Q: CHAPTER XIX

SADIE SEES A WAY

Soon after Festing started for British Columbia Sadie drove over to the farm; because she had heard about the fight in the poolroom and suspected why he had gone. At first she found it difficult to break down Helen's reserve, but the latter could not resist her frank sympathy, and softening by degrees, allowed herself to be led into confidential talk. Sadie waited until she thought she understood the matter, and then remarked:

"So you stuck to your promise that you'd help me with Bob, although you saw what it would cost? Well, I wouldn't be surprised if you hated us."

"It wasn't altogether the promise," Helen replied. "We were both highly strung, and I thought Stephen hard and prejudiced; it seemed ridiculous that he should care what the loafers said. But I don't hate you. The fault was really mine, and I want a friend."

"Well," said Sadie, "I feel I've got to help put this trouble right, if I can." She paused and asked with some hesitation: "Will Steve be away long?"

"I don't know," Helen answered dejectedly. "He hinted that he might not come until spring; I think he means to stop until he has earned enough to make him independent. That's partly my fault--I said something rash. If I hadn't had more money than him, it wouldn't have happened."

Sadie smiled. "My having more money won't make trouble between me and Bob; he doesn't mind how much I've got. But I suppose you want Steve back?"

1. British Columbia
2. A friend.
3. No.
4. A fight.
5. the poolroom
6. Yes.
7. No.
8. Bob
9. Yes.
10. No.
11. When he has earned enough.
12. False.
13. hard and prejudiced
14. Loafers.
15. Unknown.
16. No.
17. Yes.
18. Yes.
19. Her frank sympathy
20. No.

Numbered questions:
1. Where was Festing going?
2. What does Helen say she desires?
3. Does Sadie think Bob minds her wealth?
4. What does Sadie believe Festing had gone to see?
5. Where was this fight?
6. Would Helen talk to Sadie?
7. Did she do so eagerly?
8. Who did Helen promise she'd help with?
9. Were Helen and Stephen stressed?
10. Does Helen know when Steve will return?
11. When does she think he will stop?
12. True or False: Helen though Stephen soft and forgiving.
13. What did she think him instead?
14. Who said something he felt strongly about?
15. Does Helen like Sadie?
16. Does she hate Sadie?
17. Did Helen answer sadly?
18. Does Helen think she spoke foolishly to Steve?
19. What could Helen not withstand from Sadie?
20. Did she soften quickly?

Q: The angel alligator was quite the sight! It loved to scream with all its might!

It loved to roll in mud and sun. Then it would go for a run.

But why did it run? Why did it scream?

It had a fork in its butt!

It sat in a trashcan. This was not a smart thing to do! But he did it, oh yes, oh me, oh you!

The alligator had a beard. It was a great beard. But nobody ever talked about his beard. Why? Because they would only see the fork in its butt!

But one day, the alligator made a friend. The friend needed a fork. How was he to eat his spaghetti without a fork?

But...I'm not sure a butt fork is the best way to eat spaghetti.

Do you?

1. It had a fork in its butt
2. unknown
3. a beard
4. no
5. the fork in its butt
6. made a friend
7. a fork
8. to eat his spaghetti
9. roll in mud and sun
10. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. Why did the angel alligator scream?
2. How did that happen?
3. What facial feature did he have?
4. Did anyone notice?
5. What did they focus on instead?
6. What did the animal do next?
7. What did he require?
8. Why
9. What did the animal love to do?
10. Why did it gallop away?

Q: Do you know the open-air art gallery in London's Blackall Street? Probably -not. Not many Londoners know it either, but Henri does and he is willing to show it to you.

Henri used to sleep in parks until he met a charity that helps homeless people get back on their feet by becoming tour guides.

Rather than show traditional London sights, "Unseen Tours" t _ Henri has been teaching tourists about the history and architecture of Shoreditch, where he slept on public benches for three years.

When he felt separated from the society, contact with the volunteer network "The Sock Mob" gave Henri hope. "Not everyone just looked down on me," he said. The tours aren't the only actions trying to help those who have suffered a misfortune to stand tall again.

An innovative college for homeless people in London, the first of its kind in the country, is attracting hundreds of students. The Recovery College, set up by St Mungo's charity, is providing courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills.

According to Andy Williams, who helps to organize the college, the most popular courses have proved to be about raising self-confidence and developing self-pride.

Steve, now in his 50s, told a reporter how much of a difference it makes to "have a bit of confidence". He had difficulty learning to read and had to leave school when he was 12. Because Steve's problem was not recognized at the time, he was "seen to be unable to read or write", and suffered with depression and alcohol addiction. He says the status of "student" is itself important for people who are used to being treated as outcasts

Some charities aim not only to help the homeless become independent but also to make them popular. The Homeless World Cup started ten years ago. Today the tournament draws teams from 48 countries made up of players-men and women-who are, or have been, living in the streets. It gives them a chance to become football heroes.

1. London's Blackall Street
2. An art gallery
3. Not many
4. Henri
5. In parks
6. He's a tour guide
7. Unseen Tours
8. The history and architecture of Shoreditch
9. Yes
10. The Recovery College
11. London
12. No
13. Hundreds
14. St Mungo's charity
15. Courses designed to improve technical skills and life skills
16. Andy Williams
17. The Sock Mob
18. A volunteer network
19. Steve
20. In his 50s

Numbered questions:
1. Where is the open air gallery?
2. What kind of gallery is it?
3. Do many londoners know it?
4. Who does?
5. Where did henry used to rest?
6. What does Henri do now?
7. What is the name of his tour?
8. What does it show?
9. Did he sleep there?
10. What college is innovative?
11. Where is it?
12. Were there others before?
13. How many people are going there?
14. Who started the college?
15. What kind of classes do they have?
16. Who helps sort it out?
17. Who gave henri hope?
18. What are they?
19. Who thinks it is important to have confidence?
20. How old is he?