Q: CHAPTER XXVII

SAMMY JAY WORRIES

It isn't often Sammy Jay worries about anybody but himself. Truth to tell, he doesn't worry about himself very often. You see, Sammy is smart, and he knows he is smart. Under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the Green Forest. Sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself.

But Sammy Jay was worrying now. He was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. Yes, Sir, Sammy Jay was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. For two days he had been unable to find Lightfoot or any trace of Lightfoot. But he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns. It seemed to him that they were everywhere in the Green Forest. Sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing Lightfoot the Deer.

Sammy knew all of Lightfoot's hiding-places. He visited every one of them. Lightfoot wasn't to be found, and no one whom Sammy met had seen Lightfoot for two days.

Sammy felt badly. You see, he was very fond of Lightfoot. You remember it was Sammy who warned Lightfoot of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began. Ever since the hunting season had opened, Sammy had done his best to make trouble for the hunters. Whenever he had found one of them he had screamed at the top of his voice to warn every one within hearing just where that hunter was. Once a hunter had lost his temper and shot at Sammy, but Sammy had suspected that something of the kind might happen, and he had taken care to keep just out of reach.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was Lightfoot?
2. Who worried about it?
3. For how long had he not seen Lightfoot?
4. Did he like the deer?
5. What did he warn Lightfoot about?
6. What had Sammy done ever since the season started?
7. What did he do when he found one?
8. Did one of the hunters get mad?
9. Then what did he do?
10. Did he end up getting injured?
11. Did Sammy worry a lot?
A: 1. Deer.
2. Sammy Jay
3. two days
4. yes
5. coming of the hunter
6. make trouble
7. screamed
8. yes
9. shot at Sammy
10. no
11. Sammy seldom worries about himself but he was worrying about Lightfoot
Q: (CNN) -- I've returned to Washington after a long time away in my home in Britain to get a sense of the political mood in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. And I'm pretty depressed to discover that everyone is talking about Jeb Bush.

It's not that he wouldn't make a strong candidate for the GOP. It's that the thought of a third Bush in the White House feels distinctly un-American. Like you're all giving up on the whole "revolution" thing in favor of English-style aristocracy.

Speculation was reignited -- one suspects entirely by accident -- when George P. Bush told ABC that his father is "giving [the presidency] serious thought and moving ... forward." I've heard the opposite, that the candidate hasn't quite got the requisite enthusiasm. He also has plenty of weaknesses hidden by the fact that he hasn't declared yet (voters are always far keener on people who aren't officially running than those who are).

As Chris Cillizza wrote in The Washington Post, the former Florida governor's polling is unspectacular, he disagrees with the GOP base on some important issues and his patrician tone is better-suited to a general election than to a primary campaign.

Having said that, Jeb would still be a more than worthy addition to the race that right now is full of newbies to national politics (Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, etc.). He has gravitas, executive experience in a major state and a record of winning votes among the groups to which Republicans know they need to reach out.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where does this person live?
2. Which year is this?
3. What is going on?
4. Who is a candidate?
5. Is the author excited?
6. How many Bushes would be a president if he won?
7. Does this feel American?
8. Who spoke to ABC?
9. What was he thinking about?
10. What is the candidate missing?
11. Has he announced his running yet?
12. How does he look in the polls?
13. According to who?
14. Who does he work for?
15. Does he agree with the rest of Republicans on all issues?
16. Are the other candidates seasoned politicians?
17. Who is someone else who is running?
18. Where was he a governor?
19. Do people prefer someone who has announced they're running?
20. What does he have a record of?
A: 1. Washington
2. 2016
3. 2016 presidential election
4. Jeb Bush
5. no
6. three
7. no
8. George P. Bush
9. the presidency
10. enthusiasm
11. no
12. unspectacular
13. Chris Cillizza
14. The Washington Post
15. no
16. no
17. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul
18. Florida
19. yes
20. winning votes among certain groups
Q: CHAPTER THREE.

DESCRIBES THE DEED OF AN AMATEUR MATADOR AND THE WORK OF A ROUGH-AND-READY SHOEMAKER.

When the day began to break Hockins awoke, and his first impulse was to shout "hold on!" Ebony's first action was to let go, thereby bringing himself to the ground with an awful thud, which would have told severely on any one less akin to india-rubber.

For a few minutes Mark Breezy, holding tight to his particular branch, looked down at his companions, yawned heavily, and smiled a little. Then a sudden impulse of memory caused him to look grave.

"Come," he said, dropping lightly from his perch, "these natives may have been searching for us all night, and are perhaps nearer than we suppose. I vote that we push on at once."

"Agreed," said Hockins, stretching himself.

"No fear, Massa," remarked the negro. "If it wur moonlight dey might 'ave search, but whar de nights am dark dey knows better. De niggahs in dis yer island hab got skins an' eyes an' noses. If dey was to go troo such woods in de dark, dey hab no skins or eyes or noses in de mornin'-- leas'wise nuffin' wuth mentionin'. Cause why? Dey'd all git knocked into a sorter mush. Plenty ob time for breakfast 'fore we start."

"That's true, boy," said Hockins, "but where's the breakfast to come from?"

"What! you no bringed nuffin' in your pockits?" asked the negro with a look of visible anxiety on his expressive face.

Hockins turned his various pockets inside out by way of reply.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who agreed with someone?
2. What time did Hotchins wake up
3. Do the natives search at night?
4. In waking what did he first want to do?
5. if the natives searched at night, what might they lose?
6. so they would be healthy?
7. what would they get turned into
8. could they have food?
9. did they bring any food?
10. who stayed in the tree a little longer?
A:
1. Hockins,
2. morning
3. yes
4. to shout
5. their skin, eyes, and noses
6. no
7. mush
8. unknown
9. Yes
10. Mark Breezy,