A Twist on a School Reader

An excerpt from Noah's 2nd grade reader, entitled "Rotten Apples":

(as an introduction, the children are gathering apples in their yard when a man selling secondhand items comes through on a horse and wagon. The children give the horse a basket of apples, but the horse only eats the rotten apples, which the children find funny/curious)

The horse ran into a car park (parking lot).
"Look out!" shouted Harry.
The horse began to sway.
It made a funny noise.

The horse went slower and slower.
Suddenly, it stopped.
It laid down and went to sleep.

Harry and the children climbed off the wagon.
"This horse is drunk!" said Mum.
"Why is it drunk?" asked Biff.

Harry looked at the horse.
"The rotten apples made the horse drunk, " he said.
Biff was sorry.
Harry laughed. He didn't mind.
Many people cam to see the horse.
They bought things from his cart.

Now, I ask you, what would you do if your young reader, curled up next to you on the couch, was reading this story, assigned to him from a legitimate (albeit British) reading series? Well, if you're in Tanzania, you just shake your head and giggle.