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No-one hnew Big Nose's recl nqme but everuone hnew thot he hod
the biggest nose in the vittoge. His nose wos enormous ond everyone
loughed ond pointed ot it. 'Looh at that big nose!' theg cotled.

This mqde Big Nose unhappg, so he only went into the vi[toge when
he needed to bug chocotote or o new handherchieJ.

The part oJ the country where Big Nose and the viltogers li.ved wos
bg the seo. There were no hi[[s there, just Jietds where the Jormers
grew vegetabtes to setl in the citg. Chi[dren ptoged gomes outside in
the streets ond when the weother wos wcrm and sunng, they ron
down to the beach to [ooh Jor shetts or to ptog i.n the woter.

Big Nose lihed being on the beoch too. He loved the smetl oJ the seo
ond becquse his nose wos so big, he could smetl very we[t. He coutd
sme[[ the dinner thot peop[e were eoting on islonds that were Jar
owoy and ott the dfJerent Jish that lived in the sea too. He tihed the
sme[[ oJ octopuses most oJ otl ond oJten cought them ond coohed
them Jor his breohJast.

Big Nose could smell the

dfJerence between the
north, the south, the eost
ond the west winds too. His
nose could (perhops) sme[[
better thon ong other nose
in the world.
One evening, Big Nose wos wolhing on the sond, enjoying the smetl
oJ the solt [n the seq qnd the worm south wind, when suddenty
the wind changed ond storted blowing Jrom the north. Big Nose
shivered. He loohed ot the shg ond smetted the oir. 'Oh nol' he
thought. 'l hnow that sme[[ qnd I know thot sound i.n the wind too.
It smel[s tihe ond it sounds like the Storm-Moher.'

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'Storm-Maher,' he calted out [oud[g, 'l con't see Uou yet, but gou
con't hide Jrom me. You should go owogl'
The Storm-Moher soid nothing.

'Storm-Moher!' Big Nose cotled more Loudty into the north wind. 'You
mog wish to visit our vitloge todog but we don't wont your heovy
roin, your loud thunder or gour dongerous Ltghtning here. Go owog!
Tohe your probtems to onother port oJ the w o rld.'

But the Storm-Moher didn't listen. It begon to mix up the w'rnds with
Its enormous spoon to moke big bloch clouds, qnd the roin come
down lihe woterJo[s. The woves in the seo got bigger ond bigger
and Big Nose suddentg sow lightning thot [oohed [ihe a big silver
hnfe cutting through the darh greg shy. Then he heord thunder that
sounded [ihe the ongrlest, most Jrightening drum in the wortd.
Big Nose got ongru too. He stood up slowlg ond loohed ot the Joce oJ
the Storm-Maher ond begon to whistle ot it. But the Storm-Mqher still
didn't go awoy. The scnd blew ond blew, the wind got stronger ond
stronger and the roin got heovler ond hecvier.
Bqch in the vitlage, hots ond leaves and umbreltqs were Jlging owog
in the wind. Children were hiding under tqbtes ond porents were
brushing the rain wcrter owag Jrom their doors qnd worrglng obout
the vegetobles in their Jtetds.

Big Nose climbed to the top oJ the highest roch on the beoch and
looked stroight into the ege oJ the Storm-Moher. He tooh more ond
more oir in through his enormous nose ond whist[ed more ond more
loudlg until his whistting was louder than the wind.

In the end, the Storm-Moher put its enormous honds over lts
enormous ecrs cnd slowly, slowtg, turned owog Jrom the sky over the
vitlage. Its btach clouds disoppeored ond the wind was gulet ogoln.

'Thot's better!' Bi.g Nose sold quietty qnd climbed down Jrom the high
roch ond wathed slowtg home.
And Jrom behind the roch,
two smotl chitdren who
were too oJraid to move or
shout Jor hetp in the storm,
got upr piched up their bogs
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t^6oJ shetls ond rcn bock to
the vi[oge.

When theg got home, theg told the oldest womon in the vtltoge
obout Big Nose. She told the story to her sons ond daughters.
They totd it to their husbonds, wlves, sons, daughters, grondsons
ond gronddoughters, ond then evergone told the storg to ten more
peopte! Soon evergone in the vitlcAe hnew obout Big Nose and the
Storm-Moher.

