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Mary was a little girl who loved to sew. She liked to sew dresses, shirts, and skirts but Mary hated to sew quilts. She didn't like anything about sewing quilts and blankets because it took too long. One quilt or blanket took a week to make, when a skirt or shirt took one night! Mary's mother didn't understand why Mary didn't like to sew quilts and blankets because Mary's mother loved to!

Mary was a normal little girl even if her friends didn't think so all the time. Mary's friends liked to play games and play outside but all Mary liked was to sew. She woke up and she began to sew. She only stopped to eat and use the bathroom. Mary's father was very worried about Mary. He said that little girls needed to laugh and play, not sew all the time.

One day Mary's father took Mary's sewing things and gave them to the poor children. "No more sewing, Mary!" He said. He wanted her to go laugh and play with her friends instead of sew but instead of going outside to play she ran into her room and cried. Mary was very sad that she couldn't sew any more. Soon her friends came over to see why Mary hadn't come over to play like her father said she would. When they saw her crying on her bed they had to think of a way to cheer her up. Billy said that maybe they could let her sew at their houses. Abby thought it was a great idea. So then all Mary's friends bought sewing things with their money so that Mary would be happy again. When Mary's father saw Mary go to one of her friend's house he was very happy. Soon everyone was happy again.

1. Did Mary like sewing quilts?
2. How long does it take to make one?
3. Did Mary's mom like to sew them?
4. Does Mary like to sew?
5. What do her friends like to do?
6. What did Mary stop sewing to do?
7. was Mary's father worried about Mary?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. No
2. A week
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Play games and play outside
6. Cried
7. yes

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Jake wanted to eat an orange. He liked fruit, and the only fruits in the house were apples, which he didn't like, oranges, and strawberries, which made him itchy. But his mother had put oranges on top of the refrigerator. Jake couldn't reach the top of the refrigerator. He got the stool that he used to reach things in the cupboards. But the stool wasn't tall enough on its own. He thought if he stood on the edge of the kitchen sink he could reach the oranges. (The kitchen sink was right next to the refrigerator). So he used the stool to get up to the edge of the sink, and then he stood on the edge of the sink to get the oranges. He took one out of the bag and then put the bag back on top of the refrigerator. Then he used the stool to climb back down again with his orange. He sat at the kitchen table, peeled the orange, and ate it. Then he took all of the pieces of orange peel and threw them away in the yard waste.

1. What did Jake want to eat?
2. What made him itchy?
3. Where were the oranges?
4. Was he able to take one down?
5. How?
6. How many oranges did he take?
7. Where did he sit?
8. What did he do with the peels?
9. Where?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. an orange
2. strawberries
3. on the refrigerator
4. Yes
5. climbing on a stool
6. One
7. at the table
8. Threw them away
9. Yard waste

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Madhya Pradesh (MP) (, , meaning Central Province) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the large cities are Indore, Jabalpur & Gwalior. Nicknamed the "heart of India" due to its geographical location in India, Madhya Pradesh is the second-largest state in the country by area. With over 75 million inhabitants, it is the fifth-largest state in India by population. It borders the states of Uttar Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the southeast, Maharashtra to the south, Gujarat to the west, and Rajasthan to the northwest. Its total area is 308,252km. Before 2000, when Chhattisgarh was a part of Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in India and the distance between the two furthest points inside the state, Singoli and Konta, was 1500km.

The area covered by the present-day Madhya Pradesh includes the area of the ancient Avanti mahajanapada, whose capital Ujjain (also known as Avantika) arose as a major city during the second wave of Indian urbanisation in the sixth century BCE. Subsequently, the region was ruled by the major dynasties of India. By the early 18th century, the region was divided into several small kingdoms which were captured by the British and incorporated into Central Provinces and Berar and the Central India Agency. After India's independence, Madhya Pradesh state was created with Nagpur as its capital: this state included the southern parts of the present-day Madhya Pradesh and northeastern portion of today's Maharashtra. In 1956, this state was reorganised and its parts were combined with the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal to form the new Madhya Pradesh state, the Marathi-speaking Vidarbha region was removed and merged with the then Bombay State. This state was the largest in India by area until 2000, when its southeastern Chhattisgarh region was made a separate state.

1. What's the main topic?
2. What's its nickname?
3. Why?
4. What's the population?
5. What's its population ranking size in India?
6. What other city was a part of it prior to 2000?
7. What area is included in the city today?
8. What is the capital of Avanti mahajanapada?
9. Does it have another name?
10. What is it?
11. Which State is it southwest of?
12. And to its South?
13. What happened to the kingdoms in the 18th century?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Madhya Pradesh
2. the "heart of India
3. due to its geographical location in India
4. 75 million
5. it is the fifth-largest state in India by population
6. Chhattisgarh
7. Its total area is 308,252km
8. Ujjain
9. yes
10. Avantika
11. Uttar Pradesh
12. Maharashtra is to the south
13. the region was divided into several small kingdoms which were captured by the British and incorporated into Central Provinces and Berar and the Central India Agency