Q: There was once a small town by a river. There were many houses in this town and they were all different colors, shapes and sizes. which made the people happy. On one street there was a red house, a green house, a blue house and one purple house with yellow stripes. The people in the town were all very friendly and knew each other well.

When the people of the town went out they loved to wear hats but never wore shoes and the hats were also many different colors, shapes and sizes. On Sundays all the families in town would go to the park by the river and have picnics. The children would run, skip and play and the parents would talk, eat and laugh. The children loved the picnic foods they had. There were hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken and steak. They also had salads, coleslaw, fries and chips. The kids' favorite was hamburgers with fries.

On days when it rained the children and parents would stay inside and read or color pictures and drink hot chocolate and they loved to wear big warm sweaters. At night the family would all go to the kitchen and cook dinner together and after dinner was finished they would all clear the table and clean the dishes together before getting ready for bed. They would put their pajamas on but never wear socks and they would get under the covers and fall asleep.

1. by a river.
2. Five
3. red, green, blue and purple
4. very friendly
5. have picnics
6. the park by the river
7. they stay inside
8. read or color and drink hot chocolate
9. hats
10. cook dinner
11. clear the table and clean the dishes
12. yes
13. get ready for bed.
14. yes
15. always
16. yes
17. no

Numbered questions:
1. where was the town
2. how many different color houses are in the town
3. what are they
4. how are the neighbors who live in them
5. what are their sunday plans
6. where
7. what if its raining
8. and do what
9. what are they wearing
10. what goes on in the kitchen
11. and after dinner?
12. are they helping each other with that?
13. after the cleanup whats it time to do
14. and pjs?
15. and bare feet?
16. do they use blankets?
17. and then its time to stay awake?

Q: CHAPTER XV.

AN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL.

It was really the princess who saved aunt Dorcas's home from destruction. Had she not seen Dan Fernald, as he made his way through the orchard, the barn would most likely have been in a blaze before Joe or Plums were aware of the fact.

Thanks to her warning, Joe saw the smoke before the fire gathered headway, and when he arrived on the scene, the flames had but just fastened upon the side of the barn.

Plums, aroused to something like activity by the knowledge of danger, followed Joe with remarkable promptness, and the amount of water thus brought by both was sufficient to extinguish what, a few moments later, would have been a conflagration.

Not until he had pulled the charred sticks from beneath the end of the barn, and assured himself every spark had been drowned out, did Joe speak, and then it was to relieve his mind by making threats against the would-be incendiary.

"It's all well enough for a woman like aunt Dorcas to tell about doin' good to them what tries to hurt you, for she couldn't so much as put up her hands. If you keep on forgivin' duffers like Dan Fernald, you're bound to be in such scrapes as this all the time. What he needed was a sound thumpin', when he begun talkin' so rough to aunt Dorcas; then he wouldn't dared to try a game of this kind. When I get hold of him again, I'll make up for lost time."

1. aunt Dorcas
2. the princess
3. yes
4. Joe
5. Dan Fernald
6. yes
7. Plums
8. with water
9. a conflagration
10. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Whose house was saved?
2. Who saved it?
3. Did she give a warning to someone?
4. Who?
5. Who wanted to destroy the house?
6. Was there flames on the side of the barn?
7. Who was the other person who helped Joe in putting out the fire?
8. How did they extinguish it?
9. What would it have been if they would't extinguish it?
10. Did Joe make sure there was no spark left at all?

Q: A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus, , of the family Pinaceae. "Pinus" is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The Plant List compiled by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts 126 species names of pines as current, together with 35 unresolved species and many more synonyms.

The modern English name "pine" derives from Latin "pinus", which some have traced to the Indo-European base *pit- 'resin' (source of English pituitary). Before the 19th century, pines were often referred to as firs (from Old Norse "fura", by way of Middle English "firre"). In some European languages, Germanic cognates of the Old Norse name are still in use for pinesin Danish "fyr", in Norwegian "fura/fure/furu", Swedish "fura/furu", Dutch "vuren", and German "Fohre"but in modern English, "fir" is now restricted to fir ("Abies") and Douglas fir ("Pseudotsuga").

Pines are gymnosperms. The genus is divided into three subgenera, which can be distinguished by cone, seed, and leaf characters:

Most regions of the Northern Hemisphere (see List of pines by region) host some native species of pines. One species (Sumatran pine) crosses the equator in Sumatra to 2S. In North America, various species occur in regions at latitudes from as far north as 66N to as far south as 12N.

1. pine trees
2. yes
3. Most regions of the Northern Hemisphere
4. Pinaceae
5. some have traced to the Indo-European base *pit- 'resin' (source of English pituitary).
6. Pinaceae
7. firs
8. Before the 19th century
9. "Fohre"
10. The Plant List compiled by the Royal botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri otanical Garden
11. 126 species
12. "vuren"
13. no
14. fir is now restricted to fir ("Abies") and Douglas fir ("Pseudotsuga")
15. "fura/furu"
16. in Sumatra to 2S.
17. Sumatran pine is what the english term is for there plant
18. three
19. they can be distinguished by cone, seed, and leaf characters:

Numbered questions:
1. what is the article about?
2. and do we have pines in North America?
3. what regions have native pines?
4. what family does it belong to?
5. where does the name come from?
6. what is it called in Latin?
7. was it called anything else in English?
8. when?
9. what do the Germans call it?
10. who compiled the list?
11. how many are accepted?
12. what are they called in Dutch?
13. is Fir still used in English now for pines?
14. what is Fir used for?
15. what is it called in Swedish?
16. where does it cross the equator?
17. what is it called there?
18. how many subgenera is it divided into?
19. how can you know the difference?