How ore gou

this morningl

When Big Nose wqlhed into the villoge the next dog, no-one loughed
or pointed ot his big nose or said thqt his whistling gove them
eo.rcche (which wos true). Theg hnew thct Big Nose mode the StormMaher tahe owau its terrible roln, loud thunder ond dongerous
lightning, so theu smiled qt hi.m ond soid, 'Good morning!' or 'How
ore you?' One smotl child gove him o beoutful Jlower.
Big Nose wos surprised. Evergone was being so nlce to him! But
he didn't wqnt to osh whg. He just soid, 'l'm Jine, thonh goul' ond
smiled boch ot everuone cnd Jett much, much, much hoppier!

ond the storrn-llqr(er

Nose
gig
New words for gou!
Drow lines between gour new words ond the pictures.

con uou remember?

Cross out the 2 wrong words in eqch sentence.

Exompte: Big Nose lived neor o

1
2
3
4
5
6

The people in the

Theg

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villoge

grew

ot Big Nose.
in their fields.

Big Nose liked eoting

He wqs verg good ot
Big Nose mode

the

go owog.

At the end of the storg, Big Nose wos

@ *no's tqlking obout this storg?

Tick the right box.
The middle of the
storg mode me
ongrg. I thought the
mon wcrs horrible
when he shouted ot
the other peopte.

The end of the storg

mode me hoppg
ogoin.The people
who were unkind
to the mon before,
were nicer to him.

This storg mode

me hungrg becquse
I love eoting fish
too! I liked the
port when the mon
cought the octopus!

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Who's in the vittoge?

Write these nomes round the first picture in the storg.

Horrg Bettg Doisg Tong Lucg

Kotg

Listen qnd drcrw lines from the nomes to the people in the picture.

@ *not's the weqther tike todog?

Look ot the pictures ond complete the sentences.

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Exompte: Toke qn umbrello! Look ot the

......1.9.1i1...... outside!

I I'm feeling ofrqid. I hote the sound of..................

2 lt's so
todog. I cqnt see ongthing outside.
3 Look ot thot big btock
in the skg!
4 I love
weother. I [ike feeling worm.
5 A .................. is coming. Look! Lightning!
5 lt's sunng ond it's
todog. Greot! Let's go soiling!
!

@ *not does the Storm-Moker

strg

to Big Nose?

Choose the best onswer. Write q letter (A-H).

I fF

I cont see gou get, but I con smetl gou.

i'4f ........

2 fF

Where did gou come from?

':a!

Whot ore gou doing now?

J.;
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4 F

Your tightning is frightening.

The north of the countrg.

D So do

l.

Con gou?

No, it's on enormous spoon.

G I know

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5 lF

Con it?

B I dont wont to. Sorrg!

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3 fF

You should 90 owog

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it

is!

H I'm moking mg thu nder!

@ fft.

Storm-Moker's coming!

Complete the sentences. Write

I or 2 words.

Exomple: Big Nose didnt wqnt the Storm-Moker to

I But the ...................... didnt wont to listen to Big Nose.

2 lt used on ..............,,...... to mix up the winds.
3 Then Big Nose sqw...................... thot were big ond block.
4 The
.. cut through the greg skg tike q knife.
5 And the ...................... sounded like o verg ongrg drum.
6 Big Nose begon to feeI verg ...................... too.
7 But the wind just got stronger ond the
.. got heovier.

@ @o '',

Thot sounds [ike

Listen, whisper to gour portner,

then write the word.

I
2
3
5

We think thqt's the

Thot'sthe...................
Thqt sounds like o...................
We know! Those ore

4
6

And thot's the

Thot sounds tike ..................

@ lt tooks tike ...

Whot does Big Nose think the 4 things in picture A took tike?
Whot does Big Nose think the 4 things in picture B smett tike?

@ n different ending?
Choose

l0 words from the cloud to put in the spoces.

The next dog, Big Nose wotked into the viltoge but he

couldnt .......q99....... ongone in the street. lt wos

portu

verg quiet! But then he wotked round o

loughed

(l) .................. qnd o[[ the people cqme out of their

houses with big

(2)

surprised

on their foces.The

(3)
down. Big Nose wos verg (4)
going to hove o (5)
children were loughing ond

te{

up ond

corner

! 'We're

stopping

ond it's for gou!'

oir

o smqll girl soid.'Thonk gou so much for moking

the

(5)

jumping

Storm-Moker go owog!' on old

horrible

womon soid.'Thonk gou for (7) .................. the

smiles

storm!' one of the formers odded.'We're sorrg we

(8) .................. ot gou!' two goung brothers soid. Big

Nose smiled bock ot evergone ond felt much, much,
much hoppierl

@ @ tt

The wecrther news!

Listen ond drow the right weother in eoch port ofthe countrg.
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Ptos the gome. Whcrt sho[[ we do next?

Look ot the weother cords ond tolk to gour friends.