In summer schoolchildren do not go to school.

They have summer holidays which are three months long.

Children don’t have to get up early.

There is no homework to do or lessons to learn.

That’s why they like holidays.

I never stay in bed long in a bright summer morning.

Sometimes my friends and I go to the cinema or to a concert.

Sometimes we play football or badminton in the yard.

Every summer I go to the country to stay with my grandmother for a week or two.

I help Granny to work in the kitchen garden or to look after chickens and ducks.

In the village I often go for long bike rides with my cousins.

Sometimes we go fishing.

I like to go to the beach in the morning when it is not too hot.

I swim, sunbathe and play with my friends on the bank of the river.

If my uncle is not very busy he takes my cousins and me on a hike in the forest.

I like sleeping in a tent, sitting by the fire and singing songs.

Summer holidays are never too long for me.