CHAPTER III

_Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek_

Life is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could. Some of them pretend to be his friends, but Danny always keeps his eyes open when they are around and always begins to play hide and seek. Peter Rabbit and Jimmy Skunk and Striped Chipmunk and Happy Jack Squirrel are all friends whom he can trust, but he always has a bright twinkling eye open for Reddy Fox and Billy Mink and Shadow the Weasel and old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk, and several more, especially Hooty the Owl at night.

Now Danny Meadow Mouse is a stout-hearted little fellow, and when rough Brother North Wind came shouting across the Green Meadows, tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes until they covered the Green Meadows deep, deep, deep, Danny just snuggled down in his warm coat in his snug little house of grass and waited. Danny liked the snow. Yes, sir, Danny Meadow Mouse liked the snow. He just loved to dig in it and make tunnels. Through those tunnels in every direction he could go where he pleased and when he pleased without being seen by anybody. It was great fun!

Every little way he made a little round doorway up beside a stiff stalk of grass. Out of this he could peep at the white world, and he could get the fresh cold air. Sometimes, when he was quite sure that no one was around, he would scamper across on top of the snow from one doorway to another, and when he did this, he made the prettiest little footprints. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What kind of animal is Danny?
2. Is he small or large?
3. What is life for him?
4. How many friends of his are listed?
5. Who can't he trust at night?
6. Who else does he have to be careful around?
7. Is Whitetail young or old?
8. How is the breeze personified?
9. Where did Brother North Wind go?
10. How does Brother North Wind make it snow?
11. Is there just a light dusting of snow?
12. What did Danny like to do in the snow?
13. What was the advantage of snow tunnels?
14. What shape door did he create?
15. What was next to that?
16. What kind of air was there?
17. What did he do when he went from one door to the other?
18. What was the weasel's name?
19. Was the squirrel sad?
20. What kind of animal was Jimmy?
Answer: 1. a Meadow Mouse
2. small, but fat
3. a game of hide and seek
4. four that he can trust
5. Hooty the Owl
6. Reddy Fox and others
7. old
8. Brother North Wind
9. Green Meadows
10. tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes
11. no
12. dig in it and make tunnels
13. he could go where he pleased without being seen
14. round
15. a stalk of grass
16. fresh and cold
17. made the prettiest little footprints
18. Shadow
19. no
20. Skunk

Problem: Kosovo (; , or "Kosove"; ) is a disputed territory and partially recognised state in Southeastern Europe that declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 as the Republic of Kosovo.

Kosovo is landlocked in the central Balkan Peninsula. With its strategic position in the Balkans, it serves as an important link in the connection between central and southern Europe, the Adriatic Sea, and Black Sea. Its capital and largest city is Pristina, and other major urban areas include Prizren, Pec and Gjakova. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, the Republic of Macedonia to the southeast, Montenegro to the west and the uncontested territory of Serbia to the north and east. While Serbia recognises administration of the territory by Kosovo's elected government, it continues to claim it as its own Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.

Kosovo's history dates back to the Paleolithic age, represented by the Vinca and Starcevo cultures. During the Classical period, it was inhabited by the Illyrian-Dardanian and Celtic people. In 168 BC, the area was annexed by the Romans. In the Middle Ages, the country was conquered by the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires. The Battle of Kosovo of 1389 is considered to be one of the defining moments in Serbian medieval history. The country was the core of the Serbian medieval state, which has also been the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church from the 14th century, when its status was upgraded into a patriarchate.
1. What territory is the subject of the article?
2. Is it bordered by ocean?
3. What part of Europe is it in?
4. What regions does it connect?
5. Any others?
6. What locations?
7. When did it declare autonomy?
8. From whom?
9. When was that?
10. What's the capital?
11. What's its official name?
12. Is the capital city, also its largest?
13. What are some major divisions of the region?
14. Is it universally recognized?
15. Who else claims the territory?
16. What do the Serbs call the place?
17. How far back does its history go?
18. Which peoples were active then?
19. And during the Classical period?
Answer: 1. Kosovo
2. No
3. Southeastern Europe
4. central and southern Europe
5. Yes
6. the Adriatic Sea, and Black Sea
7. 2008
8. Serbia
9. in February 2008
10. Pristina
11. the Republic of Kosovo.
12. Yes
13. Prizren, Pec and Gjakova
14. No
15. Serbia
16. the Autonomous Province of Kosovo
17. the Paleolithic age
18. the Vinca and Starcevo
19. the Illyrian-Dardanian and Celtic people.

question: Appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, the Viceroy of India, and the colonial governors, as well as on nominations from within the United Kingdom. As the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth, nominations continued to come from the Commonwealth realms, in which the monarch remained head of state. These overseas nominations have been discontinued in realms that have established their own Orderssuch as the Order of Australia, the Order of Canada, and the New Zealand Order of Meritbut members of the Order are still appointed in the British Overseas Territories.

Any individual made a member of the Order for gallantry could wear an emblem of two crossed silver oak leaves on the same riband, ribbon or bow as the badge. It could not be awarded posthumously and was effectively replaced in 1974 with the Queen's Gallantry Medal. If recipients of the Order of the British Empire for Gallantry received promotion within the Order, whether for gallantry or otherwise, they continued to wear also the insignia of the lower grade with the oak leaves. However, they only used the post-nominal letters of the higher grade.
1. What did the Empire change to?
2. What were appointments based on?
3. Can the United Kingdom make nominations?
4. What were the appointments for?
5. Who was in charge of some states?
6. Which areas was that?
7. Did the Viceroy make nominations?
8. Where is he from?
9. How many leaves were on the emblem?
10. People belonging to what could wear that?
11. Could you become a member after death?
12. What replaced it?
13. When?
14. What happened to overseas nominations in areas with their own orders?
15. Could the still be appointed in the British areas?
16. What was the name of New Zealands group?
17. Did Canada have their own?
18. What about Australia?
19. What about China?
20. What could you get a promotion for?
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answer:
1. the Commonwealth
2. The nomination of the self-governing Dominions of the Empire
3. Yes
4. Order of the British Empire
5. the monarch
6. Overseas
7. yes
8. India
9. Two
10. The Order for gallantry
11. No
12. The Queen's Gallantry Medal
13. 1974
14. They were discontinued
15. Yes
16. Order of Merit
17. yes
18. Yes, they did too
19. No
20. For gallantry or otherwise