Problem: Once upon a time there lived two friends in a small village. Jay and Victor had been friends since they were little children. Now they were studying in a school which was far away from their village. They had to cross a river, climb hills and go through sandy areas on their way to school. One rainy day, the two friends went to school as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they were discussing something important, but the two had different opinions, which led to a big argument. Things got so bad that Jay suddenly hit Victor. Then Victor looked at his friend and wrote in the sand, " Today, my best friend hit me." They both continued walking without saying anything . Later, they reached a river. Victor was not a good swimmer. By accident, he fell into the river and was going to be carried away by the water. Jay saw this and jumped into the river at once. With difficulty he pulled victor out of the river when Victor became safe, he wrote on a stone, "Today, my friend saved my life." Jay, who was watching all this, asked,"So way did you write it in the sand when I hit you, and why did you write on a stone when I saved your life?" Victor replied, " we should soon forget the wrong done by our friends as words in sand get _ easily, but if they do something good for us, we should always remember their kindness, just as words in stones are kept forever." Then the two friends walked on as if nothing had happened.
1. Who had been friends since they were children?
2. Where di dthey grow up?
3. What did Victor pull Jay out of?
4. What did Jay do to Victor before this?
5. Victor wrote something in the sand afterwards what was it?
6. What was written after Victor was pulled out of the water?
7. What did he write it on?
8. Why is it that he wrote on stone?
9. What was the weather like on the day these events occured?
10. Why did Jay hit Victor in the first place?
Answer: 1. Jay and Victor
2. a small village
3. the river
4. he hit him
5. Today, my best friend hit me
6. Today, my friend saved my life
7. stone
8. so they always remember
9. rainy
10. they had a big argument

Q: CHAPTER IX

DOCTOR PATSY

Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains, while Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby.

It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them. Tottering is the right word; he fairly swayed as he made his way to the secluded corner.

"I wish he'd use a cane," muttered Beth in an undertone. "I have the feeling that he's liable to bump his nose any minute."

Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her.

"Are you feeling better this morning?" she inquired.

"I--I think so," he answered doubtfully. "I don't seem to get back my strength, you see."

"Were you stronger before your accident?" asked Beth.

"Yes, indeed. I went swimming, you remember. But perhaps I was not strong enough to do that. I--I'm very careful of myself, yet I seem to grow weaker all the time."

There was a brief silence, during which the girls plied their needles.

"Are you going to stay in this hotel?" demanded Patsy, in her blunt way.

"For a time, I think. It is very pleasant here," he said.

"Have you had breakfast?"

"I took a food-tablet at daybreak."

"Huh!" A scornful exclamation. Then she glanced at the open door of the dining-hall and laying aside her work she rose with a determined air and said:

"Come with me!"

"Where?"

For answer she assisted him to rise. Then she took his hand and marched him across the lobby to the dining room.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did Beth and Patsy go?
2. Of which building?
3. What did they plan to do there?
4. Who took the baby?
5. Where did they go?
6. Where?
7. Who did the girls meet that wasn't walking well?
8. Around what time?
9. What did Betsy wish he would use?
10. Who got him a chair?
11. What did he have for breakfast?
12. Did the women seem pleased with this?
13. Was he stronger than before?
14. What proof did he offer?
15. Was he going to be a guest at the hotel?
16. What caused him to walk poorly?
17. From what?
18. Where did Patsy plan on taking him?
19. How did she lead him?
A: 1. a corner
2. the hotel
3. embroidery
4. Uncle John and the Weldons
5. went for a ride
6. the mountains,
7. A. Jones
8. ten o'clock
9. a cane
10. Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her.
11. a food-tablet
12. no
13. no
14. yes
15. yes
16. He hasn't got his strength back
17. an accident
18. the dining room
19. She took his hand

Problem: On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

"Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls . "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"

Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.

"Let's aim for the pier ," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.

"Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.

After 30minutes, they reached the pier.
1. When did this event take place?
2. Where did it take place?
3. Who was the hero?
4. Who did he save?
5. How old were they?
6. What were they doing?
7. What caused the issue?
8. By what?
9. What was the danger the rescuer worried about?
10. How long before he arrived to the helpless children?
11. Did he come aboard?
Answer:
1. last August
2. at the seaside
3. Tim
4. Christian and Jack
5. 12
6. rowing in a boat
7. the boat was pulled into open water
8. a beach umbrella
9. the boat would be swallowed by waves
10. 30 minutes
11. yes