Klepetan and Malena's love story (reading comprehension)
Read the text and do the exercises below. The tale of Klepetan and Malena started in 2001. on a red rooftop in Brodski Varoš, a small village in Croatia. Every year, at the end of August, Klepetan migrates to the warm south. Malena doesn’t follow him because she has a broken wing and she can’t fly. Each spring, around March 24, Klepetan crosses 13 000 km to get home to his loved one.Stjepan Vokić, a former school janitor, takes care of Malena. Each year he prepares a bucket of fish to greet Klepetan upon his return so he can recover from the long journey and take his place in the nest next to Malena.Each year the media travels to the small village of Brodski Varoš to see whether Klepetan will return to the stork of his life. No one is questioning his fidelity, but everyone is anxious to see whether he will survive yet another dangerous journey from South Africa to the Horn of Africa, Somalia, Sinai and the Iraqi deserts all the way to Croatia. And for the last 18 years, he always managed to find his way home, proving that true love really does exist.Tragically, this love story came to its end in 2019.In 2019., Klepetan came to Brodski Varoš on March 18, much earlier than usual, but he did not return to stay with Malena through the summer but to say a final goodbye.Stjepan explained that his ''Klepo'' returned to the nest for the last time looking old, tired, and very unwell.And how did this love story end?"Four of them (birds) came and began making some very sad noises. I knew then that Klepo died. You know how they say that birds die singing," Vokić sadly said. Well, our Klepetan did. Read the sentences. Drag the sentences into the correct column- True Klepetan and Malena are storks. Malena lives in Brodski Varoš in Croatia. Malena has a broken wing. Klepetan died in 2019. The tale of Klepetan and Malena started in 2001. False Klepetan died in Africa. In 2019., Klepetan returned to Brodski Varoš looking well. Stjepan Vokić didn't like Klepetan. Four birds killed Klepetan. Nobody was interested in the story of Klepetan and Malena. Read the sentences and choose the word that is missing.Brodski Varoš is _ in Croatia. a village a town Every August, Klepetan _to the warm south. came back migrated Each year, Stjepan prepared _ for Klepetan. a nest a bucket of fish The storks' love story lasted for_. eight years. eighteen years. In 2019., Klepetan came to Brodski Varoš _. on March 24. on March 18. Klepetan came back to say _. a final goodbye. hello. Where and when did Klepetan and Malena's story start? How long did it last? What did Klepetan do each spring? How did Klepetan look when he came back in 2019.? How did Stjepan know that Klepetan died? True love returns in the spring