2 . The first cartoons appeared in newspapers. They told stories using ________. The first photographed cartoon film (in 1906) was about humorous ________. In the film, an artist ________ pictures of two faces on a blackboard. The faces came to life. They smiled and a small dog jumped through a ring.

There were lots of ________ in early cartoons. One famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat.

Walt Disney started to ________ films in the 1920s. Some of his earliest films were about a famous story, Alice in Wonderland, ________ in Disney’s films it was called Alice in Cartoon Land. Walt Disney’s most famous cartoon character was Mickey Mouse. He appeared in 1928, first in a black­-and-white film ________ sound, then very soon after that in a talking film and later in colour. The Mickey Mouse film with sound became really ________.

Today, over a hundred years ________, cartoons are still popular with people of all ________. They will probably be popular for many more years in the future.