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The Boy Who Saved Christmas
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The Boy Who Saved Christmas
A Winter Promise
Read the story extract, then answer the questions.
Idris reached the harbour just as the last strip of daylight slipped behind the clouds. Snow had sealed the narrow lanes, and the boats bumped softly against their icy ropes. He held a lantern high, though its flame shivered in the wind.
At the end of the pier, a red signal lamp blinked once, then went dark. Idris knew what that meant: the little supply boat carrying the village’s Christmas parcels could not find the entrance through the fog. The harbour bell was frozen, and the warning flag had torn away.
For a heartbeat, Idris stood still. The cold crept through his coat, and the fog swallowed the far end of the pier. Then he remembered the promise he had made to the children waiting in the village hall. He tied a bright scarf to the lantern handle and climbed onto a sturdy crate beside the harbour wall. If he could keep the light moving, perhaps the boat’s crew would see a safe path in.
Vocabulary and Understanding
1.In the story, what does “sealed” suggest the snow has done to the lanes?
- Covered or blocked them
- Made them brightly lit
- Dried them out
- Filled them with boats
2.Copy a phrase from the extract that shows the weather is cold.
3.Why was the supply boat having trouble reaching the harbour?
4.“The fog swallowed the far end of the pier” is an example of which language device?
- A simile
- Personification
- A question
- Alliteration
Inference and Analysis
5.How might Idris feel when he sees the signal lamp go dark? Support your idea with a detail from the extract.
6.What gives Idris the courage to act, even though he is cold and the pier is hard to see?
7.What do Idris’s actions suggest about his character? Use one action from the extract as evidence.
8.How does the writer build a sense of danger and uncertainty in this scene? Give two details from the extract.
Continue the Story
Write two or three paragraphs about what happens next. Show the next problem Idris faces and how he responds. Use descriptive details and show how he feels.
9.Continue Idris’s story from the moment he begins moving the lantern.
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