Question: When Graham was a little boy, he really like giraffes. They were his favorite animal to see at the zoo. He liked giraffes more than elephants, pandas, tigers or lions. He dreamed of going to Africa to see giraffes in the wild. He told his family how much he liked them and they made sure he had plenty of books about giraffes. At school, he often wrote his reports about giraffes. He even painted his room with spots to look like a giraffe. When he got older, he went to school to study giraffes and other animals. Finally, during his final year of school, he went to Africa to study giraffes in their home.

While there he met many people who also liked giraffes. He liked seeing how tall the giraffes were. He found that their homes were being destroyed by people using the land. Graham started an organization which raised money to help buy land for the giraffes to live on. Graham used everything he knew about giraffes to teach other people. He gave speeches, wrote books, made signs and sent letters telling people about the giraffes' home being destroyed. 1. What animal does Graham like?
2. Where did he see them?
3. Where did he want to travel?
4. Why?
5. Did he tell his relatives that he cared for these animals?
6. What did his relatives make certain he had a lot of?
7. Were giraffes eventually involved in his studies?
8. Where were his studies done?
9. Was that done in his last year of schooling?
10. What did he discover about the the animals' habitat there?
11. By whom?
12. Who were using what?
13. What did Graham initiate?
14. That did what?
15. Why?
16. For what purpose? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. giraffes
2. the zoo
3. Africa
4. to see giraffes in the wild
5. Yes.
6. books about giraffes
7. Yes.
8. Africa
9. Yes.
10. it was destroyed
11. by people
12. the land
13. an organization
14. raised money
15. to buy land
16. for giraffes to live on

Question: Three surfers rushed to save a man's life after he was left drifting on a notorious stretch of water.

The men stayed with Greg Popple for 30 minutes and had to be rescued themselves by helicopter as the drama unfolded.

The 45-year-old had floated out on a body board near Hutchwns Point at 8:30 am. He found himself in trouble about half-a-mile from the shore and dangerously close to rocks. Surfers Graig Evans, 31, Robert Miles, 19, and Owain Daviees, 23, were risking their own safety to keep him floating for 30 minutes. Luckily a passer-by noticed what was going on and raised the alarm. Porthcawl Coastguard, Porthcaw Lifeboat and an RAF helicopter all took part in the rescue.

"The man who got into trouble was a body boarder-there was a big tide where he was," said Joe Missen. "Three other surfers spotted he was in difficulty and he was going down. They kept him afloat because he was in a state of shock and out of energy. If Mr. Popple was closer to the rocks, it could have been a lot worse, but they managed to keep him from harm".

Mr. Missen's mum Alison, also part of the rescue team, said, "That part of the water is notorious for taking people out to nowhere".

The three men had clocked off a night shift at Ford Motor Company shortly before the incident.

"I headed straight down to the beach for a surf, when I saw him flailing . We just swam straight out to him and kept him calm while the help came".

The four men were taken to the life boat house to recover, without injuries. 1. WOW MANY WENT TO HELP
2. WHAT WERE THEY
3. WHAT WERE THEY TRYING TO DO
4. WHAT WAS THE HE DOING
5. WHERE
6. WHAT WAS THE MANS NAME
7. DID THEY REMAIN THERE
8. HOW LONG
9. HOW OLD WAS HE
10. WHERE DID THEY FIND HIM
11. WHAT TIME
12. WHAT WAS HE ON
13. WHAT WAS HE NEAR
14. WAS HE SAFE
15. ONE PERSON THAT HELPED
16. HOW OLD
17. ANOTHER HELPER
18. AGE
19. FINAL PERSON
20. AGE Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Three
2. surfers
3. save a man
4. drifting
5. ON THE WATER
6. Greg Popple
7. YES
8. 30 minutes
9. 45
10. Hutchwns Point
11. 8:30 am
12. A board
13. rocks.
14. NO
15. Graig Evans,
16. 31
17. Robert Miles
18. 19,
19. Owain Daviees
20. 23

Question: Karl Fleming joined the military because he needed a change in his life. He had a successful career with a shipping company but he wanted to do something more. He found that something in the U.S. army. Fleming began his service in 2009 and never looked back.

A few years later, Fleming volunteered to go to Afghanistan. There, he worked as a bodyguard for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He enjoyed it, except for the almost-nightly rocket attacks. Karl was never hit directly by a rocket, but he didn't need to be to feel its effects. The rockets caused severe shaking, shaking so bad that Fleming was left with many injuries. He was also diagnosed with concussions and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder(PTSD).

Fleming said he was down but not out. Once he returned from Afghanistan, Fleming underwent one test after another. At first, Fleming said he thought he could recover or be able to return to duty and realize his dream of becoming an officer. But then came the news he had never imagined: Fleming would never be an officer because he was too injured to continue.

Fleming said he was depressed after learning his military career was over. Add that to the memory loss, extreme anxiety and the many painful medical procedures he was already experiencing. He rarely ventured outside on the weekend. Instead, he preferred to sleep in. All that changed, however, with Fleming's service dog, Kuchar.

Fleming said he had heard dogs could help people suffering from PTSD, so he started doing research. Karl eventually selected K9s for Warriors, which is where he met Kuchar, a yellow lab. Fleming and Kuchar trained together for weeks, before returning to Fort Benning. K9s for Warriors provided Fleming with Kuchar and the training for free.

Life with Kuchar has been life-changing. Fleming doesn't sleep in any more because Kuchar won't let him. Instead, they venture out into a world Karl was once afraid of -- a world for Fleming that now seems impossible to imagine without Kuchar by his side. 1. Why did Karl join the military?
2. When did he join?
3. What branch did he join?
4. Where did he go next?
5. What was his job?
6. For who?
7. What made this job unenjoyable?
8. Was he phyiscally hurt?
9. Was he able to become an officer?
10. How did he feel about that?
11. What helped him go out?
12. What was his name? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. wanted to do more
2. 2009
3. U.S. Army
4. Afghanistan
5. bodyguard
6. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
7. rocket attacks
8. yes
9. no
10. depressed
11. a service dog
12. Kuchar