The terrible shovels
Mr Fox arrives down the hole.
It hurts, says Mr Fox.
I know it does, sweetheart, replies Mrs Fox. But it will soon get better.
And it will soon grow again, Dad, says one of the four small foxes.
It will never grow again, says Mr Fox. I will be tail-less for the rest of my life.
There is no food for the foxes that night and soon the children doze off. Then Mrs Fox dozes off.
But Mr Fox can't sleep because of the pain. Well, he thinks, I suppose I'm lucky to be alive. But now they know where we live , we need to move as soon as possible. We will never get any peace if...What is that?
The noise he hears now is a really terrible noise, the noise of shovels digging into the soil.
Wake up! he shouts, they are digging us out.
Mrs Fox sits up and cries: they will kill my children.
Never, says Mr Fox.
Scrunch, scrunch, scrunch,go the shovels above their heads.
Mrs Fox holds her four children tight. Suddenly there was a loud crunch and they can see a shovel.
Mr Fox shouts. I've got it. Come on. There's not a moment to lose. Let's dig.
The mother and the father and all four of the children are digging together.
Go downwards, Mr Fox orders, We've got to go deep. As deep as possible.
After an hour, they stop digging. All is quiet now.
Phew! says Mr Fox, I think we've done it. Well done, everybody.
They all sit down, panting for breath. Mrs Fox says to her children. Without your father, we would all be dead by now. Your father is a fantastic fox.
Chapter 4
Répondre aux questions suivantes.
1. Que signifie le titre de ce chapitre?
2. Est-ce que Mr Fox souffre? Comment le savez-vous? Justifier en citant le texte.
3. Traduire: I will be tail-less for the rest of my life.
4. Alors que les enfant et Mrs Fox se sont endormis, Mr Fox ne trouve pas le sommeil . Il est perdu dans ses pensées quand soudain , il entend un bruit . Un bruit de quoi?
5. Que fait Mr Fox? Et Mrs Fox?
6. Where are the shovels?
7. La famille renard se met à creuser. Dans quelle direction? Quel est le mot du texte qui l'indique?
8. Quand s'arrêtent-ils de creuser?
9. Sont-ils satisfaits ?
