Q: CHAPTER TWO

Babalatchi ceased speaking. Lingard shifted his feet a little, uncrossed his arms, and shook his head slowly. The narrative of the events in Sambir, related from the point of view of the astute statesman, the sense of which had been caught here and there by his inattentive ears, had been yet like a thread to guide him out of the sombre labyrinth of his thoughts; and now he had come to the end of it, out of the tangled past into the pressing necessities of the present. With the palms of his hands on his knees, his elbows squared out, he looked down on Babalatchi who sat in a stiff attitude, inexpressive and mute as a talking doll the mechanism of which had at length run down.

"You people did all this," said Lingard at last, "and you will be sorry for it before the dry wind begins to blow again. Abdulla's voice will bring the Dutch rule here."

Babalatchi waved his hand towards the dark doorway.

"There are forests there. Lakamba rules the land now. Tell me, Tuan, do you think the big trees know the name of the ruler? No. They are born, they grow, they live and they die--yet know not, feel not. It is their land."

"Even a big tree may be killed by a small axe," said Lingard, drily. "And, remember, my one-eyed friend, that axes are made by white hands. You will soon find that out, since you have hoisted the flag of the Dutch."

1. kill a big tree
2. Lingard
3. unknown
4. axes are made by white hands
5. the flag of the Dutch
6. Babalatchi
7. Abdulla's voice
8. yes
9. before the dry wind begins to blow again
10. Lakamba
11. Lingard
12. Sambir
13. no
14. the doorway
15. no
16. No.
17. the trees
18. no
19. white .
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. What can a small axe do?
2. According to whom?
3. How many eyes did he have?
4. What did the one-eyed person need to recall?
5. What kind of flag was raised?
6. Who quit talking?
7. Who will cause the Dutch to come?
8. Will he regret his actions?
9. When?
10. Who is the current ruler?
11. Who was moving his feet?
12. Where did this occur?
13. Did Babalatchi have a relaxed posture?
14. What did he gesture towards?
15. Was it lit up?
16. Are trees aware of the name of their leader?
17. Who's land is it?
18. Do they have feelings?
19. What was the color of the hands?
20. Is a big axe needed?

Q: Probably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.

Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12thcentury. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.

Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccole Paganism played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.

In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called "Meet Mister Callaghan."

1. the guitar
2. all kinds of music
3. Egypt
4. Spain
5. yes
6. Niccole Paganism
7. 1952
8. A guitar player
9. Yes
10. Like a traditional guitar?
11. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. What muscial instrument is being talked about here?
2. What kind of music you usually hear a guitar?
3. Where was it first played?
4. What about the modern guitar?
5. Did any famous muscians play the guitar in those times?
6. Who?
7. When was the electric guitar famous?
8. who was les paul
9. Did he use a special guitar?
10. What did it look like
11. Did Les have any popular songs?

Q: CHAPTER X.

GOOD ADVICE.

Phonny was confined nearly a week with his wound. They moved the sofa on which he was lying up into a corner of the room, near Mrs. Henry's window, and there Stuyvesant and Malleville brought various things to him to amuse him.

He was very patient and good-natured during his confinement to this sofa. Wallace came to see him soon after he was hurt, and gave him some good advice in this respect.

"Now," said Wallace, "you have an opportunity to cultivate and show one mark of manliness which we like to see in boys."

"I should think you would like to see all marks of manliness in boys," said Phonny.

"Oh no," said Wallace. "Some traits of manly character we like, and some we don't like."

"What don't we like?" asked Phonny.

"Why--there are many," said Wallace, hesitating and considering. "We don't desire to see in boys the sedateness and gravity of demeanor that we like to see in men. We like to see them playful and joyous while they are boys."

"I thought it was better to be sober," said Phonny.

"No," said Wallace, "not for boys. Boys ought to be sober at proper times; but in their plays and in their ordinary occupations, it is better for them to be frolicsome and light-hearted. Their time for care and thoughtful concern has not come. The only way by which they can form good healthy constitutions, is to run about a great deal, and have a great deal of frolicking and fun. Only they must be careful not to let their fun and frolicking give other people trouble. But we like to see them full of life, and joy, and activity, for we know that that is best for them. If a boy of twelve were to be as sage and demure as a man, always sitting still, and reading and studying, we should be afraid, either that he was already sick, or that he would make himself sick."

1. Wallace
2. a week
3. the sofa
4. sedateness and gravity of demeanor
5. sobrer
6. the time for care and thoughtful concern
7. Mrs. Henry's window
8. Stuyvesant and Malleville
9. to him to amuse him
10. to run about a great deal, and have a great deal of frolicking and fun
11. that he was already sick, or that he would make himself sick
12. yes
13. soon after he was hurt
14. some good advice
15. in their plays and in their ordinary occupations
16. not to let their fun and frolicking give other people trouble
17. full of life, and joy, and activity
18. "I should think you would like to see all marks of manliness in boys,"
19. no
20. many

Numbered questions:
1. Who said that Phonny had an opportunity?
2. How long was Phonny laid back with a wound?
3. What did they put in the corner?
4. Why kind of traits did Wallace say weren't desirable?
5. What had Phonny thought it better to be?
6. What did Wallace say it was not the time for for boys?
7. What was the couch next to?
8. Who brought different things for Phonny?
9. Why?
10. What did Wallace say was the only way to get a good constitution?
11. What would people think if a 12 year old boy was always still and reading?
12. Was Phonny in a good mood while he was down?
13. When did Wallace go to visit him?
14. What did he give him?
15. What did Wallace say it was better for young men to be frolicsome and light-hearted in?
16. What did he say they should be careful of?
17. How did he say we like to see them?
18. After Wallace said Phonny had an opportunity, what did Phonny say?
19. Did Wallace say there were only a couple of traits that were bad?
20. How many did he say?