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�������������������������������������� A TRUE STORY ABOUT A MOUSE����� � � This is a true story about a mouse, but someone mixed it up. Put the story in the right order. Write 1 on the sentence that begins the story. Number the other sentences in the right order. Do it for each paragraph in the story. � � __12345___ Finally he said, �I don�t know what to draw.� __12345___ He stared at the blank paper. __12345___ One day many years ago, a man named Walt Disney sat in an old office with a pad of paper. __12345___ Then he stared at it some more. ��������������������---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _12345___ Then it ran away. _12345___ Mr. Disney got up and went to his desk. _12345____ It stood on two legs in the middle of the drawer and wiggled its whiskers. It looked at Mr. Disney. _12345____ He opened the desk drawer to get a pencil. _12345____ Before he could reach in the drawer, a little mouse appeared from a corner of the drawer. ���������������-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _12345____ Then he started thinking. �I�ll draw a mouse.� _12345____ First he drew a big round head and put big ears on it.�� _12345____ Mr. Disney watched the mouse run away. _12345____ Then he drew a funny little body and put pants on it. _12345____ �I�ll call him Mickey. Mickey Mouse,� he said finishing the drawing. � � VERY SHORT BIOGRAPHY adapted from "Just Disney.com" � � Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois. Walt had very early interests in art, he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. � On December 21, 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length animated musical feature, premiered at the Carthay Theater in Los Angeles. � The film is still considered one of the great feats and imperishable monuments of the motion picture industry. During the next �five years, Walt Disney Studios completed other full-length animated classics such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. � � � ��������������� ��� ����� ������� ���������� � Walt Disney's dream of a clean, and organized amusement park, came true, as Disneyland Park opened in 1955. � Walt Disney is a legend; a folk hero of the 20th century. His worldwide popularity was based upon the ideals which his name represents: imagination, optimism, creation, and self-made success. He brought us closer to the future, while telling us of the past, it is certain, that there will never be such as great a man, as Walt Disney. � � �