Jurassic Lark
Jurassic Lark

Learn English Comedy Podcast.
Justin is having a hard time coming to terms with the wildlife surrounding the cave, most of which seems to want to live in there too. He has a major confrontation with a reptile. Who will come off best? Download Activities www.englishclip.com
Song: Mary Win - Trailing Abalones
Friday, September 2, 2011
32 Jurassic Lark
garden attack ants move in bitten spider swollen up disappearing sofa comfort mop leaning trap slither insane desperately prodding handle flick patio fangs tongs ravine innocent cruelty complain heart attack
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Jurassic Lark
Justin: What a lovely song that is. _________, that is all I can _____ about Mary Win. What do you _____, Ralph?
Ralph: I love it, Justin. It’s ______. How is the _______ going, Justin?
Justin: _______ good, I planted a _______ more trees, but this nature thing... Well, it’s _________ to get to me a little.
Ralph: You said it was great to be back ___ ______ with ______?
Justin: Yes, but being ___ ______ is one thing, being under _______, that’s something else.
Ralph: Under ________?
Justin: Yes,under ______. First, it was the _____ that tried to ______ into the cave. Then, I got _____ by a jumpy _______, and my leg was all _______ up. And then, I found a _______ in the bathroom.
Ralph: Oh dear, it all _______ a bit frightening.
Justin: That is only the ________, Ralph. Yesterday I was writing an ______ and something _____ the _______ of my eye. When I looked round I saw a _____ disappearing under the sofa.
Ralph: Oo ‘ecky, was it a ______?
Justin: I was ______ it would be, as we know, _______ are friends.
Ralph: Yes they eat the _________ and ________, don’t they?
Justin: Yes Ralph, but when I _______ the sofa away there was a _______.
Ralph: A ______ ? Oh Justin, I don’t like ________.
Justin: I don’t ______ them when they’re on ____, but in the living room, that’s too _____ for ______.
Ralph: What did you ___?
Justin: ______ there was the ______ mop leaning _______ the wall. So, in a _____, I picked it up and managed to _____ the _______ and push it out of the ______.
Ralph: Oh that’s a ______, did it run away?
Justin: Slither, Ralph, _______ slither, no _____ you see.
Ralph: Well, did it slither _______?
Justin: No, it didn’t, Ralph. That’s when _______ went ______.
Ralph: I don’t _________.
Justin: Neither did I, Ralph. The ______, once outside, was _______ trying to get back ______. I was prodding it and _______ it away. I was winning at one _______, and then the head ____ ___ the mop, so I only had the handle to ______ it with. Luckily I managed to _____ it away from the patio.
Ralph: Was that the _____ of it then?
Justin: No, Ralph. ___________ it started coming _____ to the door and me. It was _______, and ______ the mop handle. And, what big ______ it had too! Then the mop handle ______, and I was getting _______ to those poisonous ______. Then, it _____ again! I tell you, it was like something out of ________ Park! Suddenly it stopped _______, I guess I must have hit it on the _____ in the struggle. I went inside to get the ________ tongs to move it, but when I went to _____ it ____, it started again! _________, it was moving ________ so I managed to catch it with the tongs.
Ralph: What did you do ____ it?
Justin: The last time I saw it, it was ______ into the ravine _______ by a pair of, very innocent and _____ _______, ________ tongs. And, before all the cruelty to ______ people get busy writing to _________, just remember it was _____ or _____.
Ralph: Lucky _______, Justin.
Justin: Yes it was, Ralph. I nearly had a ______ _______!
Ralph: It’s ________ out here in the wilds isn’t it, Justin?
Justin: It’s all _____ for you, Ralph. I’ve never heard of a ______ attacking a computer. That kind of excitement I can live _______. And now, my dear ________, let’s listen to a lovely song by Mary Win. You can _______ these songs free from marywinmusic.com. This one is called Trailing Abalones.
If we breathe in ______ go a streamin'
Down by the _______ washing off my feelings
Can't you see that we're here a ________
_______ ______ in the face of a cavity
Trailing abalones far into the _______ sea
Underneath lie _______ facilities
I could stay here walking through the _____ and deep
But I come up ______, taking in the air I ______
_______ on the shore again, feeling I'm decaying
But I found a remedy far beneath the ______
In my mind I can still feel the glowing _____
_________ feathered plumes decorate the falling ____
Watch the ______ ____
_____ of Nicolai
"Trailing Abalones"
Words & music by Mary Win.
Copyright © 2007 Mary Win. All rights reserved.
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