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CHAPTER XII

GEORGE FACES DISASTER

A fortnight had passed since the affair at the settlement when Hardie arrived at the Marston homestead toward supper-time. After the meal was over, he accompanied his host and Edgar to the little room used for an office.

"As I've been busy since four this morning, I don't mean to do anything more," said George, "I suppose you don't smoke?"

"No," Hardie answered. "It's a concession I can make without much effort to our stricter brethren. I'm inclined to believe they consider smoking almost as bad as drink. You agree with them about the latter?"

"We try to be consistent," Edgar told him. "You see, I couldn't very well indulge in an occasional drink when I've undertaken to make those Sage Butte fellows abstainers. Anyhow, though you're by no means liberal in your view, you're practical people. As soon as I landed at Montreal, a pleasant young man, wearing a silver monogram came up to me, and offered me introductions to people who might find me a job. Though I didn't want one, I was grateful; and when I told him I wasn't one of his flock, he said it didn't matter. That kind of thing makes a good impression."

"How are you getting on at the settlement?"

George interposed.

Hardie sat silent for a few moments, and George saw that his eyes were anxious and his face looked worn.

"Badly," he said. "I feel I can talk to you freely, and that's really why I came, though I had another call to make."
1. what did edgar say they try to be?
2. what kind of people did Edgar say they were?
3. who was grateful?
4. what was puffing a cigarette as bad as?
5. what type of idea is for good feeling?
6. who wasn't?
7. who was sitting quietly?
8. and who gazed at him?
9. who could speak openly?
10. and what did he have have yet to carryout?
11. who was donning the shiny name engraved?

Numbered answers:
1. "We try to be consistent
2. practical people.
3. Edgar
4. as bad as drink
5. when I told him I wasn't one of his flock
6. Edgar
7. Hardie
8. George
9. hardie
10. another call
11. a pleasant young man

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"We're going to move," Jimmy said to Mr. James,her teacher, with tears in her eyes. "Dad lost his job and now we don't have enough money to live in our house." Pam was walking by and just heard Jimmy's talk with Mr.James. In the lunchroom Pam met Carol and said, "I've got something to tell you about Jimmy." As she started to tell Carol about Jimmy's dad, several other classmates stopped to listen. Pam felt bad telling what she had heard but she went on anyway. After school, Pam saw some of her classmates talking to Jimmy. "Where does your dad work?" one of the boys asked. Jimmy's face turned red. She left without answering. Pam felt terrible, because she didn't mean to hurt Jimmy. And she hadn't thought that some of the classmates would make jokes and laugh at Jimmy about her father's losing the job. Pam didn't know what she could do to help Jimmy.
1. Who was mobing
2. Why?
3. who did his teacher tell?
4. Who was the girl who overheard?
5. Who did Pam tell?
6. what did a boy ask Jimmy?
7. What did Jimmy feel like after that?
8. was there anyway Pam could help Jimmy
9. Where did Pam talk to Caro

Numbered answers:
1. Jimmy
2. his dad lost his job
3. no one
4. Pam
5. Carol
6. "Where does your dad work?"
7. embarrassed
8. no
9. In the lunchroom

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(CNN) -- If a fellow is going to spend 55 years working in the same place, he would be wise to count his blessings that the place is Riverdale.

"The first day I walked in, in 1958, I was 17 years old," said Victor Gorelick. "I took a job as a fill-in art assistant."

He never went on to college. He never took another job. Today he is 72. His explanation for staying is so basic he can express it in a single sentence:

"I decided to stick with Archie."

And Betty. And Veronica. And Jughead. And Reggie. And, most of all, Riverdale, U.S.A.

It doesn't exist, of course, which is probably what makes the town so perfect. Nothing in real life could match it. Archie Andrews first appeared in a comic book in 1941, and that idealized town in which he and his friends have always lived has never been identified by state. Some readers assume it is in the Midwest, but Gorelick -- the longest-serving employee of Archie Comics, and now its editor-in-chief -- will go no further than to say that "it's in a place that has four seasons."

The summer, autumn, winter and spring in the pages of the comic books have never been the same seasons that Gorelick has observed outside the windows of the Archie offices in Westchester County, New York: "We have a four-month lead time. So the season an artist is drawing on a given day is not the same season we're living in actual life."
1. Where did Victo Gorelick walk into in 1958?
2. Is that a real place?
3. How old was Gorelick when he got there?
4. How old is he now?
5. What was his job in 1958?
6. What is his job now?
7. Name one of the characters he created?
8. Name another?
9. And another?
10. And yet one more?
11. What's the name of the company Gorelick works for?
12. What state is their office in?
13. Which county in New York?
14. When did Archie Anrdrews first appear?
15. How many seasons does Riverdale have?
16. Do readers think it's in the South?
17. Where do some think it is?
18. How much lead time does Gorlick have for the magazine?
19. Did he ever go to college?
20. How many jobs has he had?

Numbered answers:
1. Riverdale
2. no
3. 17
4. 72
5. fill-in art assistant
6. editor-in-chief
7. Jughead
8. Archie Andrews
9. Betty
10. Veronica
11. Archie Comics
12. New York
13. Westchester
14. 1941
15. four
16. no
17. Midwest
18. four months
19. no
20. One

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Jeff Corwin is a scientist and writer. He does these jobs with one life goal help save animals and their habitats. His latest book, 100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species. Is a collection of stories about animals on the edge of _ . Corwin recently talked to a reporter. Reporter: How would you describe your job? Corwin: My job is to travel around, look at animals and tell their stories. Reporter : When did you know this is what your wanted to do? Corwin: I knew that when I was 6 years old. My dad was a police officer, and we lived in the city. I really enjoyed the time when I could go to the quiet countryside. One day I saw my very first wild snake and I knew that's what I would do for the rest of my life. I didn't know if I would be a teacher or a zookeeper, but I knew I would have a life connected with nature. Reporter: Why did you write the book? Corwin: We are losing species very fast. _ If we make big changes, we may have the chance to save what remains. Reporter: Is it true that humans are the reason that many of these animals are in danger? Corwin: Human beings have a powerful effect on every other living thing. It's important to make that effect a positive one. ,.
1. what does Jeff Corwin do?
Numbered answers:
1. Scientist and writer