CHAPTER VII. THE COLONEL'S CHICKENS.

They censured the bantam for strutting and crowing, In those vile pantaloons that he fancied looked knowing; And a want of decorum caused many demurs Against the game chicken for coming in spurs. The Peacock at Home.

Left to themselves, Mother Carey, with Janet and old nurse, completed their arrangements so well that when Jessie looked in at five o'clock, with a few choice flowers covering a fine cucumber in her basket, she exclaimed in surprise, "How nice you have made it all look, I shall be so glad to tell mamma."

"Tell her what?" asked Janet.

"That you have really made the room look nice," said Jessie.

"Thank you," said her cousin, ironically. "You see we have as many hands as other people. Didn't Aunt Ellen think we had?"

"Of course she did," said Jessie, a pretty, kindly creature, but slow of apprehension; "only she said she was very sorry for you."

"And why?" cried Janet, leaping up in indignation.

"Why?" interposed Allen, "because we are raw cockneys, who go into raptures over primroses and wild hyacinths, eh, Jessie?"

"Well, you have set them up very nicely," said Jessie; "but fancy taking so much trouble about common flowers."

"What would you think worth setting up?" asked Janet. "A big dahlia, I suppose, or a great red cactus?"

"We have a beautiful garden," said Jessie: "papa is very particular about it, and we always get the prize for our flowers. We had the first prizes for hyacinths and forced roses last week, and we should have had the first for forced cucumbers if the gardener at Belforest had not had a spite against Spencer, because he left him for us. Everybody said there was no comparison between the cucumbers, and Mr. Ellis said-" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. how does the room look?
2. who made it nice?
3. Did she have help?
4. Who helped?
5. Who thought it looked good?
6. Who is she going to tell?
7. are they related?
8. what relationship are jessie and janet?
9. is Jessie a friendly girl?
10. Is she intelligent
11. What is her mamma's name?
12. How did Ellen feel towards Janet?
13. how did Janet react?
14. did she sit down?
15. what did ALlen say Ellen was sorry for?
16. what type of flowers are common?
17. how many types of flower does Janet mention?
18. what is it?
19. what other plant is mentioned?
20. who does the gardening for Jessie?
Answer: 1. nice
2. Janet
3. yes
4. Mother Carey and the old nurse
5. Jessie
6. mamma
7. yes
8. cousins
9. yes
10. no
11. Ellen
12. sorry
13. with ndignation
14. no
15. because they were raw cockneys
16. primroses and wild hyacinths
17. one
18. a dahlia
19. a red cactus
20. Spencer

Problem: Michael Jackson's sudden death really astonished his fans, but soon they are glad to find another younger "King of Pop" has appeared. Wang Yiming, who is known as Xiao Bao, has already been popular across the world with his wonderful dance moves. He once appeared on U.S. television show "Ellen" and performed successfully at the World Expo 2010. About seven years ago, Xiao Bao was born prematurely , which made his mother really worried. He was so weak. What could he do? Doctors suggested that moving his body to music would help make him strong, but soon his parents were surprised by how quickly Xiao Bao fell in love with music! "When he was young, we just started playing music to him and he started moving around like this. But we didn't think that he had such a strong feeling for music. When he was just several months old, we would let him listen to music and he would stop crying and calm down at once," the proud mother once said. So far, Xiao Bao has learned the moonwalk and other Jackson's moves well. His fans are crazy about his wonderful shows. He has drawn more people's attention. He is fast becoming internationally popular. There are lots of problems waiting for him, but Xiao Bao will never give up. He is serious about his dancing career . Where there is a will, there is a way. We are sure that Xiao Bao's dream will come true one day.
1. Who is the younger King of Pop that's recently appeared?
2. What is he also called?
3. Why did he learn to move himself to song?
4. Who decided he should move himself to song?
5. What daytime program was he on?
6. Was he delivered later than expected as a baby?
7. Was he seven years old when he found his affection for song?
8. How old was he?
9. Does he struggle with Jackson's dances?
10. What are his followers crazy about?
11. Did he once perform at the European Exposition in 2010?
12. Where he did perform in 2010?
Answer: 1. Wang Yiming
2. Xiao Bao
3. unknown
4. Doctors
5. Ellen
6. No
7. No
8. Several months old
9. No
10. His shows
11. No
12. At the World Expo

question: CBC Canada , CTV News A group of Canadian kids are spreading a bit of Christmas spirit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by covering warm clothes around light poles for the city's homeless people to pick up and use. _ was such an unusual sight that locals stopped to take pictures to share on social media . Every year, Tara Atkins-Smith collects warm clothes from her community in order to help the less lucky. This year, since the family was traveling to Halifax with their daughter Jayda and seven of her friends to celebrate her 8thbirthday Tara thought it was the perfect time to teach the chidren a valuable life lesson. The kids spent time handing out coats to the homeless and tied the rest around light poles for others to pick up. Each of the clothes had a tag that read, "I am not lost. If you are caught in the cold, please take me to keep warm. " According to Tara, the experience helped the children better understand the difficult situation of homeless people, who have to brave the cold winter on the streets. "When we got back in the car after an hour on the street, they were all freezing cold and crying for the heater to be on because they were cold , " she said. By next morning, all the jackets, gloves, and scarves on the poles were gone. Photos of the inspriring project have been shared about 8, 000 times on Facebook, and have got over10,000 likes. Tara, who did something similar in Toronto in December last year, says she's already planning next year's coat drive. She hopes that the meaningful thing can spread around the world, and she also wants to add $5 fast food gift card so that the homeless people can also enjoy a hot meal. "We've got help from others when we were in need, and we knew how great it made us feel," said Zackary Atkins, Tara's husband.
1. Who collects warm clothes yearly?
2. Whose birthday was it?
3. How old was she?
4. How many kids were with her?
5. What did they hand out to the less fortunate?
6. What did they do with the rest?
7. Were the coats lost?
8. How long before they got back in the vehicle?
9. Were they burning up?
10. Were any clothes left on the poles when the sun came up?
11. Did take photos of the clothes hanging there?
12. How many people liked them on Facebook?
13. Is Tara planning to do it again next year?
14. Does she want to be the only one doing it?
15. What does she want to add?
16. Why?
17. Who is Tara married to?
18. Where in Nova Scotia did they spread Christmas spirit?
19. Were there tags on the clothes?
20. Who was braving the frigid weather outside?
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answer:
1. A group of Canadian kids
2. Jayda
3. Eight
4. Seven
5. coats
6. tied the rest around light poles
7. no
8. after an hour
9. no
10. no
11. yes, the locals did
12. 10,000
13. yes
14. no
15. $5 fast food gift card
16. so that the homeless people can also enjoy a hot meal.
17. Zackary Atkins
18. Halifax,
19. yes
20. the homeless