1 Grade 4 English Review - Mr Nastion - Text for English

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<b>The Story of Mr Nastion</b>

There was once an old man called Mr Nastion, who lived in a big house in the
countryside. It was as big as a castle. Inside his house there was a lot of very expensive
furniture and enormous amounts of money that he would keep under the floorboards in his
bedroom. He was short, fat, bald and very, very mean. He was actually as mean as a grumpy
teacher on a rainy day.

“Great, a new animal to scare,” he muttered to himself. He looked into the busOne day
Mr Nastion was walking slowly through the woods looking for animals to scare when he heard
a strange squeaking sound coming from the bushes. Mr Nastion had never heard such a noise
before.

h and saw the oddest little creature he had ever seen. It was a tiny pale green monster,
as small as a mouse. It had two wings, a big belly and a long snout. Mr Nastion was about to
shout loudly at the strange creature to scare it but then he had a thought.

“Perhaps this monster can make me even richer!” he said to himself quietly.

He carefully picked the monster up, put it in his pocket and went
home. He then built a small cage, put the monster inside and made a sign,
“Come and see the strangest monster in the world!” it read. Word soon
spread about this monster and people came from far and wide to see it,
each of them paying Mr Nastion $20. He kept all the money under the
floorboards in his bedroom but soon all the space was filled with
banknotes so he had to store the rest in his living room. When that was
full he started putting it in the bathroom.

“Ha ha ha, I am rich now!” laughed Mr Nastion.

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