Q: CHAPTER II: The Convention At The Big Rock

Jolly round, red Mr. Sun looked down on the Smiling Pool. He almost forgot to keep on climbing up in the blue sky, he was so interested in what he saw there. What do you think it was? Why, it was a convention at the Big Rock, the queerest convention he ever had seen. Your papa would say that it was a mass-meeting of angry citizens. Maybe it was, but that is a pretty long term. Anyway, Mother Muskrat said it was a convention, and she ought to know, for she is the one who had called it.

Of course Jerry Muskrat was there, and his uncles and aunts and all his cousins. Billy Mink was there, and all his relations, even old Grandfather Mink, who has lost most of his teeth and is a little hard of hearing.

Little Joe Otter was there, with his father and mother and all his relations even to his third cousins. Bobby Coon was there, and he had brought with him every Coon of his acquaintance who ever fished in the Smiling Pool or along the Laughing Brook. And everybody was looking very solemn, very solemn indeed.

When the last one had arrived, Mother Muskrat climbed up on the Big Rock and called Jerry Muskrat up beside her, where all could see him. Then she made a speech. "Friends of the Smiling Pool and Laughing Brook," began Mrs. Muskrat, "I have called you together to show you what has happened to my son Jerry and to ask your advice." She stopped and pointed to Jerry's sore tail. "What do you think did that?" she demanded.

1. Jolly and round
2. to keep on climbing up
3. he was so interested in what he saw there
4. that it was a mass-meeting of angry citizens
5. Mother Muskrat
6. Jerry Muskrat
7. no
8. no
9. the Smiling Pool or along the Laughing Brook
10. Grandfather Mink
11. no
12. Mother Muskrat
13. she wanted advice
14. he had a sore tail
15. no
16. Mrs. Muskrat
17. the Big Rock
18. to show his tail
19. to show what happened
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. What did the sun look at?
2. What did he almost forget?
3. why?
4. what might your dad say?
5. who called it a convetion?
6. whos uncle and aunts were there?
7. was billy mink alone?
8. was everyone smiling?
9. where did Bobby coon fish?
10. who was missing teeth?
11. could he hear well?
12. who gave the speech?
13. why was she speaking?
14. what was wrong with Jerry?
15. did she know who did it?
16. who called the meeting?
17. what did she climb?
18. why did she call Jerry up?
19. why was he beside her?
20. was the sun orange?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Einstein's connection with the politics of the nuclear bomb is well known: He signed the letter to President Franklin Roosevelt that persuaded the United States to take the idea seriously, and he engaged in postwar efforts to prevent nuclear war. But these were not just the isolated actions of a scientist dragged into the world of politics. Einstein's life was, in fact, "divided between politics and equations ."

Sickened by what he saw as the waste of human lives during the First World War, he became involved in antiwar demonstrations. His support of civil disobedience did little to endear him to his colleagues. Then, following the war, he directed his efforts toward reconciliation and improving international relations. And soon his politics were making it difficult for him to visit the United States, even to give lectures.

Einstein's second great cause was Zionism . Although he was Jewish, Einstein rejected the idea of God. However, a growing awareness of anti-Semitism , both before and during the War, led him gradually to identify with the Jewish community, and later to become an outspoken supporter of Zionism.

His theories came under attack. One man was accused of motivating others to murder Einstein and fined a mere six dollars. When a book was published entitled 100 Authors Against Einstein, he retorted, "If I were wrong, then one would have been enough!" When Hitler came to power, Einstein then in America declared he would not return to Germany. While Nazi attacked his house and confiscated his bank account, a Berlin newspaper displayed the headline "Good News from Einstein--He's Not Coming Back."

Fearing that German scientists would build a nuclear bomb, Einstein proposed that the United States should develop its own. But he was publicly warning of the dangers of nuclear war and proposing international control of nuclear weaponry. Throughout his life, Einstein's efforts toward peace probably achieved little and won him few friends. His support of the Zionist cause, however, was recognized in 1952, when he was offered the presidency of Israel. He declined, saying he was too naive in politics. But perhaps his real reason was different:" Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity." 1. Who signed a note to President Franklin?
2. What was he so upset about in WWI?
3. So what did he do about it?
4. Then what did he do after the war?
5. What group did he finally identify with?
6. Was that his first greatest cause?
numbered_answers: 1. Einstein
2. the waste of human lives
3. became involved in antiwar demonstrations
4. reconciliation and improving international relations
5. Zionism.
6. unknown

(CNN) -- By all accounts, it was a storybook wedding.

Eighty of the bride and groom's closest friends and family watched as the beaming couple exchanged rings under a bridge on New York City's shoreline in Astoria Park.

Except these weren't your run-of-the-mill fairytale nuptials. In Joanna Scutts' storybook, the bride dazzled her husband-to-be in a gold-sequined, boatneck sheath on their wedding day.

"I knew I didn't want a white dress, as it was really important to me to feel like myself at the wedding -- and I never wear white," she said. "I'm a pale-skinned redhead, and any shade of white makes me look dead."

Scutts is one of many brides choosing to walk down the aisle in a nontraditional colorful dress.

In this week's People Magazine, Jessica Biel reveals the custom pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown that she wore when she tied the knot with Justin Timberlake in southern Italy on October 19.

Biel certainly isn't the first celebrity to color outside the bridal lines: Reese Witherspoon graced the cover of People Magazine in April 2011 wearing a blush Monique Lhuillier gown for her second marriage; Sarah Jessica Parker famously wore black on her wedding day with Matthew Broderick; and Sofia Coppola married Thomas Mars in August 2011 in a violet Azzedine Alaia dress.

"Brides today want their wedding to be a reflection of their personality -- they're no longer embracing tradition for tradition's sake," said Nicole Sewall, the managing director of BHLDN, Anthropologie's bridal and special occasion brand. "We've seen a lot of brides throw the wedding rules, as we know them, out." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Was there a special event?
2. how many attended?
3. Did the bride wear white?
4. Why not?
5. What color did she choose?
6. Did she have a tan?
7. Where was the ceremony?
8. How was it described?
9. Do a lot of people pick dresses that are not white?
10. Any famous people?
11. Who wore pink?
12. When was she wed?
13. Where?
14. To whom?
15. Who designed a blue gown?
16. Did anyone wear black?
17. Was it her first marriage?
18. Did anyone pick a purple dress?
19. What shade?
20. Who was the groom?
Answer:
1. a wedding
2. Eighty people
3. no
4. she never wears white
5. gold
6. no
7. New York City
8. like a fairytale
9. yes
10. many celebrities
11. Jessica Biel
12. October 19
13. Italy
14. Justin Timberlake
15. Reese Witherspoon
16. Sarah Jessica Parker
17. no
18. Sofia Coppola
19. violet
20. Thomas Mars