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You a r e n a s m a l i p l a e g o i n g a c r o s s th
Rockv IVountams. Suddenlv. the e n c i n e
ilarts te m a k e s t r a n q p n-iK;n^

o 3 m o u n t a i n , a n d t
f i n d y o u r w a y o u t of t h e m o u n t a i n '

OXFORD
U N I V I U s n V l'KIH

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SURVIVE!
Yon are in a sinall plae, .noint; across tWc snowy
Rocky Mountains. .Sutidcnly, vhc unginc starts to make
strangc noises . . .
Sinm

you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a

mountain, and it is very, very cold. You want to go

ckiwn the nonniain. Tlicre are some tilines in ihc plae:
a coat, some whisky, a map, some bananas, and a
cigarette li;hlir. Yon cannot lakc cvcrytliini;, Imt you
can take thrcc rhinf;s wirli yon. I'c catvliil

sonic of

ihcsc lliinjis can lu'lp yon, biit sonic ol tlicsc llintgs

eannot. What d) yon take? And can you survive?
1 his is an irilcraclivc story. Yon can clioosc wliat part of
the story to read next. Follow the nunibcrs at ihc cnd of
cach scction.

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Survive!

SurtHue!

You walk for about twcnty minutes, wcaring tlic

coat and carrying the whisky and the map. T h e snow

is deep and you are very cold.

YoM go back to the plae and get some

Y o u go back to sleep. Y o n don't hear the helicopter

again. T h e next day you walk down the river again.

You can eat it later.

m Goto

21.

You eat the fruit. It isn't very good, but you're very
hungry so you eat a lot. Y o u take some with y o u .

Go to 10.

Survive!

Survive'.

You are a long way down the valley, and it is nearly

night again. Y o u make a fire in the trees and eat the

% It is now afternoon. Yau begin to fccl very ill.

I

\3

Perhaps tlie fruit is poisonons. Yon sit down in

bananas. T h e next morning you are very hungry. Yon

the snow. Y o u cannot walk. Y o n sit in the snow and get

must find something to eat. In the snow you see the tracks

coldcr and coidcr.

of an animal. Perhaps you can kill and cat this animal.

G o back to 1.

YoM walk after the tracks. Go to ,39.

You are afraid of big animis.

Perhaps the animal is

dangerous. You walk down the mountain. Go to 17.

* l "1
I
the

Y o u walk for a few minutes, carrying the bananas,

the cigarette lighter and the map. But it is very cold.

You light a fire. Go tn Mi.

YoM go back to the plae and get the whisky. Go to 34.

Y o u turn

to

the right and

plae

hits

the

Sun'ii'i'!

Survh'c!

Y o n walk acros.s the lakc. After

a few

minutes, you

go

l hcrc is ice o ver tbe livcr, but tbcre are boles in

it. You see that there are fish in the river. Perhaps

through the ice, and you fall

you can catch a lish and eat it.

into the icy water.

Go back to t.

Yon Iry

lUui (dtch

a fish

through thr ;<<-. Go io 26.

ib)i\^ in the rircr is

very diiny^rroua. You
walk on. (.io to 21.

1
I

Y o u walk for a few

minutes, carrying the

whisky, the cigarette lighter and

the bananas. Y o u are very cold.

You drink the whisky. Go to 34.

YoM go back to the plae, leave the

whisky and take the coat. Go tn 6.

j S K R H ^ ^

Survive!

Survive!

You turn to tbc Icft because you want to land on

It is very difficuk to go past tbc rocks in the

the snow. T h e plae goes into the snow and

valley. After a few minutes you are very tired.

stops. Y o u are safe, but you are at the top of a mountain

YoM go on down the valley. Go to S.

and it is very cold. And it is evening.

YoM stay in the piarte. Go to 24.

YoM go down
Go to 29.

the

mountain.

You go hack up the valley aml into ihe tunneL Go to 33.

Sitrvii'f'.

SurviiH'!

You walk through the irccs down the nioiiniaiii.

^1

Y o u l u a k c anotlier tire. After alunit two h o u r s

Y o u are very hinigry. You see some strangc frint

you hear the liclico|itcr a g a i n . T h i s time it sces

on one of the trees.

thesmoke and landson the s n o w n c a r you. You are safe.

