The Boy who had

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The Boy who had Real Courage
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Vocabulary

• the state of Kansas
• to build the fires
• a stove
• to save a person from the fire
• courage
• healthy
• mile
• to blow up

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This is the true story about a boy who had real
courage. His name is Glenn Cunningham. He was a
well-known runner. At seven Glenn was a healthy
boy living in Kansas. His elder brother, Floyd,
wanted to be a great runner. Glenn wanted to be
as good or better than Floyd.
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Every morning the two boys ran about three miles
to school where they worked to earn a little
money. Their job was to build the fires in the
school house. But one day a terrible thing
happened. The two boys were building the fire in
the school when suddenly the stove blew up.
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The next thing Glenn knew was that flames were
licking all about him.He ran out of the
building. Then he remembered that Floyd was
inside. Back he ran into the fire. He had to save
his brother.
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Match the opposites.

• false to earn money
• courage true
• inside outside
• to spend money bad
• good sick
• healthy cowardice

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Glenn fought his way as far as he could. The
flames raced across the floor. The smoke began to
choke him. He shouted Floyd! Floyd! Floyd!
There was no answer. Glenn tried to cover his
face with his coat. Suddenly he fainted.
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He woke up in bed in his own home. His legs were
in bandages. He tried to move, and the terrible
pain made him cry out. Then he remembered Floyd
and tried to get up. Where is Floyd? he asked
in a weak voice. Then the doctor told himthat
people had come too late to save his brother.
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Floyd had died in the fire.For weeks Glenn was
lying helpful. His legs were badly burnt.The
doctors were afraid that he might never walk
again. As for running, there was no hope. He lay
in his bed and cried.
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At last the doctors took the bandages off.
Glenns parents helped him out of bed and gave
him crutches. The boy learned to walk again.
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Read and remember this information.

• Did you know that
• Kansas is in the USA.
• The are 51 states in the USA.
• Another name is Sunflower State.
• The capital is Topeka.
• The population is 2,695 million people.

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• The area is 82,277 square miles.
• The date of statehood is January, 29th,1861.
• The state flower is a sunflower.
• The state tree is a cottonwood.
• Kansas is a major source of weat, corn and
  sunflower seeds.

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Unscramble these sentences.

• helpless/Glenn/weeks/was/for.
• boy/bed/a/cried/in/lay/and/the.
• unhappy/parents/his/very/were.
• helped/boy/the/to walk/crutches/the.
• hard/move/to/was/it/crutches/first/with/at.
• late/was/too/brother/to/it/save/brother/
• his
• 7. no/running/boy/had/the/hope/for.

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When he went outside, the children gathered
around him. Glenn bit his lips and fought back
the tears. But the boy wanted to run again. To
make his legs stronger, Glenn rubbed them every
night and morning.
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His father and mother rubbed him first. When they
got tired, he did it himself. How it hurt to walk
at first! But Glenn believed that he would be
able to run.
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Time passed. The hard work that Glenn did on his
fathers farm helped to make his legs strong. At
fourteen he could run from one part of the farm
to another. When he was a high school student, he
tried to become a sprinter.
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A sprinter is one who runs at top speed for a
short distance.At last he ran in the mile
race.To everybodys surprise and his own, he set
a record. He ran a mile in 4 minutes and 30
seconds.
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Several years later in college he set a world
record for the mile 4 minutes, 6 seconds.True
courage had made him a great runner.
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Translate .

• Bit his lips
• Fought back the tears
• Rubbed the legs
• A sprinter
• Set a record

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Arranged the facts below in the logical order as
they appear in the story.

• Suddenly the stove blew up.
• The smoke began to choke him.
• The two boys helped to build fires in the school
  house.
• Glenn ran into the schoolhouse to save his
  brother.
• He was almost eleven when he could walk without
  crutches.
• He had to use his crutches to learn to walk
  again.
• Several years later he set out a record for the
  mile.

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Draw Glenns Character in the sunrays.
Glenns character
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Answer the questions.

• Did Glenn perform a heroic action trying to get
  his brother out of the fire, in your opinion?
• What made Glenn a great runner?
• What is your attitude towards Glenn?
• Can the saying Never give up and If you
  dont begin, you will never win express the
  moral of this story or not, to your mind?