Seedy the watermelon was a very special type of watermelon. He didn't have any seeds. He was green and he had stripes. All of his cousins had seeds, but he didn't have any. He felt very left out. He couldn't thing of why he was different. His mom told him it was because he was a very special watermelon. She also tells him she loves him the way he is. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing. He wished he could be like everyone else and have seeds. One day, he rolled out to the lawn and looked at all of his new cousins growing in the garden. He rolled around until he found a little baby watermelon that didn't have any seeds either. He sat next to him and talked to him. He told him that he was very special, and was excited for him to be picked off the vine and be his special best friend. He would name him Seedy, Jr. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How was Seedy different?
2. What color was he?
3. What did his parent believe?
4. Did he believe that?
5. What did he think about another melon not having seeds?
6. What did he call this one?
7. Did they become friends then?
8. Were they family members?
9. Did Seedy accept himself?
10. What was his mother's name?
Answer: 1. He didn't have any seeds.
2. Green with stripes.
3. He was special.
4. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing
5. He told him that he was very special.
6. Seedy Jr.
7. No.
8. Yes.
9. No.
10. unknown

Problem: Jack was a skilled artist with a wife and two sons. One night, his elder son had a stomachache . Thinking it was only some common intestinal disorders, neither Jack nor his wife took it seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Jack always felt guilty. His wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than that Jack could stand, so he turned to alcohol for help. Later, Jack began to lose everything he had --- his land, house, etc. Finally Jack died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Jack's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure!" As time went by, I knew Jack's younger son who grew into an adult, Ernie. He is one of the kindest and most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. One day, I asked him what his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Jack came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'."
1. What did Jack do for a living?
2. Did he have a family?
3. How many kids did he have?
4. What happened to the older boy?
5. Did he go to the doctor?
6. Did he get better?
7. What happened to him?
8. What did the mom do after?
9. Was Jack by himself?
10. Who was with him?
11. How old was the son then?
12. What was his name?
13. What did Jack do with his son every night?
14. When did Jack stop doing that?
15. Does Ernie still talk to his dad?
16. Why not?
17. Where did that happen?
18. Was he there because he drank a lot?
Answer: 1. artist
2. Yes
3. Two
4. had a stomachache
5. no
6. no
7. he died
8. She left him
9. No
10. his younger son
11. six
12. Ernie
13. kissed him and told him he loved him
14. until Ernie was 18
15. No.
16. He died
17. in a small bar
18. Yes

question: CHAPTER XIV

LOUIS EXPLAINS

Louis returned of his own accord before long.

"Monsieur has been well served?" he asked genially.

"Excellently, Louis," I answered, "so far as the mere question of food goes. You have not, however, managed to satisfy my curiosity."

"Monsieur?" he asked interrogatively.

"Concerning the Deloras," I answered.

Louis shrugged his shoulders.

"But what should I know?" he asked. "Mr. Delora, he has come here last year and the year before. He has stayed for a month or so. He understands what he eats. That is all. Mademoiselle comes for the first time. I know her not at all."

"What do you think of his disappearance, Louis?" I asked.

"What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."

"Mr. Delora, I am told," I continued, "is a coffee planter in South America."

"I, too," Louis admitted, "have heard so much."

"How came he to have the _entree_ to the Cafe des Deux Epingles?" I asked.

Louis smiled.

"I myself," he remarked, "am but a rare visitor there. How should I tell?"

"Louis," said I, "why not be honest with me? I am certainly not a person to be afraid of. I am very largely in your hands over the Tapilow affair, and, as you know, I have seen too much of the world to consider trifles. I do not believe that Mr. Delora came to London to sell his crop of coffee. I do not believe that you are ignorant of his affairs. I do not believe that his disappearance is so much a mystery to you as it is to the rest of us--say to me and to mademoiselle his niece."
1. Who arrives?
2. Was he forced?
3. What did he ask when he got back?
4. Did he say this nicely?
5. Had they been?
6. What was he actually wanting to hear about?
7. Did he know much?
8. When was he there?
9. How long does he stay?
10. How is he with food?
11. Who else arrives?
12. Does he know her?
13. What is he asked about?
14. What did the other man say?
15. Where is he from?
16. What does he do there?
17. What does he have that is peculiar?
18. To what?
19. Does the man explain why?
20. Does the other man think he knows?
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answer:
1. Louis
2. no
3. Monsieur has been well served
4. yes
5. as far as food
6. the Deloras
7. no
8. last year
9. a month or so
10. He understands it
11. Mademoiselle
12. no
13. his disappearance
14. "What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."
15. South America
16. he's a coffee planter
17. the entree
18. the Cafe des Deux Epingles
19. no
20. yes