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(CNN) -- At first glance, they could almost pass for masterpieces by Monet or Renoir.

But these impressionist-style paintings -- which are changing hands for thousands of dollars -- were painted by a five-year-old girl who is unable to speak.

Meet Iris Halmshaw, an autistic child from Leicestershire, UK, who has been producing these striking artworks since she was three.

She has autism, a condition that has made her unable to communicate except through the medium of art.

"From the first painting, she filled the paper with color and it wasn't random -- it was considered and thought out," says her mother, Arabella Carter-Johnson.

"She was so excited and happy I knew that we had found a key into her world and a way of interacting with her."

Autism changed everything

The journey started when Iris was two. Carter-Johnson and her husband, Peter-Jon Halmshaw, realized that something was wrong: she had not picked up any words, and rarely made eye contact.

"We researched it ourselves," her mother recalls, "but as parents, you are always hoping that there was some other explanation."

Iris was officially diagnosed as a child with autism. According to Carter-Johnson, the doctor was "depressing" because he told them that very few therapies worked.

Not to be deterred, the couple embarked on "long nights of research", which led them to the idea of art therapy.

The little girl picked up painting techniques astonishingly quickly, and before long was spending much time at work on her canvases.

Remarkably for a child of her age, her sessions involved about two hours of consistent concentration.
1. Where does Iris live?
2. What was thought out?
3. who said this?
4. When did her parents start to think something was wrong?
5. why?
6. What did they do first?
7. Was she ever offically diagnosed?
8. with what?
9. were there a lot of options for help?
10. how did that make the parents feel?
11. Were they able to find a therapy?
12. what?
13. How did they find that?
14. How did Iris do with it?
15. How long were her sessions?
16. What type of paintings does she do?
17. Is she selling them?
18. for how much?
19. What could these pass for?
20. Does Iris speak?

Numbered answers:
1. Leicestershire, UK,
2. her art
3. her mother
4. when she was two
5. she had not picked up any words, and rarely made eye contact.
6. research
7. yes
8. autism.
9. No
10. depressed
11. yes
12. art therapy.
13. long nights of research
14. The little girl picked up painting techniques astonishingly quickly,
15. 2 hours
16. impressionist-style paintings
17. yes
18. 1000's of dollars
19. Monet or Renoir.
20. no

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Like most cultures around the world, the Zulu people of Africa tell stories that have animals as heroes. These stories are meant to have fun, but they are also used to teach important lessons to children. This is one of those stories. One hot afternoon, Jackal was walking along the rocky road sniffing the ground. He was hoping to smell a mouse or a lizard , or something else that would be good to eat. He was so much lost in sniffing that he wasn't really paying attention to what was around himself. Suddenly, Jackal looked up to see his neighbor, Lion, walking straight toward him. He did not have enough time to run way. Jackal had played many tricks on Lion over the years, so he knew he would be in trouble if he was caught. Jackal needed to think of something quickly. "Help! Help!" cried Jackal as he quickly jumped upon a large rock hanging over the road. "The rocks are falling down, and I can't hold them much longer. We shall both be crushed if you do not do your best to hold these rocks back, Lion" At once, Lion pushed his strong shoulder against the rocks to keep them from moving any further. "I'll just run over here to get something to stop the rocks." shouted Jackal as he ran way to safety. Lion stayed _ against the unmoving rocks for quite a long time before he realized that Jackal had tricked him yet again!
1. Are there animals here?
2. Such as?
3. Anything else?
4. What was the sneaky one doing at first?5. For what purpose?
6. Like what?
7. What time of day was it?
8. Was it cold?
9. Why was the sneaky one worried about the tough one?
10. Why?
11. Where does this story come from?
12. Are they strictly for enjoyment?
13. What else then?
14. Are there dangerous boulders?
15. Why does the tough one push a boulder?
16. Would they have fallen otherwise?
17. Why not?
18. What body part did he use to push it?
19. Did he realize right away he'd been duped?
20. What did the sneaky one say he was doing when he sprinted off?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. a Jackal
3. a lion
4. sniffing the ground.
5. he was looking for something to eat
6. a mouse or a lizard
7. afternoon
8. it was hot
9. he knew he would be in trouble if he was caught
10. he had played many tricks on him over the years
11. the Zulu people of Africa
12. no
13. to teach important lessons to children
14. yes
15. to keep them from moving any further.
16. no
17. it was a trick
18. his shoulder
19. no
20. I'll just run over here to get something to stop the rocks.

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Ron loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the following year. As Ron was walking to the game, a car hit him so hard that he was thrown three feet into the air. Ron woke up in a hospital room. When he learned that both his legs were broken, he realized his college basketball dreams were over. Ron did what the doctors told him, but his progress was slow. When he left the hospital, Ron was sent to a health center for physical treatment. A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny. Sunny was a coach.His legs were hurt paralysed from a skiing accident. Even though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny coached of a basketball team called the Suns. Everybody on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself. After becoming a part of the Suns, Ron improved quickly. Basketball was like medicine for him. And whenever Ron became depressed or angry, Sunny was there to encourage and help him. The day before Ron left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he managed to be generous and cheerful, even with his paralysis. Sunny smiled and said, "It's really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows fall behind."
1. who is the main character?
2. what did he want to do next year?
3. did he meet someone?
4. who?
5. where?
6. what was his profession?
7. was he ambulatory?
8. that means can he walk, was he ambulatory?
9. why not?
10. how?
Numbered answers:
1. Ron
2. playing college basketball
3. Yes
4. unny
5. center for physical treatmen
6. coach
7. Yes
8. No
9. His legs were hurt paralysed
10. skiing accident