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Let my chicken enter

 Mick lived in the country, and he had quite a big garden, He grew vegetables, and he had some nice, fat chicken too. He sold the eggs and the meat, and got quite a lot of money for them.

   His neighbour had a big garden too, and he also had vegetable and nice, fat chicken in it. There was a wire fence between the garden, but it was very old, and the chickens often found holes in it and went through.


Now Mick wanted a new fence between his garden and his neighbour’s, so  Mr Biggs came to build it. Mick said to him. ‘Please make the fence out of strong wood. And I want a hole in it. Make it big enough for my chicken to get into my neighbour’s garden and eat his vegetable, but to small for his to get into mine and eat mine.’


Please answer these questions below.
1. Where did Mick live ?
2. What did he do in his garden ?
3. What did he do with his eggs and chickens ?  
4. What did his neighbour have ?
5. What was there between Mick’s garden and his neighbour’s ?
6. Why did the chicken often get through it ?
7. What did Mick want Mr Biggs to do ?
8. What did he say to him ?