A concert for bears – level 1

A concert for bears

29-09-2026 07:00

Rick Wakeman is a famous musician. He plays the piano for 150 bears at a big park in Vietnam. People save them from bad farms.

On these farms, farmers keep bears in small cages. They use the bears for medicine. Wakeman plays soft music on a big piano to make the animals happy. He wants to help 125 more bears. These bears are still in small cages. Many of these sick bears die every month.

Wakeman speaks to the government. He wants to save the animals fast so they can play on the green grass at the sanctuary.

Difficult words: cage (a metal box in which people keep animals), sick (not well), sanctuary (a safe place where nothing bad can happen to you).

You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.

If Wakeman saves the 125 more bears he wants to help, how many bears will he be playing for in total?

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