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It’s a Small World CHAPTER 2

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A teenager was hired to guard or keep watch on to:
over a telecommunications shop in a shopping mall. http://www.first-
Customers would come to the shop to purchase the school.ws/theme/
latest smartphone models, phone accessories and fables/shepherd-
boy-wolf.htm
prepaid cards. In case of a robbery, the shop owner had
told the boy to shout “Robber!” and the neighbouring
shopkeepers would come to his aid.
One afternoon, the boy felt bored. He had been keeping watch over the
shop the whole day, and there had not been any customers for the past five
hours. So he decided to play a trick on his neighbours.
“Help me, a robber is here!” he shouted. Immediately, the shopkeepers
rushed over. When they found that there was no robber, the boy burst out
laughing. The shopkeepers returned to their shops, feeling annoyed.
A few days passed and the boy felt bored again. This time, he ran out of
the shop with a look of panic on his face. “A robber is in my shop!” yelled the
boy. When the shopkeepers arrived, the boy laughed and made fun of them.
They were furious and scolded the boy.
The very next day, two robbers came to the shop and threatened the boy
with a parang. The boy ran out of the shop, screaming at the top of his voice,
“Please help me, I’ve been robbed!” However, no one came to his aid. By the
time the security guards of the mall came, it was too late. The robbers had
already escaped with the most expensive smartphone models and a large box of
prepaid cards.

TASK 1

Have you read The Shepherd Boy by Aesop? What is your opinion about the
story? Compare the original version with the modern version. Elaborate.

TASK 2
Find phrases or words in the story that reflect the following feelings:

fear humour anger

TASK 3
Convert the story into a short play. Write the script and act it out.

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