a very big fish. It measured six feet long and 65
inches around its body. Its weight was 200 kilos. The fish was a kalatang which is the
largest kind of lapulapu.
 When it was being taken down from a ship at the pier in Manila, people could
not believe it was a real fish. It is believed to be the largest of its kind in the Philippine
waters.

Questions:
1. Where was the fish caught?
2. Where did the fishermen catch?
3. Where is Sorsogon?
4. How long was the fish?
5. How big was it around the body?
6. How heavy was it in kilos?
7. What was the fish called?
8. Is this fish a kind of lapulapu?
9. What is the belief about the fish?
10.Where was the fish brought?