input: CHAPTER XXIV

DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT

Good advice Is always needed But, alas! is seldom heeded, Peter Rabbit.

Danny Meadow Mouse waited until all the rest of Peter Rabbit's friends had left the Old Briar-patch after paying their respects to Peter and Mrs. Peter, He waited for two reasons, did Danny Meadow Mouse. In the first place, he had seen old Granny Fox and Reddy Fox hanging about a little way off, and though they had disappeared after a while, Danny had an idea that they were not far away, but were hiding so that they might catch him on his way home. Of course, he hadn't the slightest intention of giving them the chance. He had made up his mind to ask Peter if he might spend the night in a corner of the Old Briar-patch, and he was very sure that Peter would say he might, for he and Peter are very good friends, very good friends indeed.

The second good reason Danny had for waiting was this very friendship. You see, Peter had been away from the Green Meadows so long that Danny felt sure he couldn't know all about how things were there now, and so he wanted to warn Peter that the Green Meadows were not nearly as safe as before Old Man Coyote had come there to live. So Danny waited, and when all the rest of the callers had left he called Peter to one side where little Mrs. Peter couldn't hear. Danny stood up on his hind legs so as to whisper in one of Peter's ears. 1. What was the first reason Danny waited?
2. Where did Peter Rabbit reside?
3. Had he seen Granny and Reddy Fox nearby?
4. Did he believe they were still nearby?
5. What did he think they were doing?
6. What did he decide not to do?
7. How would he accomplish that?
8. Did he think he probably could?
9. Why
10. Why was Danny at Peter's?
11. Of what?
12. Anything else?
13. What?
14. What did he wait for?
15. Why were the callers there?
16. To who?
17. What did he do when the callers were gone?
18. Who didn't he want to hear them?
19. How did Danny stand?
20. Why? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Granny Fox and Reddy Fox were hiding so that they might catch him.
2. The Old Briar-patch.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. Hiding.
6. Giving them a chance.
7. Spend the night in the Old Briar-patch.
8. Yes.
9. He and Peter are very good friends.
10. He wanted to warn Peter.
11. Green Meadows were not nearly as safe as before.
12. Yes.
13. Old Man Coyote had come there to live.
14. All the rest of the callers to leave.
15. Paying their respects.
16. Peter and Mrs. Peter.
17. Called Peter to one side.
18. Mrs. Peter.
19. On his hind legs.
20. To whisper in one of Peter's ears.

input: Homosexual couples in New York are being married for the first time after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law permitting same-sex marriage in the state last month. But such marriages, though now legal in New York, remain controversial . So many couples wanted to be married on Sunday, the first day of legal homosexual marriage in New York City, that local officials announced a lottery to determine qualification. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, herself openly gay, witnessed the first two ceremonies of same-sex marriage. She says the same-sex marriage law supports equality. "A law that says every family is as good as every other family; that every family is based on love, and is exactly the way God wants it to be," she said. Margie Phelps announced same-sex marriage as a crime against God. She and other Christians from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas came halfway across the country to say marriage is defined by Holy Bible. "The pattern is one man and one woman for life to have children who you raise in the nurture and admonition of the Lord," she said. David Schwartz, a traditional Jew, believes every human being has free choice and the power to rule over their desires. He considers homosexual desire to be wrong. "There's one God in heaven and earth, and he has ordered for all mankind that they should limit their affections to relationships between a man and a woman in the context of marriage," he said. Douglas Robinson and his partner of 25 years, Michael Elsasser, were in the first group to be married in Manhattan. Robinson says the United States allows religious views to coexist with(...) what he believes is a civil right of same-sex marriage. "You can have different opinions. This is a tent, some people call it a mixture of various different cultures and opinions and the like, so God bless America, and we are proud to be Americans," he said. Margie Phelps believes God will punish New York City for permitting what she believes to be moral decay. Meanwhile, Nevin Cohen and Daniel Hernandez showed off their marriage certificate. But they said they will not be going on a honeymoon. They say they need to be at work in New York on Monday. 1. What is the topic?
2. What state is it about?
3. Who allowed it?
4. What day did it begin?
5. Were there many persons trying to be wed?
6. How did they handle the situation?
7. Did everyone agree with the legislation?
8. Are there religious reasons for opposing it?
9. Which religious organization traveled across the US?
10. What does the legislation promote for its supporters? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. homosexual marriage
2. New York
3. Governor Andrew Cuomo
4. Sunday
5. Yes
6. a lottery to determine qualification
7. No
8. Yes
9. Westboro Baptist Church
10. equality.

input: CHAPTER XXIII

THE VISIT

There could be no question but that the man was coming for the sole and only purpose of paying them a visit, and Jet was quite confident he had grown suspicious he and his companion were being followed.

The boy's first thought was to edge farther into the shanty, in order to prevent his face from being seen so plainly; but he did not dare make very much of a move lest the man should be aware of his purpose.

"He knows what we're here for," Jim whispered, in a tone of fear.

"Don't let him see you think it. Act as if we wasn't talking of anything but hunting and fishing. Remember he'll kill us, if he knows the truth."

This was sufficient to drive away what little self-possession Jim had left, and he stood stupidly staring at the visitor until Jet said sharply:

"Pick up that hatchet and begin to cut wood; we haven't enough to last over night."

Jim would have obeyed almost any order at that moment. He was so dazed with fear as not to know what he was about, and mechanically he began to do as he was bidden.

Bob advanced leisurely, looked carelessly around at the boat, the stack of provisions and the weapons, after which he asked, much as if it was really a matter of no concern to him:

"Come up here on a hunting trip, eh?"

"More for fishing than anything else," Jet replied, keeping his face in the shadow as much as possible. 1. Who wanted to fish?
2. What did he try to hide?
3. What did he attempt to keep shadowed?
4. Who wanted to keep his head shadowed?
5. Who was questioning them?
6. What was in the vessel?
7. Who was scared?
8. Did he act robotical?
9. What would Bob do to the boys?
10. What tool did he use?
11. Why?
12. Did they have plenty?
13. How long would their supply last?
14. Where did Bob ask if they were going?
15. Was the visitor a woman? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Jet
2. That they were there for hunting and fishing
3. unknown
4. Jet
5. Bob
6. stack of provisions and the weapons,
7. Jim
8. yes
9. Kill them
10. Hatchet
11. to cut wood
12. No
13. not over night
14. On a hunting trip
15. No