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** 1. **If I was Prime minister for a day I would feel very powerful because I could make new laws and the people of Australia trusted me.
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TITLE:﻿ A Horse Called Elvis [[image:Elvis(1).jpg width="153" height="201" align="right" caption="Elvis(1).jpg"]]
AUTHOR: John Heffernan

PUBLISHED: 2004 PUBLISHER: Scholastic Books

==1. Elvis means alot to Matt, even though the horse causes a lot trouble. Why do you think that Matt is still so desperate to hang on to Elvis? Are friendships between kids and their pets important? == I think that Matt still wants to hang on to Elvis because Matt looked after Elvis since Elvis was born. Yes. Friendships between kids and their pets are important because then they will know how to look after animals and be kind. **2. Nick and Matt are close. Why do you think that Nick is so important to Matt? How does Nick help and comfort him?** Nick is so important to Matt because Nick is Matt's big brother and they are really close friends. Nick comforts Matt by saying everythings ok and looks after Matt.


 * 3. Matt's parents aren't good at getting along with each other. Write a list of the things that they disagree about. What could they do to improve how they get along?** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ray and Mary disagree on:- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The horse, Ray wants it, Mary doesn't <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The house, Ray likes it. Mary thinks its a dump <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Ray, Ray thinks he is ok, Mary thinks he is a loser <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Turbo, Ray likes Turbo, Mary wants to sell it <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">They could get along by disscussing things and making new rules so they don't fight and make the boys upset. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">
 * <span style="color: #ff0600; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">4. At the end of the story, Matt tells us that Elvis helped him to be brave and face life. He says that 'for a brief time he showed us all how to swim together.' This makes us sad because it suggests that Matt's family doesn't manage to stay together. It also makes us wonder what happens next. Write a short plot outline for what you think might happen to Elvis and Matt next.** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">I think that Mary might still come over once in a while with Jazz, just for a visit and Ray, Nick and Matt Find a bigger paddock for Elvis in Simon's dads field and train him so EWlvis won't cause distruction and try to escape from his paddock and Matt and Simon become friends and talk about horses.