Answers to life can be found in everyday events. Watching nature, watching people and watching animals communicate with each other provide some of the simplest ways to life's biggest problems. This became clearer to me yesterday. It caused me to ask myself, "How do I respond to the storms in life?" People usually run when it starts to rain. I love to walk in it, stand on my front door and feel it. I grew up doing it and have never really felt the fear many people do. The animal world senses changes in the weather far earlier than humans. My dog, Ricky, begins to shake long before the storm is close enough to be noticed. I was about to feed my three dogs yesterday and as usual, I let them out in the yard first. They didn't move when thunder came across the skies. So I placed their food in their bowls and called Ricky into the kitchen. Ricky was just standing there in place next to his bowl. The thunder became louder, which forced him to stop eating his meal. Then I watched Phil. He made his way across the kitchen floor and stood over Ricky's bowl. He ate all the remaining food. Generally, if Ricky was standing there, he wouldn't dare come close. But today, he took advantage of the storm and got what he wanted. His hope for the prize outweighed his fear of the storm. That's when it hit me. As men, we face all kinds of storms. They come in unannounced. Sometimes we stay in a corner or under the blankets, hoping it will all pass. However, if you dare put your head out, you'll discover there're people doing what they must to get what they must have out of life. Isn't it time you decided to take advantage of the storm? What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What action do people usually take when is begins to rain?
2. What do creatures sense before humans do?
3. What is the dog in the story called?
4. What does he do when a storm is near?
5. What made him stop eating his food?
6. Does the narrator of the story like to take strolls in the rain?
7. Who positioned himself next to Ricky's bowl?
8. And what did he proceed to do?
9. How many dogs does the narrator own?
10. Does Phil generally get near Ricky's bowl?
11. What are the narrator's dogs allowed to do before they eat?
Answer: 1. run
2. changes in the weather
3. Ricky
4. begins to shake
5. thunder
6. yes
7. Phil
8. ate all thefood
9. two
10. no
11. go in the yard

Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt that Napoleon was a major influence. The French had used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand rivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift to the right. A driver would sit on the rear left horse in order to wave his whip with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they traveled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908; the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially... if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the western world's few remaining holdouts. Several Asian countries, including Japan, use the left as well -- thought many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was a major influence on the theory on world travel?
2. Who used this theory early on?
3. Since when?
4. Why do some say the noblemen drove their carriage on the left?
5. Where did Napoleon bring right-handed traffic?
6. Including where?
7. Who ordered this in Austria?
8. Where else?
9. What year?
10. Who followed left-hand tradition?
11. Did the US always adopt right-handed?
12. What was the tradition in early history?
13. When did it switch to the right?
14. Why?
15. When did the final move standardize traffic directions in the US
16. who help decide this?
17. How?
18. Who else converted to these standards?
19. When?
20. Who else?
21. When?
Answer: 1. Napoleon.
2. The French
3. at least the late 18th century.
4. forcing the peasants to the right
5. to the nations he conquered
6. including Russia, Switzerland and Germany.
7. . Hitler
8. Czechoslovakia
9. 1930s
10. Great Britain
11. No
12. carriage and horse traffic traveled on the left
13. by the late 1700s
14. to see traffic clearly
15. in the 20th century,
16. Henry Ford
17. to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left
18. Canada
19. Canada in the 1920s,
20. Sweden
21. Sweden in 1967

CHAPTER LII

ON THE TRAIL AGAIN

The most massive minds are apt to forget things at times. The most adroit plotters make their little mistakes. Psmith was no exception to the rule. He made the mistake of not telling Mike of the afternoon's happenings.

It was not altogether forgetfulness. Psmith was one of those people who like to carry through their operations entirely by themselves. Where there is only one in a secret the secret is more liable to remain unrevealed. There was nothing, he thought, to be gained from telling Mike. He forgot what the consequences might be if he did not.

So Psmith kept his own counsel, with the result that Mike went over to school on the Monday morning in pumps.

Edmund, summoned from the hinterland of the house to give his opinion why only one of Mike's boots was to be found, had no views on the subject. He seemed to look on it as one of those things which no fellow can understand.

"'Ere's one of 'em, Mr. Jackson," he said, as if he hoped that Mike might be satisfied with a compromise.

"One? What's the good of that, Edmund, you chump? I can't go over to school in one boot."

Edmund turned this over in his mind, and then said, "No, sir," as much as to say, "I may have lost a boot, but, thank goodness, I can still understand sound reasoning."

"Well, what am I to do? Where is the other boot?"

"Don't know, Mr. Jackson," replied Edmund to both questions. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Will this be on a trail again?
2. What chapter?
3. Did Psmith like to keep his own counsel?
4. Who found one of Mike's boots?
5. Where had he been summonsed from?
6. Was his opinion sought?
7. What was his view on the subject?
8. Did he think this to be a thing a fellow could understand?
9. What did Mike wear to school as a result?
10. What day did Mike wear pumps to school?
11. Does Edmund still have sound reasoning?
12. Does he know what Mike should do?
13. What about where his other boot is?
14. Are even big minds likely to sometimes forget stuff?
15. What do even the best plotters sometimes make?
16. Was Psmith an exception to that?
17. What had Psmith forgotten to tell Mike?
18. Did he think that had been anything to gain from telling Mike?
19. What did he forget there would be if he did not?
20. Is Psmith someone who has other people help him a lot, or does he do a lot on his own?
Answer:
1. yes
2. LII
3. yes
4. Edmund
5. the hinterland of the house
6. yes
7. he had no views on the subject.
8. no
9. unknown
10. Monday
11. yes
12. no
13. no
14. yes
15. little mistakes.
16. no
17. the afternoon's happenings.
18. no
19. what the consequences might be
20. by himself