The Paper-bag Mystery One day Billy and his mother went for a ride on a bus. They were going to visit Grandmother. They sat on a long seat where they could watch all the people in the bus. Billy looked at the people.
On one seat a man was sitting. He was reading a book.
On another seat a woman was sitting. She had a lot of things in her hands: a big bag, three boxes, two books and some red flowers. Billy couldn’t even see her face. He saw only two flowers on her hat.
Suddenly Billy saw an old lady in front of him. She had a white paper-bag in her hands.
“A paper-bag?” you ask. “That’s not so interesting after all.”
But it was very interesting to Billy, because this paper-bag was not sitting still. This paper-bag was dancing!
“What can it be?” thought Billy. Here was a big question, a big mystery.
“Who? Why? What?” thought the boy.
He sat very still all the time watching the paper-bag. Suddenly the bus stopped, and Billy heard a very loud “Mew!” Then he saw two little black ears, and a little pink nose and two green eyes.
“Oh, it’s a kitten!” Cried the boy and he laughed.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 44
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. One day Billy and his Grandmother went for a ride.
