Student's Book - Page 88 - 2

Student’s Book - Page 88 - 2

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Story Time

Sophia saves the day

The score was 5-5. Suddenly Sophia was in front of the goalkeeper. She kicked the ball very hard. ‘Goal! Great! Super, Sophia!’ her friends shouted.

Sophia was the best player in her team. Sophia’s friends were very happy. Sophia was happy too. But there was a problem. She had a pain in her leg.

The next morning Sophia went to hospital with her dad. The doctor was very friendly. She looked at the leg. ‘Hmm!’ she said. Then she checked Sophia’s knee.

‘Ouch!’ Sophia shouted.

‘We have to X-ray your knee,’ said the doctor. ‘I want to play football with my friends tomorrow,’ Sophia said.

Again, the doctor said ‘Hmm!’ Then she went out of the room.

A nurse helped Sophia onto the X-ray machine. Sophia was a little scared, but the X-ray only took two minutes. ‘Can we go home now, Dad?’ Sophia asked. ‘I’m not sure,’ her dad answered. Then the doctor came back into the room. She looked at a computer screen for a long time.

‘You can’t go home,’ she said. ‘There’s a problem with your knee. You have to stay in hospital for two weeks.’

Sophia was very unhappy. The first two days in hospital were so boring. Then on day three, the doctor came to see her. She gave Sophia a pair of binoculars. They were fantastic. Sophia watched the people in the streets and the boats on the river. And she watched her friends playing football in front of the school!

She was very happy. But what was that? Suddenly Sophia saw something in the wood behind the school.

She was very worried and got her mobile phone.

That evening, Sophia’s hospital room was full of people.

They took photos of Sophia and they interviewed her for TV.

The next morning the doctor came and gave Sophia a newspaper. On the first page there was a photo of Sophia and in big letters it said, 10-year-old saves school!

Sophia looked at the photo. She looked at her binoculars, and then she smiled.