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Friday 8th January

Listen to the words and think about what the home would be like.

Now look at the lyrics of the song:

I’ll light the fire, you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.

Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you

Play your love songs all night long for me, only for me.

Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes, everything is good.

Such a cosy room,

The windows are illuminated by the evening sunshine through them,

Fiery gems for you, only for you.

Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard,

Life used to be so hard,

Now everything is easy ‘cause of you and our—

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la…..

Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard,

Life used to be so hard,

Now everything is easy ‘cause of you and our—

I’ll light the fire, while you place the flowers in the vase that you bought today.

After you have listened to the song discuss the following questions...

• Who do you think lives in the house in the song?

• What makes it home for them?

• How do you think this compares with the two characters from the book?