Задание

Read the texts.

1. James M. Barrie’s story about Peter Pan was published in 1904. It’s a story about a boy who never grows up. The story became very popular. The author gave all the rights to his book to one of London’s hospitals. Nowadays the hospital gets all the money from all films and performances of Peter Pan. The money is used to improve the work of the hospital.

2. Joanne K. Rowling invented her story about Harry, a young magician, and his friends on a train in 1990. But she published the book only in 1997. The main character, Harry, got the surname from one of the writer’s friends.

3. Lewis Carroll told his story about a young girl and her trip to a magic country to his friend’s daughters. The three sisters liked the story very much. They asked him to repeat the story again and again. And the youngest of the sisters, Alice, asked Lewis Carroll to write the story down. Soon the book “Alice in Wonderland” was published.

4. In his book, Alexander Milne wrote about Poohsticks, a game for children. You can play it with your friends on any bridge over the running water. The players drop their sticks into the water on one side of the bridge, then they run to the other side of the bridge. The child whose stick first sails under the bridge becomes a winner. This game has become very popular in Britain.

Say in which of them you can find the information about:

a) how the hero got the surname.

b) who asked the author to write his/her book.

c) how the book helps people who have fallen ill.

d) how to play an outdoor game.