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 \n● How did Mr Willoughby look after Willa?  \n● Do you think Mr Willoughby would like to have kept Willa?Why do you think so?Why didn't he?  \n●What do you think Willa thought of Mr Willoughby?Why?  \n● How would you describe Mr Willoughby?Look for evidencein the text to support your ideas.Read ‘between the lines'for this information.  \nWRITE ON  \n● Did you enjoy this book?Would you recommend it to afriend?Write a list of the people you think would enjoyit and say why.  \nThere are more Pocket Tales to read at this level!Don'tforget to check out Pocket Facts and Pocket Sci-Fi at thislevel too.Turn to the inside back cover to find out more!  \nGenre:Humorous story                  \nSkill:To record their ideas and reflections about a book(Y5 T1T13)  \nMr Willoughby's WallabyHilary Sharpe  \nIllustrated by Rowan Barnes Murphy  \n# Chapter 1An Unusual Animal\n\nMr Willoughby dropped his bag ofbuns.He always brought buns for theanimals when he came to the zoo,andsomehow he nearly always droppedsome.The bag landed upside down onthe grass,scattering buns in alldirections.  \nMr Willoughby sighed,and tried toput his foot on the bag,but the winddecided to join in the fun and blew itout of reach.Mr Willoughby's droopygrey moustache drooped even further.The zoo keepers didn't like people whodropped litter.He looked aroundguiltily,in case someone might haveseen him.  \nSomeone had.Two someones.Notkeepers,but Mr Willoughby'sneighbours at home.  \nPauline lived next door to him on oneside,and Arthur,who was in the sameclass at school as Pauline,lived on theother.Sometimes they shouted to eachother across Mr Willoughby's garden.  \nPauline shouted now,\"Hi,MrWilloughby!”  \nArthur picked up one of the buns andbowled it overarm to him.Much to hisown surprise,Mr Willoughby caughtit.Pauline ran after the bag andtogether they collected all the buns.\"I'm afraid they're a bit muddy,\"Pauline said.\"I hope they weren't foryour tea?”  \n\"They're for the elephants,stupid,\"said Arthur.\"Aren't they,MrWilloughby?”  \n“Er—yes.Mostly.The lions don'tseem to like buns very much.”  \nArthur and Pauline laughed politelyand Mr Willoughby looked surprised.He hadn't realised he'd made a joke.  \n“Our class at school is doing a projectabout animals this term,\"Arthur said,“so we thought we'd come and look atzoo animals.”  \n“Do you have a favourite animal,MrWilloughby?”Pauline asked as theywalked together towards the elephants.Mr Willoughby's moustache perked upa bit and the tip of his nose went pink.“Well—I like the elephants of course—and the penguins.But really,it's thekangaroos and the wallabies that I—”Hecoughed,and his nose went a deepershade of pink.  \nFancy a funny old person like Mr Wliking big,bouncing kangaroos,Arthurthought!You'd expect him to prefertimid things like mice or koalas.  \n\"We've talked to some of the keepershere,and people we know,about theirfavourite animals,\"said Pauline,\"butit's dead boring.We want somethingunusual.”  \n\"Why don't you ask the animals whatthey think about people,then?”MrWilloughby asked unexpectedly.Pauline and Arthur stared at him.  \n\"Ask the animals?How do you dothat?”  \n\"Here,Mr Elephant,do you like this?\"Arthur offered one of Mr Willoughby'sbuns to the largest elephant,who tookit politely.  \n\"He likes your buns,anyway,\"Arthurlaughed.  \n\"He's enjoying himself,\"said MrWilloughby.\"Look at his eyes.\"Theelephant's eyes certainly seemed to betwinkling as he waved his trunk aboutin search of more buns.  \n\"Some animals like to be talked to,\"Mr Willoughby went on,\"others aren'tinterested.You have to watch theirfaces.Of course,it doesn't have to bejust zoo animals.”  \n“Well,that's different,anyway,”Pauline said.“Come on,Art,let's goand interview the camels!”  \nThey ran ahead,laughing.MrWilloughby followed more slowly.  \nThe camels stared into space or lookedhaughtily down their noses at them,so  \nt","cbCait7wU2e1tw9j","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCait7wU2e1tw9j","pdf",2265014,68,"English","# Chapter 1: An Unusual Animal\n## The dropped buns and a surprising rescue\n## Questions about what animals think\n## Interviews with elephants, camels, and other animals","[{\"question\":\"Why was Mr Willoughby visiting the zoo?\",\"answer\":\"He came to visit the zoo animals and had brought buns to feed them. 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