Harry came to his mother one morning while she was having her breakfast, and said to her, 'No one at my school likes me, Mother. The teachers don't, and the children don't. Even the cleaners and the bus drivers hate me.

"Well, Harry,' his mother answered, 'perhaps you aren't very nice to them. If a few people don't like a person, he or she may not be responsible for that; but if a lot of people don't, there's usually something wrong, and that person really needs to change.'

I'm too old to change,' Harry said. 'I don't want to go to school.' "Don't be silly, Harry,' his mother said, going towards the garage to get the car out. You have to go. You're quite well, and you still have a lot of things to learn. And besides that, you're the headmaster of the school."

A        Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write T or F.

1. Harry was a schoolboy.
2. He liked going to school.
3. His mother wanted him to go to school too.
4. His mother thought he should change, because a lot of people did not like him.
5. She thought he might be too ill to go to school that day.
6. He was the headmaster.

B     Answer these questions:

1. What did Harry say to his mother?
2. When did he say this?
3. What did his mother answer?
4. And what did Harry say then?
5. What was his mother's answer?
6. And what did she do while she was saying that?
7. Why did she do this, do you think?
8. What did you think Harry was when you started reading this story?

C      Do this puzzle:

Across:

1. A headmaster is ... for seeing that everything goes well in his school

7. Airplanes land and take off here.

8. Harry could not ... why he should go to school.

9. These people clean places.

10. Harry was the headmaster of the....

12. The teachers and the children did not like Harry, and ... the cleaners and bus drivers hated him.

15. These people teach pupils.

18. These people are the top people in schools.

Down:

1. Harry had several... for not wanting to go to school.

2. The pupils probably did not like him because he was... with them.

3. These people drive pupils to school.

4. 

5. Some teachers are me, and some are....

6. When the headmaster come into a class, all the pupils...up.

11. Harry said to his mother, all the people at school... me.'

13. All the pupils at that school help... other.

14.... afternoon' means 'today, in the afternoon'.

16. If you want to shoot straight. You must ... your gun carefully.

17. Because.