You eat the fruit. i',o lo 5.

You lly lo h o s p i t a l whcTu yon can r c s i and car.

You don't eat the fruit. (o to 23.

T i l

Yon are going down very last iiilo

*\3

tbc mountain hiit you can turn

the plae to the Icft or the right. To

the right there are some trccs.To tbc
left there is deep snow.

Y o u walk carefully

"

onto the lake. After a fcw

hundred metres, the ice begins to move undcr your fcet.

You go on across the lake. Go to 12.

YoM go back and walk around the lake. Go to 28.

You turn lo be right. Go lo II.

Yon turn lo ihclcfl.

Go lo 15.

Survive!

Survive!

22

The rope
breaks.

Gn back to 1.

g\j

Yon c o n t i n u

ji*3

through the

snow. There is
nothing to eat, but
you can make fires,
and there is snow to
drink. Suddcnly you
come to an icy lake.

Yo// UHilk across the

lake. l's quicker,
and you must find
something to eat.
Go to 18.

You walk

around

the lake. You can

look for a river.
Go to 28.
T |
u

Y o u walk on down the river. Y o u are now very

I

hungry. Y o u must eat something. There is fruit

on the trees, or fish in the river.

You try and catch a fish. Go to 26.

You eat some fruit. Go to 5.

Survive!

Stiri'ivf!

fclTT
very

Yon stay in the

"^Tf

You go down the niomitain. After a few minutes

plae. But it is

ZJI i

y(ni -see a tnnnel in front of you. There is a small

cold.

Do

you

valley to your left with a lot of rocks in it.

really want to dic?

Yo// go (/o/t' I\H: valley. Go to /6.

You go into ihe lunncl. Go lo .13.

Go to 29.

T C

Y o u stay ni the

IMJ

p l a e for fonr

days. Y o u sec and hear

nothing. Y o u must go
down the mountain.
G o to 27.

Yon

fish

for

about

liw

twcnty minutes. Finally

you catch one. Y o u catch more.

You

You are now very cold, so you

kilometres you find a river. The water is going

walk around the lake. After about

make a fire and cook and eat a

out of the lake and down a valley.

fish. It's very good.

YoM go on around the lake. Go to 38.

Go to 7.

You walk down the river. Go to 14.

five

Survive!

Survive!

^ I l

You want to go down the mountain. There are

" f t

The smoke goes up into the sky all day. l^ut you

some things in the plae. You can take some of

ij\3

don't see the helicopter. Y o u wait all day. T h e

them with you. What do you take?

next morning you wake up early again.

The coat, the tvhisky, and the ma).

YoM huild another fire. Go to 9.

Goto

YoM walk down the river. Go to 21.

2.

The coat, the bananas, and the

cigarette lighter. Go to 6.

The bananas,

the

cigarette

lighter, and the map. Go to 9.

The whisky,

the

cigarette

lighter, and the bananas.

i #1^

Go to 13.

You run after the helicopter but it is going very

J

fast. Y o u have to go up the mountain, and you

walk all day in the deep snow, but you don't see the
helicopter again.
G o to 23.

Suri'iiifl

Y o n stay ncar the plane. You sit by i

fire and watch the sky for two
days. Nothing happens.

YoM stay near the plae. (,'(> lo 2.S.

YoM try and go down

the mountain.

Go to 27.

Y o u walk into tbe

tunnel. It's very
dark. Y o u see a lamp
and you light it.

Go to 40.

Survivel

Surviue!
Q

Y o u sit all night in the trccs in front of your fire.

J

"

It is cold, but you have a good fire. Y o u can sleep

J % 3

Y o u walk all round the lakc

Y o u are very tired and you

a little. Y o u need to think about what you can do in the

don't find anything to eat. Y o n

morning.

must go down the river.

YoM stay near the plane with a fire. Go to 32.

Go to 14.

YoM go down the mountain. Go to 27.

