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SUZIE SAVES HER MUM

One day Suzie McCash went shopping with her mum in Tynemouth,
England. Suzie was four years old. Her mum didn’t feel very well at the
shops, so they went home.
In the house, Suzie’s mum went to lie on the sofa. She was there for a
long time. Her eyes were shut and it wasn’t easy for her to breathe. Suzie
was worried. Was her mum really ill? Suzie went to the house next door,
but the neighbours weren’t there. So she phoned 999 - the emergency
telephone number for the police.
The police officer was very kind and Suzie was calm. ।

OFFICER: ‘What’s your mummy doing now?’
SUZIE: ‘Um, she’s just sitting on the sofa and she’s doing nothing.’
OFFICER: ‘Are her eyes open? 1
SUZIE: ‘No, they’re shut.’
And later...
OFFICER: ‘Can you open the door? Can you be a big girl?’

Soon the police were at their house and an
ambulance was there, too. About an hour later,
Suzie’s mum was OK again. A doctor said: ‘Her
mummy was very sick. Without Suzie’s phone
call, her mummy might be dead now.’
Suzie’s story was in the newspapers and
people were surprised and happy about it.
She was a very brave girl and, a year later,
she was in the news again because she
was named a Child of Courage at the
Pride of Britain Awards for helping her
mother.

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0]>) 4 .0 5 Look at the title. What
do you think happened? Read and Making inferences
listen to the article and find out.
3 Work in pairs. Who says these sentences? Mark them S (Suzie),
P (police officer) or M (Mum).
Read the article again. Put the
sentences in the correct order. There 1 'It's open.' 4 'How can I help?'
is one event that is not in the article. 2 'Is she injured?' 5 'I can hear an ambulance.'
Where do you think it goes? 3 'She's so amazing.' 6 'How old are you?'
Suzie phones the police.
4 Work in pairs. Write one more thing for each person to say.
The ambulance arrives.
1 Suzie 3 The ambulance driver
They come home from
the shops. □ 2 The police officer 4 Suzies mother
The police officer asks Suzie
5 Read your sentences to another pair for them to guess.
where she lives.
Suzie’s mum lies down on
I think Suzie says that. That's probably the police officer.
the sofa. O