Q: I'm here to tell you the story of a robot named Carl. He came from a far away land known as Factory. Carl was sad because he was missing a part called a tire. He also needed a sun gatherer. But, the tire was more important. Once Carl got all these parts he could travel to his new home in the nation of Lab and the city of Office. It was a tricky thing to get there with missing parts. Just as he had given up hope Carl got a message from Mr. X saying the new parts were ready to be delivered. This made the robot very happy. The parts arrived a few days later and Carl put them in with 2 days of work. After this Carl began to travel the last bit of his goal to get to his new job. After this Carl took 10 days to get to Lab.

1. a sun gatherer
2. the tire
3. so he could travel to his new home
4. a far away land known as Factory
5. Carl
6. Office
7. Lab
8. no
9. Mr. X
10. very happy
11. a few days later
12. Carl
13. 2 days
14. traveled to get to his new job.
15. Lab
16. 10 days

Numbered questions:
1. What part did the robot need?
2. What part was more important than that?
3. Why did he want that?
4. where did he come from?
5. what was his name?
6. What city was his new home in?
7. in what country?
8. was he worried that he wasn't going to receive the parts?
9. who phoned to say the parts were ready?
10. how did this make him feel?
11. how long did it take for the parts to be received after he was notified of their arrival?
12. who installed them?
13. how long did it take?
14. what did he do after he was finished?
15. where was the new job?
16. how long did it take to get there?

Q: CHAPTER XXVI

A NEW UNDERTAKING

Soon after the rails were laid down the frost returned, and one cold morning Festing sat in his shack, studying a letter from Helen. Norton's cheque had helped him to overcome the worst of his difficulties, things were going better, and Charnock would superintend the workmen until he was ready to go out. Festing felt that he need not hurry, and wanted to think.

Helen had written to him before, without any hint of resentment, and he had told her what he was doing. She knew Bob was his partner, and no doubt understood what this implied. It was obvious that he had been wrong in disliking Bob and half suspecting him; besides Helen knew from the beginning that he had not suspected her, although he had insisted that she had been imprudent. This ground for difference had vanished, but he wondered what she thought, and could not gather much from her letter.

She wrote with apparent good-humor and stated that all was going satisfactorily at the farm, where, indeed, nothing of importance could be done until spring. For all that, there was some reserve. A personal explanation was needed before they could get back to their old relations of intimate confidence, and he was ready to own his mistakes. Unfortunately, the explanation must be put off, because there was one point on which he was still determined, although his resolve no longer altogether sprang from pride. He must, if possible, repair his damaged fortunes before he went home. Farming on a proper scale was expensive work, and Helen's capital was not large. In order to raise a big crop, one must speculate boldly, and he meant to do so with his own money.

1. Helen
2. satisfactorily
3. No
4. No
5. spring
6. unknown
7. his damaged fortunes
8. In order to raise a big crop
9. Helen's capital was not large
10. the frost
11. Norton
12. Charnock
13. One
14. Bob
15. No

Numbered questions:
1. Who was in a humorous mood?
2. How were things where she was?
3. Was there urgent news?
4. Would she start working in the summer?
5. When would she work?
6. Was all with them?
7. What did he have to fix?
8. Fix them for what?
9. What did he need to do that?
10. What returned after they laid the rails?
11. Had anyone helped finance his endeavors?
12. And who would he have superviser the workers?
13. How many partners did he have?
14. Who was his partner?
15. Had Helen called him?

Q: Minot, North Dakota (CNN) -- A spontaneous burst of applause broke out at a Saturday press conference in Minot, North Dakota, when the city's mayor said the Souris River should crest overnight -- about 12 feet higher than flood stage, but several inches short of what had been feared.

"This is great news," said Mayor Curt Zimbelman.

This prediction from the National Weather Service proved a rare bright spot in what has been, and continues to be, a trying time for citizens in Minot and neighboring communities.

The Souris River, which locals call "The Mouse" after the French translation of its name, flows through the center of Minot, a city of about 36,000. About a third of the city's population is under evacuation orders, while at least 3,000 homes have been flooded.

One resident, Stuart Dull, told CNN about how he, his wife and two children feverishly packed up their belongings ahead of the approaching waters. What they could move out is stashed in a garage, while the family has found a temporary home in a relative's basement.

"Words kind of escape me," said Dull, describing his feeling after later sneaking back toward his home and seeing it under water. "It's a sense of despair ... and it's maybe a check on some of the things that you hold dear."

Stuart Collum said he spotted the silver chimney and black roof of his house, where he has lived since 1968, on Saturday -- with the rest of the dwelling under water.

1. a press conference
2. about a flood warning
3. Minot
4. 12 feet higher than flood stage
5. 12 feet
6. the Souris River
7. "The Mouse"
8. through Minot
9. a city of 36,000
10. a third of the city's population
11. at least 3,000 homes
12. Stuart Dull
13. Four
14. he feels despair
15. since 1968
16. a temporary home
17. his home under water
18. North Dakota
19. the city's mayor
20. Curt Zimbelman.

Numbered questions:
1. What is happening?
2. About what?
3. Where?
4. How high will it get?
5. what ?
6. What is cresting?
7. What is its nickname?
8. Where does it flow?
9. How big is the city?
10. How many evacuated?
11. How many houses are gone?
12. Who talked to the reporter?
13. How many in his family?
14. Is his ok?
15. How long has he lived there?
16. Where are they now?
17. What can he see?
18. Where is Minot?
19. Who made the statement?
20. What is his name?