5-Year-Old Girl Vomits Blood After Drinking Juice from a Kiosk
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A mother and her 5-year-old daughter got very sick in Spain.
They bought juice from a small shop called a kiosk.
The little girl drank the juice. Soon, she felt very bad pain.
She began to vomit blood. This means she was throwing up blood.
Doctors think the juice had a bad substance in it.
People think it may have had ammonia in it. Ammonia is a strong chemical.
A strong chemical like this is called caustic. It can hurt your body.
The mother also got very sick after drinking the juice.
People say the juice was spoiled. This means it was old and bad.
The girl and her mother needed help from doctors.
This happened in Spain. Many people are worried about this news.
People want to know why the juice was bad.
Vocabulary15 words
- mother
- a woman who has a child
- juice
- a drink made from fruit
- kiosk
- a very small shop
- vomit
- to throw up food or drink from your stomach
- substance
- a type of material or liquid
- ammonia
- a strong chemical with a sharp smell
- caustic
- able to burn or hurt skin and body
- spoiled
- old and not good to eat or drink anymore
- sick
- not feeling well
- doctors
- people who help sick people get better
- chemical
- a substance used in science or cleaning
- pain
- a bad feeling in the body
- shop
- a place where you buy things
- drink
- a liquid you swallow
- blood
- the red liquid inside your body
Quiz
Answer key
1. Juice 2. She vomited blood 3. Ammonia
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A _____ and her 5-year-old daughter got very sick in Spain.
They bought _____ from a small shop called a kiosk.
The little girl drank the juice. Soon, she felt very bad _____.
She began to _____ blood. This means she was throwing up blood.
Doctors think the juice had a bad _____ in it.
People think it may have had _____ in it. Ammonia is a strong chemical.
A strong chemical like this is called _____. It can hurt your body.
The mother also got very sick after drinking the juice.
People say the juice was _____. This means it was old and bad.
The girl and her mother needed help from _____.