Match the words to the sentences:

They came to a pond.  “Meow, (1)___________________! We are thirsty!” cried the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions, and billions and trillions of cats. “Well, here is a great deal of water,” said the very old man. Each cat took a sip of water, and the pond was gone!

“Meow, meow! Now we are hungry!” said the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.

“There is much grass on the hills,” said the very old man. Each cat ate a mouthful of grass and not a blade was left!

Pretty soon the old woman saw them coming. “My dear!” she cried! “What are you doing? I asked for one little cat, and what do I see?—Cats here, Cats (2)___________________, Cats and kittens everywhere, hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.

“But we can never feed them all,” said the very old woman. “They will eat us out of house and home.”

“I never thought of that,” said the very (3) ___________________ man. “What shall we do?”

The very old woman thought for a while and then she said, “I know! I will let the cats decide which one we should keep.”

“Oh yes,” said the very old man. And he called to the cats, “Which one of you is the prettiest?”

“I am!” “I am!” “No, I am!” “No, I am the prettiest!” “I am!” “No, I am! I (4)___________________! I am!” cried the hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of voices for each cat thought itself the prettiest. And they began to quarrel. They bit and scratched and clawed each other and made such a great noise that the very old man and the very old woman ran into the house as fast as they could. They did not like such quarrelling.

But after a while the noise stopped, and the very old man and the very old woman peeped out of the window to see what had happened. They could not see a single cat! “I think they must have eaten each other all up,” said the very old woman, “It’s too bad!”

“But look!” said the very old man, and he pointed to a bunch of high grass. In it sat one little frightened kitten. They went out and picked it up. It was thin and scraggly.

“Poor little kitty,” said the very old woman.

“Dear little kitty,” said the very old man, “how does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of cats?”

“Oh, I am just a very homely little cat,” said the kitten, “So when you asked who was the prettiest, I didn’t say anything. So nobody bothered me.”

They took the kitten (5)___________________ the house where the very old woman gave it a warm bath and brushed its fur until it was soft and shiny. Every day they gave it plenty of milk—and soon it grew nice and plump.

“And it is a very pretty cat after all!” said the very old woman.

“It is the most beautiful cat in the whole world,” said the very old man. “I ought to know, for I’ve seen—Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats—and not one was as pretty as this one.”

Match the words to the pictures:

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Answers:

They came to a pond.  “Meow, (1)meow! We are thirsty!” cried the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions, and billions and trillions of cats. “Well, here is a great deal of water,” said the very old man. Each cat took a sip of water, and the pond was gone!

“Meow, meow! Now we are hungry!” said the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.

“There is much grass on the hills,” said the very old man. Each cat ate a mouthful of grass and not a blade was left!

Pretty soon the old woman saw them coming. “My dear!” she cried! “What are you doing? I asked for one little cat, and what do I see?—Cats here, Cats (2)there, Cats and kittens everywhere, hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.

“But we can never feed them all,” said the very old woman. “They will eat us out of house and home.”

“I never thought of that,” said the very (3)old man. “What shall we do?”

The very old woman thought for a while and then she said, “I know! I will let the cats decide which one we should keep.”

“Oh yes,” said the very old man. And he called to the cats, “Which one of you is the prettiest?”

“I am!” “I am!” “No, I am!” “No, I am the prettiest!” “I am!” “No, I am! I (4)am! I am!” cried the hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of voices for each cat thought itself the prettiest. And they began to quarrel. They bit and scratched and clawed each other and made such a great noise that the very old man and the very old woman ran into the house as fast as they could. They did not like such quarrelling.

But after a while the noise stopped, and the very old man and the very old woman peeped out of the window to see what had happened. They could not see a single cat! “I think they must have eaten each other all up,” said the very old woman, “It’s too bad!”

“But look!” said the very old man, and he pointed to a bunch of high grass. In it sat one little frightened kitten. They went out and picked it up. It was thin and scraggly.

“Poor little kitty,” said the very old woman.

“Dear little kitty,” said the very old man, “how does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of cats?”

“Oh, I am just a very homely little cat,” said the kitten, “So when you asked who was the prettiest, I didn’t say anything. So nobody bothered me.”

They took the kitten (5)into the house where the very old woman gave it a warm bath and brushed its fur until it was soft and shiny. Every day they gave it plenty of milk—and soon it grew nice and plump.

“And it is a very pretty cat after all!” said the very old woman.

“It is the most beautiful cat in the whole world,” said the very old man. “I ought to know, for I’ve seen—Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats—and not one was as pretty as this one.”

Order of the Slides (Teacher’s Script)

1. They came to a pond.
2. “Meow, meow! We are thirsty!”
3. cried the hundreds of cats,
4. Thousands of cats
5. Millions, and billions and trillions of cats.
6. “Well, here is a great deal of water,” said the very old man.
7. Each cat took a sip of water,
8. and the pond was gone!
9. “Meow, meow! Now we are hungry!”
10. said the hundreds of cats,
11. Thousands of cats
12. Millions and billions and trillions of cats.
13. “There is much grass on the hills,” said the very old man.
14. Each cat ate a mouthful of grass
15. and not a blade was left!
16. Pretty soon the old woman saw them coming.
17. “My dear!” she cried! “What are you doing?
18. I asked for one little cat,
19. and what do I see?—
20. Cats here,
21. Cats there,
22. Cats and kittens everywhere,
23. Hundreds of cats,
24. Thousands of cats
25. Millions and billions and trillions of cats.
26. “But we can never feed them all,” said the very old woman.
27. “They will eat us out of house and home.”
28. “I never thought of that,” said the very old man.
29. “What shall we do?”
30. The very old woman thought for a while
31. and then she said, “I know!
32. I will let the cats decide which one we should keep.”
33. “Oh yes,” said the very old man.
34. and he called to the cats, “Which one of you is the prettiest?”
35. “I am!”
36. “I am!”
37. “No, I am!”
38. “No, I am the prettiest!”
39. “I am!”
40. “No, I am! I am! I am!”
41. cried the hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of voices
42. for each cat thought itself the prettiest.
43. And they began to quarrel.
44. They bit
45. and scratched
46. and clawed each other
47. and made such a great noise
48. that the very old man and the very old woman ran into the house as fast as they could.
49. They did not like such quarrelling.
50. But after a while the noise stopped,
51. and the very old man and the very old woman peeped out of the window to see what had happened.
52. They could not see a single cat!
53. “I think they must have eaten each other all up,” said the very old woman,
54. “It’s too bad!”
55. “But look!” said the very old man, and he pointed to a bunch of high grass.
56. In it sat one little frightened kitten.
57. They went out and picked it up.
58. It was thin and scraggly.
59. “Poor little kitty,” said the very old woman.
60. “Dear little kitty,” said the very old man,
61. “how does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of cats?”
62. “Oh, I am just a very homely little cat,” said the kitten,
63. “So when you asked who was the prettiest, I didn’t say anything.
64. So nobody bothered me.”
65. They took the kitten into the house
66. where the very old woman gave it a warm bath
67. and brushed its fur until it was soft and shiny.
68. Every day they gave it plenty of milk—
69. –and soon it grew nice and plump.
70. “And it is a very pretty cat after all!” said the very old woman.
71. “It is the most beautiful cat in the whole world,” said the very old man.
72. “I ought to know, for I’ve seen—Hundreds of cats,
73. Thousands of cats,
74. Millions and billions and trillions of cats—
75. and not one was as pretty as this one.”