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CHAPTER III

[ Scene-The Studio.]

"Oh, John, friend of my boyhood, I am the unhappiest of men."

"You're a simpleton!"

"I have nothing left to love but my poor statue of America--and see, even she has no sympathy for me in her cold marble countenance--so beautiful and so heartless!"

"You're a dummy!"

"Oh, John!"

"Oh, fudge! Didn't you say you had six months to raise the money in?"

"Don't deride my agony, John. If I had six centuries what good would it do? How could it help a poor wretch without name, capital, or friends?"

"Idiot! Coward! Baby! Six months to raise the money in--and five will do!"

"Are you insane?"

"Six months--an abundance. Leave it to me. I'll raise it."

"What do you mean, John? How on earth can you raise such a monstrous sum for me?"

"Will you let that be my business, and not meddle? Will you leave the thing in my hands? Will you swear to submit to whatever I do? Will you pledge me to find no fault with my actions?"

"I am dizzy--bewildered--but I swear."

John took up a hammer and deliberately smashed the nose of America! He made another pass and two of her fingers fell to the floor--another, and part of an ear came away--another, and a row of toes was mangled and dismembered--another, and the left leg, from the knee down, lay a fragmentary ruin!

John put on his hat and departed.

George gazed speechless upon the battered and grotesque nightmare before him for the space of thirty seconds, and then wilted to the floor and went into convulsions.
1. Who is unhappy
2. Why?
3. What does he need?
4. what does he need in that time?
5. How much?
6. Does he think he can do it?
7. Who thinks he can?
8. Who is his friend?
9. What did John do?
10. and did what?
11. of what?
12. Did he hit it once?

Numbered answers:
1. George
2. nothing left to love
3. six months time
4. raise the money
5. monstrous sum
6. yes and no
7. someone with name, capital, or friends
8. statue of America
9. took up a hammer
10. smashed the nose
11. of America the statue
12. no

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For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in _ -----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple's 14-year-old son was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound," Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul's husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. "Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that's what caused me to choke," she recalled. "I couldn't breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life."

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.
1. What animals are being honored?
2. What is it that they are being honored for?
3. How old is the male?
4. What did the owner have lodged in her airway?
5. Where were they from?
6. Was he bought at a pet store?
7. Where did he come from?
8. how old was he?
9. What did the male owner do for a living?
10. What was the cause of the obstruction? What was different this time?
11. The other animal's living saving act was what?
12. What was the danger she faced?
13. Was that animal bought at a store?
14. Where did she come from?
15. What organization was awarding the heroic two?
16. Was anyone else in danger when the feline came to their aid?
17. What was his age?
18. How close were they to dying?
19. According to who>
20. Who attended the award ceremony?

Numbered answers:
1. a Dog and Cat
2. nick-of-time acts
3. two
4. apple
5. Indiana
6. no
7. a garbage bin
8. 4-week-old
9. unknown
10. the skin
11. woke up Cathy
12. carbon monoxide
13. no
14. under a barn
15. the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
16. their son
17. 14
18. minutes
19. The state police
20. Toby and Winnie

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Joshua Wong, the most prominent of Hong Kong's student protest leaders, alleged he was assaulted by police who used excessive force -- including repeatedly grabbing his genitals -- during his arrest at pro-democracy demonstrations.

Wong, 18, made the claims after appearing in court Thursday charged with obstructing officers clearing a protest site in the city's Mong Kok district the day earlier.

Wong's lawyer, Michael Vidler, told CNN his client had been "clearly targeted by police."

"Excessive force was used and he was assaulted while he was on the ground," said Vidler.

"Police kicked and punched him and effectively sexually assaulted him -- his private parts were grabbed repeatedly and painfully. We're considering our next steps and will decide over the next few days how to proceed."

READ MORE: Who is Joshua Wong?

Glasses gone

Footage of Wong's arrest shows the teenager being suddenly rushed by a man wearing a police vest, then forcefully dragged away and disappearing beneath a huddle of police officers.

Wong, who had earlier been filmed in heated but non-violent exchanges with people clearing the road of barricades, later tweeted he had lost his signature glasses during the arrest.

In response to Wong's claims, police issued a statement saying that if anyone believed they had been treated unfairly by police, they could take action through the Complaints Against Police Office.

Vidler said Hong Kong police were displaying "increasingly brutal" behavior as the protests entered their third month.

"People are learning the other side of the Hong Kong police and it's not an attractive side," he said.
1. Who is the story about?
2. Did he get in trouble?
3. What happened to his eye wear?
4. Did he engage in violence before getting in trouble?
5. Who had he been arguing with before getting in trouble?
6. What did cops say after he complained?
7. Was Josh a business person?
8. What was he?
9. What kind of protesting was he doing?
10. His age?
11. What day was he in a courtroom?
12. Did cops sexualize him?
13. In what way?
14. Who represented him in the courtroom?
15. What was his name?
16. Did he think he was a target?
17. Was he shot?
Numbered answers:
1. Joshua Wong
2. Yes
3. Excessive force was used
4. No
5. people clearing the road of barricades
6. issued a statement saying that if anyone believed they had been treated unfairly by police, they could take action through the Complaints Against Police Office.
7. no
8. the most prominent of Hong Kong's student protest leaders
9. pro-democracy demonstrations
10. 18
11. Thursday
12. Yes
13. his private parts were grabbed repeatedly and painfully
14. His lawyer
15. Michael Vidler
16. Yes
17. No he wasn't shot