^^^^

" 3 0
J

^'^^ tracks

Y o u shout at the helicopter and wave your arms.

for a long way through

T h e helicopter turns and comes back for a

the trees. They go behind a big

minute. Then it starts to go up the mountain.

trec. Y o u look behind the trce

YoM run after the helicopter. Go to 31.

and you see a very big hear.

YoM go back to sleep. Go to 3.

Yon don't think you can eat

YoM build a big fire. Go to 35.

this. Y o u walk quietly away.

UGo

lo 17.

A c r i viiii-.s

Befara RcLidiny^
I l.ooU at tlic front and hack covcrs of ihc I>ook and choose
the COI rect ciuliii}i for thcsc sentences.
1 l his hook is . . .
al

l a lovc story.

b L I a detective story.
c I I a II advc-iitiirc story.
d i ! a .scicnce liction story.
2

1 lie siory happens in . . .

a I I Aiistraha.
h 1 i North America,
c I I laigland.
d I i Africa.

.> Which of these things are in the story, do yon t h i n k ?

1 I I a bicycle

\ I l a car

3 \t

>

4 I I a coat
5 [ . I a dg
6

n . - n %rns v'-^'.'

(Zl a p l a e

7 I I a telephone
8 1.1 a trec

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Aci/v)I//:.<;

ACTIVITIES

1 What next?

While Keading

Chris . . .

While Recuhng

1 finds a pcrson in the ttmncl.

AT THE END OF PART

2 Hnds an animal in the tnnnel.

16

1 Are these scntences true (T) or falsc (F)?

.|.

^.

1 Chris has a big plane.

I .1

[I

2 There are two people in the plane.

O ITl

3 The radio works.

4 The engine is making strange noises.

Cl

Hl

5 Chris can turn the plae to the left.

L l.J

1 There is nothing to cat in the mountains.

6 There are some trees to the left.

I I I I

7 There are some trees to the right.

3 docsn't go into the tunncl.

4 hnds nothing in the tnnnel.

AT THE END OF PART

1 To the right.

THE END OF PART

The cigarette lighter is very nsefiil for Cihris.

4 T h e whisky is very useful for (iihris.

5 Chris can be warm.

6 There are a lot of people in the mountains.

iDTotheleft.
AT

1 here can be dangerous a n i m i s in

the mountains.

2 Which way docs Chris turn the plane, do you think?

2 What next?

27

1 Are these scntences true (T) or false (F)?

1 It is very cold.

2 Chris can light a fire.

U IZl

1 Chris . . .
a Q sees the helicopter again.
b

sees a plane.

c (Zl walks down the valley again.

3 There is no snow on the mountain.

4 There are a lot of rocks.

D LH

5 Chris has a cigarette lighter.

CU D

2 T h e helicopter . . .
a CU hits the mountain and explodes.
b CD sees Chris.
c CD goes away and doesn't come back.

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1 Are these .scntences truc (T) or false (F)?

1 | | |

31

11

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3 Can you rcmember what these things are?

ACIIVITIKS

After Keading
1 Answer these questions.
1 Which dangerous nninal lives on the niomuain?,

2 What is white, deep and very cold?

3 What animal lives in rivers?
4 What does Chris use to light a fire?
5 Does Chris walk up or down the mountain?
6 H o w many nights is Chris on the mountani?
2 Choose the corrcct endng t thcst scntences.

" '

1 T h e plane hits the mountain . . .

a [11 because the radio doesn't work.
b CU because the engine stopsc n

because it is snowing.

2 T h e lake is dangerous . . .
a 0

deep, fires, helicopter, houses, Mountains, plane, river, safe,

snow, valley, walks.
C>hris is in a small

in the

c CJ because there are holcs in the ice.

3 When Chris sees the helicopter, she lights the fire . . .

gt>'ng across the R o c k y

T h e engine stops and the plane comes down

because there are fish in it.

b D because it is on fire.

There are no

because she wants to bnrn the helicopter.

c L ] because she wants to makc smoke.

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or roads

ncar. C h r i s takcs some things fiom the plae

down the mountain tbtough the
SHOW. It is very

a n because it is cold.
bn

4 Complete these scntences using the following words: cold,

, and Chris lights

Chris goes down u loiig

, ncar a

Finally Chris sees a

C h r i s is

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and