Question: CHAPTER XXVI

ON THE TRAIL.

It was a long, wet sail up the coast with the wind ahead, and Carroll was content, when, on reaching Comox, Vane announced his intention of stopping there until the mail came in. Immediately after its arrival, Carroll went ashore, and came back empty-handed.

"Nothing," he said. "Personally, I'm pleased. Nairn could have advised us here if there had been any striking developments since we left the last place."

"I wasn't expecting to hear from him," Vane replied.

Carroll read keen disappointment in his face, and was not surprised, although the absence of any message meant that it was safe for them to go on with their project, which should have afforded his companion satisfaction.

They got off shortly afterwards and stood out to the northwards.

Most of that day and the next two they drifted with the tides through narrowing waters, though now and then for a few hours they were wafted on by light and fickle winds. At length they crept into the inlet where they had landed on the previous voyage, and on the morning after their arrival set out on the march. There was on this occasion reason to expect more rigorous weather, and the load each carried was an almost crushing one. Where the trees were thinner, the ground was frozen hard, and even in the densest bush the undergrowth was white and stiff with frost, while, when they could see aloft through some chance opening, a forbidding grey sky hung over them. 1. How were they travelling?
2. Where did they go?
3. Who's decision was it to stop there?
4. Did she buy anything there?
5. What was in his face after he told her there were no news?
6. What did she feel should have gave him some comfort?
7. Did they stay there long?
8. Where did they go next?
9. Had they been there before?
10. Was the trip there longer than a day?
11. Did they venture out after landing?
12. What covered the ground in some areas?
13. How did the sky look?
14. Was it clearly visible at all times? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Sailing.
2. Comox
3. Vane
4. No
5. Keen disappointment
6. No message meant they could continue
7. No
8. Into an inlet
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Not that day.
12. frost
13. it was grey did not look good.
14. No

Q: ISIS, as the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria are known, has become the new face of international terrorism in the eyes of the United States and its Western allies.

Now the focus in America and abroad has become what will President Barack Obama and other leaders do about it?

Here are key questions on the matter:

1) Who killed James Foley?

Britain's ambassador to the United States, Peter Westmacott, told CNN on Sunday that British officials were close to identifying the ISIS militant who beheaded Foley, an American journalist captured in Syria in 2012.

He couldn't elaborate on the identity of the killer, who is seen decapitating Foley in a video posted last week on YouTube.

"We're putting a great deal into the search," he said, referring to the use of sophisticated technology to analyze the man's voice.

In the video, Foley, 40, is seen kneeling next to a man dressed in black, who speaks with what experts say is a distinctly English accent.

Linguists said that based on his voice, the man sounds to be younger than 30. He also appears to have been educated in England from a young age and to be from southern England or London.

Britain close to identifying James Foley's killer, ambassador says

2) Will the United States expand air strikes to ISIS targets in Syria?

Pressure is increasing on Obama to go after ISIS in both Iraq and Syria, ignoring an essentially non-existent border between them.

Last week, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said that taking on ISIS in Syria was the only way to defeat the Sunni jihadists.

1. ISIS,
2. United States
3. Western allies
4. President Barack Obama
5. James Foley
6. Death
7. decapitating
8. 40
9. 30
10. He was a journalist
11. 2012
12. Syria
13. Peter Westmacott
14. Britain's ambassador to the United States

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the new face of terrorism?
2. Who alleges this?
3. Anyone else?
4. Under whose administration is this a priority?
5. Who is the firs key point on the matter about?
6. What was his fate?
7. How was he murdered?
8. How old was he?
9. How old do they think the person who ended his life was?
10. What did Foley do for a living?
11. In what year did this happen?
12. Where?
13. Who told CNN the authorities were close to solving the case?
14. And what's his job?

input: One day John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cake for her son and daughter, but she didn't have the ingredients. She told John and Sally to go to the grocer's to buy the things she would need.

"I'll need some popcorn, a pea, some melon balls, and a cup of yogurt. I'm going to make a very special cake today," she said.

"Wow, that sounds horrible," said John.

"Yeah, we'd rather watch TV and eat potato chips," said Sally.

"Don't talk back, kids. Do what I said and head into town. It's a beautiful day. Go the long way and follow the river until you get there. Don't take the short way through the forest. A lion has escaped from the zoo. He might be hiding in the forest."

So John and Sally started the walk into town, but because they were disobedient children, they didn't follow the river like their mother told them. Instead they took the short way through the forest.

"I'm not afraid of a lion in the forest," said John. "Besides, I think mom has been eating too many melon balls and is letting her imagination get away from her again. If there were a lion in the forest, we would know about it."

So they wandered along the forest path, jumping in mud puddles and throwing sticks at one another. But as soon as John and Sally were in the darkest part of the forest, they heard a terrible roar. It was the lion! Horrified, they ran for their lives out of the forest, all the way back home.

"We're sorry!" they both said to their mother. "We'll never be disobedient again!"

And from that day forward, whenever their mother told them to do something, they did it right away like they were told. 1. Who was baking a cake?
2. Who was it for?
3. WHo did she send to get what she needed?
4. Where did they go?
5. What did she need?
6. What did they say they would rather do than shop?
7. Did she listen to them and give in?
8. How did she tell them to go?
9. Was this the shortest way?
10. What animal had escaped?
11. and where from?
12. Did they do as they were told?
13. Did they come across the animal that had escaped? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. John and Sally's mother
2. her son and daughter
3. John and Sally
4. the grocer's
5. groceries
6. watch TV and eat potato chips
7. no
8. follow the river
9. no
10. A lion
11. the zoo
12. no
13. yes