In the garden, in a small Scottish town, there lived two flowers, Rose and Blue-belle.

Rose was very beautiful but silly (9) ____________________ (boast/boastful). She talked about how bad it was that the other flowers were not as (10) ____________ (lucky/unlucky) as she was!

Blue-belle was pretty too but she was clever, friendly and (11) _______________ (polite/impolite). In the morning Blue-belle said hello to all the birds around her and they liked her. This hurt Rose very much. She showed her (12) _______________ (like/dislike) by singing out loud, chasing away Blue-belle’s friends.

One day it was cold and (13) _____________ (wind/windy). Rose wanted to sing but could not do it. She was (14) __________________ (happy/unhappy). She felt sad and (15) ____________ (helpful/helpless) blue-belle asked her friends to bring Rose some water. All the animals came to help her and Rose began to cry. “Can we be … best friends for ever?” asked Rose. “Of course?” answered Blue-belle. … And to this day they are still the best friends.

9) boastful

10) lucky

11) polite

12) dislike

13) windy

14) unhappy

15) helpless