Amazing Story To Learn English Learn English Through Story Level 3
chapter one
millie beasts
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a mini beast is a small animal with no
backbone it’s an invertebrate
there are many different types of mini
beast
scientists put them into different
groups
the biggest group is the arthropods
arthropods have six or more legs
some arthropods are insects
insects have six legs
there are more than one million types of
insect
some examples are bees beetles ants
flies and grasshoppers
some arthropods are arachnids
arachnids have eight legs
scorpions and spiders are arachnids
some arthropods are myriopods
they have lots of legs
centipedes and millipedes are myriapods
centipedes have two legs on each body
section
millipedes have four legs on each body
section
some many beasts don’t have legs
snails and slugs don’t have legs
they are mollusks
earthworms and leeches don’t have legs
their bodies have lots of sections
they are annelids
which many beasts do you know
chapter 2
insect bodies
most insect bodies have three parts a
head a thorax and an abdomen
the head has eyes and a mouth
the thorax has legs and wings
insects don’t have any bones but they
have a hard cover
this hard cover is called an exoskeleton
insects grow but their exoskeleton can’t
grow
when an exoskeleton is too small it
comes off
then the insect grows a new bigger
exoskeleton
insects can use their bodies to hide
from birds and other animals
they don’t want the other animals to eat
them this is called camouflage
some insects have bright colors
animals don’t eat any insect that is
black white and red
it isn’t usually good to eat
sometimes it’s poisonous
chapter 3
insect senses
most insects have two very big eyes
they can’t see clearly but they can see
things move very well
some insects have extra eyes that can
only see light and dark
some many beasts have antennae on their
head
they use their antennae to feel and
touch things
they can also smell food and other mini
beasts with their antennae
butterflies have a very long tongue
called a proboscis
they use their tongue to taste and drink
nectar in flowers
butterflies can also taste with their
feet
most insects don’t have ears on their
head
do you know where they are
they have ears on their body or their
legs
crickets have ears on their front legs
chapter 4
communication
most male and female mini beasts
communicate with each other because they
need to make new baby mini beasts
some many beasts communicate with sound
grasshoppers can sing
they move their legs up and down to make
a singing sound
some many beasts communicate with smell
the female moth makes strong smells
called pheromones
the male moth can smell the female with
its antennae
the male emperor moth can smell a female
10 kilometers away
some mini beasts communicate with light
fireflies can make light with their
abdomen
male and female fireflies flash their
lights to each other
some many beasts communicate to give
each other information
bees dance to tell other bees where
there is food
ants touch each other’s antennae your
head to give information about food or
danger
chapter 5
baby mini beasts
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most baby mini beasts come from eggs
some mini beasts like slugs and
earthworms lay their eggs in soil
other mini beasts like butterflies and
beetles lay their eggs on plants
scorpions don’t lay eggs
they have live babies
the baby scorpions travel on their
mother’s back
the babies of some flying insects look
like their parents but they don’t have
any wings
baby grasshoppers don’t have any wings
they grow wings when they get bigger
some babies are larvae
beetle butterfly and bee babies are
larvae
after a few weeks they become puppy
then they become insects with wings like
their parents
chapter 6
working insects
some insects work together in groups
leafcutter ants work together
first they find leaves
they carry the leaves to their nest
fungus grows from the leaves and then
the ants eat the fungus
leafcutter ants are very strong
they can carry leaves that are about 50
times heavier than their bodies
honeybees work together too
one queen bee lays all the eggs
then the female worker bees care for the
bee larvae
they look for food they make honey from
nectar and they give honey to the bee
larvae
they keep the honey and honeycombs
inside the hive
the worker bees also clean the hive
chapter 7
mini beast homes
some mini beasts like earthworms and
ants live underground and others live in
water
dragonflies lay their eggs on leaves in
the water
their larvae live underwater
snails carry their home on their back
they live in many different places
land snails live in deserts mountains
forests and gardens
marine snails live in the ocean
lots of mini beasts make nests
some wasps make nests from wasp paper
they make the paper from wood and saliva
the queen wasp lays eggs in the nest the
nest has lots of small rooms for the
wasp larvae
wasps attack other animals to protect
their nest
a wasp nest can have about 10 000 wasps
inside
chapter eight
spiders
spiders have two body parts and eight
legs
they have six or eight eyes
all spiders can make silk some spiders
use the silk to make webs
insects fly into the web
then the spider eats the insects
some spiders hunt
the wolf spider hides in leaves
then it jumps out and catches insects
mice and frogs
a spider can only eat liquid food
it bites an animal with a poison that
makes the animal liquid inside
then the spider drinks the liquid
female spiders are often much bigger
than male spiders
the golden orb female spider can have a
body up to 10 times bigger than the male
chapter 9
problems with many beasts
some many beasts can sting
the part that can sting is called a
stinger
a wasp and an ant can sting again and
again
a bee can only sting once
then it dies
other mini beasts can bite
some spiders have a poisonous bite and
other animals can die from this poison
a person can die from the bite of a
black widow spider
only female mosquitoes bite
many beasts can also make people sick
they can bite people and give them
diseases mosquitoes can give people a
very bad disease called malaria
some mini beasts make problems for
farmers
locusts are a type of grasshopper
they eat a lot of food crops
other many beasts make problems in our
homes
some moths eat clothes and some beetles
eat wood
chapter 10
useful mini beasts
mini beasts are important food for many
other animals
fish frogs bats and birds eat many
beasts
insects help plants grow
insects visit different flowers to
collect food
the pollen from one flower sticks to the
body of the insect
when the insect goes to another flower
the pollen falls onto this flower
the flower uses this pollen to make
seeds
then a new plant grows
this is called pollination
earthworms help soil and plants
when they move through the soil they let
air and water in plant roots need the
air and water
bees give us honey and silkworms give us
silk
silk worms make silk cocoons when they
become pupae
people use silk worm cocoons to make
silk fabric
mini beasts are amazing
they are also very useful
people animals and plants all need many
beasts to live
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