2 Put the sentences in the right order.
1) Alyosha and Blacky went to the rooms of the Dutch ladies.
2) In the second room the boy saw a beautiful gold cage with a parrot and a cat.
3) Alyosha didn't see the end of the fight because he fainted.
4) The old ladies opened their eyes and sat up in bed.
5) Two knights jumped off the wall and started fighting with Blacky.
6) In the first room Alyosha saw beautiful old chairs and tables.
7) The cat started mewing loudly.
3 Choose right.
1) Blacky flapped her wings, and the door
2) Alyosha
3) Alyosha
4) The old ladies
4 Complete the sentences.
1) "The door is closed, and I haven't got the ____," said Alyosha.
2) There was a big ____ in the cage.
3) "I'm afraid the ____ are not sleeping now," said Blacky.
4) "Was it real? Or was it a ____?" thought Alyosha.
5) "We never get ____ from the black hen," said the headmaster's wife.
5 Fill in the prepositions.
1) The hen said something ____ a strange voice.
2) Alyosha didn't listen ____ to Blacky and talked to the cat.
3) Alyosha saw many portraits of the knights ____ the walls.
4) It was time to go ____ bed.
5) Blacky could be dead ____ Alyosha.
6 Say why:
1) Alyosha and Blacky didn't need a candle in dark rooms and corridors.
2) The headmaster's wife wanted to eat the black hen for dinner.
3) Blacky took the boy with him again.
Chapter 4
The black hen said some words. There were small candles everywhere again. Alyosha put on his clothes and followed Blacky. They went to the rooms of the
