One day, James found a small dragon. He called him Lassie and kept him as a pet. When Lassie
disappeared a few months later, James was very upset. Then, one evening, James saw a large crowd in
the street outside his house. He looked up. He saw Lassie flying towards his house and trying to land
on the roof.
People screamed and ran for their front doors. Lassie looked down on them like a great green airship.
James could see the pale green of his big belly, his claws outstretched as if he were trying to grab on to
the air to slow himself up. James could see his wide frightened eyes as he scorched overhead. A few
panicky puffs of orange smoke came from his mouth.
He seemed to see James and draw courage from him. He headed straight for the roof of James’s house.
One desperate forepaw grabbed the television aerial, the other snatched at the chimney-pot. With a
terrible tearing sound, the TV aerial was ripped loose and the chimney-pot wobbled. Lassie balanced
for a brief second on the very top of the roof. They heard the eerie unknown call of a dragon wailing in
distress as he slid down the roof on the far side. Then they heard an awful crash as he smashed into the
next-door-neighbour’s garden shed.
James and his dad tore round into the back garden. It looked as if a hurricane had come through it.
The fence between them and next door was squashed flat. The little shed where Mr Perkins kept his
lawnmower was smashed to pieces. Slates were trickling off the roof and dropping into the garden like
falling rain. Amid all the chaos and confusion was Lassie, looking half-ashamed and half-proud. After
all, it was his first ever landing. And he was only a very young dragon.“Lassie!” James shrieked and rushed at him.
Lassie’s huge snouty head turned towards James and the dragon rubbed his head hard against the boy’s
skinny chest.
1. Read these statements about Lassie.
Tick two sentences that we know are true from the story. (2)
He was a brave dragon.
He had come from a far-off place.
He was a very young dragon.
He liked watching TV.
He had a pale green belly.
2. What did the crowd do when they saw Lassie trying to land? (1)
3. What sound did Lassie make as he slid down the roof? (1)
4. Describe the appearance of the dragon. (2)
5. How was the garden changed after Lassie fell off the roof? List two things. (2)
6. Did Lassie like James? Give a reason from the text to support your answer. (1)
7. Write the meanings of the following words from the passage. (2)
Chaos
Panic
8.‘Amid all the chaos and confusion was Lassie, looking half-ashamed and half-proud.’ Give one thing
from the text that Lassie could be proud of. (2)
9. Do you think Lassie was frightened when he was trying to land on the roof? Explain your answer
using words and phrases from the text. (2)
10. What did James do when Lassie landed in the garden. (1)
11. Number these events in the order in which they happened. One has been done for you. (2)
………. Lassie grabbed the TV aerial.
………. Lassie wailed in distress.
……1… Lassie scorched overhead.
………. Lassie smashed into the next-door-neighbour’s garden shed.
………. Lassie balanced on top of the roof.
12. Which part of the story did you find most interesting? (2)
The beginning, before Lassie landed.
The middle, while Lassie was landing.
The end, after Lassie had landed.
Explain why you chose this part of the story.
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