Answer — Exercise 3

Story 1

1. when speaker was eight or nine
2. first pet, called Ollie, named after the Olympics, very tame (would sit on bed while boy did homework, jump onto plate during dinner, etc.)
3. mother left back door open and budgie flew off; they never found her.
4. a bit sad

Story 2

1. in garden at parents' house when speaker was 11 or 12
2. parents were having a party, there was a swing on a cherry tree, her father made it when she was little
3. speaker jumped on the swing, but the branch the swing was attached to fell off the tree; the swing hit her on the head and she blacked out for a few moments
4. embarrassed

Story 3

1. in Sicily on holiday about two years ago
2. they hired a boat, the sun was shining, they were sunbathing
3. they dropped the anchor, but it got tangled up in the engine and the engine stopped working; the boat floated out to sea and at the same time the weather changed and the sea got choppy; the radio didn't work and water started to come in the boat; speaker's girlfriend managed to phone the people who gave them the boat and they rescued them
4. very worried and very scared