Task I. Reading. Read the text and answer the questions:
The Mill Boy and the Painted Shoes.
In one of the museums of Holland you can see a pair of wooden shoes with funny ducks, chickens and pigs drawn on them. Those shoes helped to discover the great artist Rembrandt.
This is the story.
One day Rembrandt was not attentive at the lesson. He was discovered drawing chickens, ducks and pigs on his cousin’s wooden shoes. She was delighted with them, but the teacher was very angry with Rembrandt. He sent a note to his uncle about the matter. The next day the uncle came to see his mother and then they all went to see his father to the mill. The father was shown one of the wooden shoes and all eyes were turned on Rembrandt. To his surprise his mother said in a very kind voice: “Would you really like to be a painter?” Little Rembrandt could not believe his ears and he was very happy. His father said” “Your teacher thinks that you are a talented boy” He is struck by your masterly drawings and he advised us to send you to Leyden to study painting”
Some years later Rembrandt became famous all over the world.
Answer the questions;
1. Where did little Rembrandt draw funny ducks, chickens and pigs?
2. Who noticed his talent?
3. Was his mother angry with Rembrandt?
Write out from the text three sentences in Passive:
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