In this task you are given a short story and a question regarding that story. You must answer the question based on the events of the story. Try to use the same words in the story to answer each question. You should completely answer the question in a short answer. Do not include information that is unnecessary to answer the question.

Q: Dan had a very fine cobblestone walkway. Some of the stones had started to jut out unevenly. Dan got out a shovel and leveled the dirt under them. He tamped them down gently to make them all match. Now the stones in Dan's walkway are all perfectly even.
Why did He tamp them?

A: He tamped them down gently to make them all match.
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Q: Pat lived in the woods with her parents. Pat never enjoyed living in the woods. She thought it was lonely and there was not much to do. Her parents had another child and Pat had a sister. They became best friends and they love the woods.
Why did They become best friends?

A: Her parents had another child and Pat had a sister.
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Q: Harry brought a rat to London one day to be his pet. After a while, Harry and members of his family got sick. Boils appeared over their body. Harry's baby sister fell very ill and died. Harry realized the rat brought the plague and flushed it down the loo.
Why did Harry realize the rat brought the plague and flushed it down the loo?

A:
members of Harry's family got ill and his sister died.
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