The donkey-dog Version 1: 18 - 29 pieces  vocab: pedal, bark, cattle-grid, donkey, tongue	
This happened about ten years ago.* 	
I was riding my bike in England in the countryside. 	
It was a beautiful morning, the sun was 	
shining  and the birds were singing. 	
I rode through a pretty little village and * 	
I was daydreaming happily when I heard a noise behind me. 	
It was a click - click - click noise and at first I thought 	
something was caught in the wheel of my bike. 	
So I looked down but the wheel was fine. 	
The noise started to get louder and I looked behind me. 	
To my alarm, I saw that an enormous dog	
was chasing me. It was the biggest dog I had ever seen. 	
It looked more like a donkey than a dog!	
It wasn't barking, which worried me even more. *	
I pedalled as hard as I could. 	
The bike began to go faster *	
but still the dog was chasing me. *	
I looked round again. He was getting closer.*	
I could see him clearly now. He had a big red tongue which  *	
was hanging out of one side of his mouth *	
and a row of gleaming white teeth! *	
Suddenly there was a loud bang, 	
the bike jumped violently up and down and I nearly fell off 	
as I went over a cattle-grid at high speed. 	
But fortunately, the grid seemed to stop the dog 	
because the next time I looked round he was gone. 	
A little further up the road I stopped my bike *	
and had a drink of water. *	
My heart was still beating like an engine.*	
The donkey-dog Version 1: 17 - 23 pieces  

vocabulary: pedal, bark, cattle-grid, donkey, tongue	

This happened about ten years ago. 	
I was riding my bike in England in the countryside. 	
It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. 	
I rode through a pretty little village and I was daydreaming happily 	
when I heard a noise behind me. It was a click - click - click noise and at first I 	
thought something was caught in the wheel of my bike. 	
So I looked down but the wheel was fine.*	
The noise started to get louder and I looked behind me. 	
To my alarm, I saw that an enormous dog was 	
chasing me. It was the biggest dog I had ever seen. 	
It looked more like a donkey than a dog!*	
It wasn't barking, which worried me even more. *	
I pedalled as hard as I could and the bike began to go faster 	
but still the dog was chasing me.*	
I looked round again. I could see him clearly. 	
He had a big red tongue which was 	
hanging out of one side of his mouth and a row of gleaming white teeth! 	
Then there was a loud bang, the bike jumped up and down	
and I nearly fell off as I went over a cattle-grid at high speed. 	
But fortunately, the grid seemed to stop the dog 	
because the next time I looked round he was gone. 	
A little further up the road I stopped my bike *	
and had a drink of water.  My heart was still beating like an engine.*