Name: [Unit 1.5] The Jackal and the Sun Child - 4000 Essential English Words
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The Jackal and the Sunchild   A jackal is a wild dog with a big, black back.

But how did the jackal get his black back?

This was how it happened.   One day, the jackal saw a girl.

She was bright and warm like the sun.   The child saw the jackal and smiled.

She said, “Jackal, I have been relaxing on this rock for too long.

You will likely get me home more quickly.” Then she requested, “Will you carry me home?

This necklace belongs to me, but I will give it to you.”   The wild jackal agreed.

They started to walk, but soon the jackal felt ill.

The heat was hurting his back very badly. “I made a terrible error in judgment,” he thought.

He shouldn't have agreed to carry her, so he asked her to get off.

The jackal's back continued to get hotter and harder.

He had to get away from the sunchild, so he made a plan.   First, he ran as fast as he could.

He hoped the sunchild would fall off, but she did not.

So when the sunchild was looking at the sky, not aware of the jackal's next plan, he jumped into a field of flowers.

As a result, the child rolled off his back.

The jackal ran away.   But the sunchild left a mark on the jackal's back—a visible black mark.

 Ever since his experience with the sunchild, the jackal has had a black back.   Teacher Malo Official

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[Unit 1.5] The Jackal and the Sun Child - 4000 Essential English Words

experience

aware

field

rare