Ron Butlin's little tale is a dark little piece, in spite of the title. It's very much a story of loss of dreams and the erosion of natural wonder. This kit is part of a new section from BritLit, in response to teachers' enquiries. It seems some teachers wanted short and sweet kits - something that could be done in just one or two lessons.

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• Key 91k Teacher's notes and answers

• Context 324K Background information

• Word work 82k Vocabulary building activities

• Pre-reading 99k Language activities

• Text 15k The complete text of the story

Audio

• Audio of the author reading the text 1.15Mb

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