Girl cannot take her hand out – level 1

30-04-2014 07:00

A girl puts her hand through a drain. Her hand gets stuck. She cannot take her hand out. She is from China.

Firefighters come quickly. They help the girl. They break the drain. They save the girl.

Difficult words: drain (metal thing which covers space for water), stuck (when something is stuck, it cannot move).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

Have you ever got stuck?

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