spot the

mistake

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 Mily and Juliet are flying kites in the park. Suddenly a frisbee
cuts off the string of Mily’s dragon kite. Mily assumes the frisbee
belongs to Juliet and gets angry. She doesn’t want Juliet to come
to the beach. Mily’s father questions Mily if she’s sure of what she
saw. Mily thinks that Juliet must be jealous of her dragon kite.
Mily’s mother reminds her that when she was little she once
thought there was a monster under her bed but it was actually
her father! Mily’s father then remembers a time when Mily mistook
her dog, Pop for a mouse in her bed. And once, her father
mistook the footprints on the floor to be made by Mily when in
reality it was Lola who did it. Mily realises that people can
sometimes believe something that is not necessarily true. She feels
she may have misunderstood the situation and unnecessarily blamed
Juliet. She then finds out that the frisbee actually belongs to
Maceo, who did not break the string of her kite purposely. Mily
eventually heads out to the beach with Juliet and Maceo to fly
their kites again.

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 I felt really bad for blaming Juliet for
something that was not her fault at all.
I’m glad she forgave me easily.

Be The DETECTIVE
Decode what Mily learnt
(Hint: the learning is in CAPITALS)

DnhOocN’ThdpJqojUdjMhilPjiThujOodCfdOwaNtoCusLisUfreSwasIrONinS

1. Complete the sentences with words from the word box.

Mily blamed Juliet for breaking the _______________ of her

____________. This was probably because she noticed the

____________ land on Juliet’s ________. Besides this, she

could only see Juliet, as Maceo was hiding behind a _________.

Hea
d

Strin Kite
g

Frisbee Hed
ge
Wo
r
dB
ox

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2. Misunderstandings! Complete the sentences using the pictures as hints.

Lola muddled up Mily’s s_ _viette for hers and blew

her nose on it.

Mily mistook her dad who had fallen asleep next to her bed
for a m_ _s_ _r.

Mily thought there was a m_ _se in her bed when it

was actually Pop.

Dad blamed Mily for messing the fl_ _r,

when it was Lola’s fault.

Mily Miss DICTIONARY

FLYING SERVIETTE CARBONISED

SAUCER

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 Yes! Sometimes people believe things
that are not necessarily true. I think
it’s because we jump to conclusions
too quickly. Always think twice
before you blame someone.

Most of you must have been in a situation like me. I believed what I
saw and thought was right… In reality, I had not seen everything. I
shouldn’t have blamed Juliet. Maceo too didn’t really mean to break
my kite's string.

Do you have a similar story? Yes No

Who did you blame?

Why?

3. Sometimes, you may blame someone unnecessarily. Why do you usually blame
others?
I imagine things

I misunderstand the situation

I jump to conclusions

I get upset and stop thinking

I don’t like being the one at fault

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4. When you realise that you have blamed someone for something that wasn’t
their fault…
How do you feel? Underline your answers.

Worried Sorry Sad Guilty

How do you think the other person must be feeling? Underline your answers.

Angry Upset Scared Confused

Hey, there’s something I’ve

learnt too. If I do something by
mistake, I must admit it and say
I’m sorry. If I had not hidden
behind the hedge, Mily wouldn’t
have blamed Juliet.

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5. When you realise you’ve made a mistake, what should you do to make things
better?

I should... Circle your answer

make up a story and blame someone else

say sorry to the other person

make excuses to justify my behaviour

learn from my mistakes and not do it again

be understanding if the other person is hurt

with what I’ve done

do something nice for the other person to

make him/her feel better

MILY Says
when you ‘spot the mistake’, you
‘‘spot the misunderstanding’’

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 Hey! Give a Pop Sticker to a friend
you treasure.

pop friend’s
sticker

Mily and me

I want to know what attitude will help me in

not jumping to conclusions. What do you
want to know?

/
Choose a sticker that could be the answer to your question or Mily’s question and paste it on
page no. 8
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 ACTION time

DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE?

An artist has painted these pictures. Think of suitable titles and write
them down.

Are you sure that your titles describe what the artist was thinking of
when he/she was painting?

Yes No

Ask a friend or your parent/guardian if they can see something

different. What is it?

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 Congratulations! You deserve a Pop Mark
from your parent/guardian.

my notes

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