Man's Best Friend (Scotland)

A long time ago, in a small house in Scotland, two friends lived together. Their names were John and Bobby.

John and Bobby were not rich, but they were happy. They had a warm fire when it was cold outside. They had good food to eat when they were hungry. They were never lonely because they had each other.

John and Bobby liked to take long walks together. After their walk, John usually cooked dinner. John  and Bobby ate dinner and then sat in front of the fire. They had a simple but good life.

Then, in the spring of 1858, John got sick and died. He was buried in a cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. After John was buried, Bobby stood at John's grave and cried. "Come on. Bobby," friend said. "It's time to returned to the cemetery. He sat down near John's grave. He stayed there all night.

Bobby stayed at the cemetery the next day, and the next day, and the next. For the next 14 years, Bobby never left the cemetery. When the weather was cold or rainy, he slept in a small house at the cemetery. When the weather was warm, he slept on the ground near John's grave.

Finally, in 1872, Bobby died, too. Friends buried him in  a little grave near John. Why was Bobby's grave little? Bobby John's best friend, was a dog.

ACTIVITIES
Complete the sentences with the words below.
grave   lonely   simple   ground

• John had no wife or children, but he dad his dog, Bobby. John and Bobby were always together. So John was no alone, and he was not sad. He was not _____________.
• Every day John took a long walk with his dog. Then he went home to his small house and cooked dinner. After dinner he sat in front of the fire. John had a ___________life.
• John was buried in a cemetery in Edinburgh. After he was buried, Bobby stood at his _________and cried
• When the weather was cold or rainy, Bobby slept in a small house at the cemetery. But when the weather was warm, he slept outside, on the ____________.

Bobby was a famous dog. People came to the cemetery to see him and bring him food. After he died, the people of Edinburgh put a statue of Bobby outside the cemetery.

Bobby died more than 100 years ago, but he still famous. Every year thousand of tourist go the Edinbugh to see Bobby's grave and his statue.

Think about a city you know very well. Is there a place tourist always visit, a building, a park, a bridge, or a statue? Draw a picture of it. Then write about it. Complete the sentence.

Drawing:

The name of this place is: _____________________________________

It is in ___________________________________________________

Many People go there because ________________________________

________________________________________________________

I think it is________________________________________________