One day, a pink moon was looking down at an empty sand land. Although the pink moon could see all the lizards and cacti in the empty sand land, nobody could see the moon! The pink moon felt so lonely. So, the pink moon called on the sun for help. The great sun was very busy high in the sky, for it was his job to shine over the sand land, and it was hard to get his attention. So the moon wiggled closer and closer to the sun every second. The second turned to hours as the pink moon inched toward his friend, slowly moving across the sky. Finally, the sun saw the moon and asked, "Pink moon! What are you doing here? Don't you know the sky is my home during the day? Your time is coming soon enough. Look, I'm falling now toward my bed on the end of the earth..." But the pink moon could not be stopped and kept moving toward the great sun. "But great sun, I become so lonely during the day when your light is so bright the animals in the sand land can't see me. Please let me join your light during the day this once!" By this time, the great sun and pink moon were only inches apart. The great sun said, "Though by day you disappear, I always remember you are here. Come to me now. Stand in front of me, and show the sand land your shine!" So the pink moon inched in front of the great sun. At first, covering part of the sun's circle, then more, then...a complete covering of the sun! The pink moon was shining with the power and light of the sun! All the lizards, cacti and every animal stood still in awe of the daytime pink moon! But at that time, the sun slipped away, saying "Farewell, pink moon. We have to do this again!" And so, every few years, the sun and moon come together to show the pink moon's is always with us, even in the day time . What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who called the sun for help?
2. Who was looking down at an empty sand land?
3. Who could see the moon?
4. How did the moon feel?
5. Was the sun busy?
6. What was his job?
7. So what did the moon do then?
8. Did the sun see the moon?
9. What did the sun say at first?
10. Did the moon keep moving closer?
11. Why did she say she was coming closer?
12. How far apart were they?
13. Where did the sun say to come?
14. Did the moon comer the sun completely?
15. Who stood in awe of the daytime moon?
16. What happened next?
17. What did he say?
18. So when do the come together now?
19. Why?
Answer: 1. the pink moon
2. the pink moon
3. nobody
4. lonely
5. yes
6. to shine over the sand land
7. wiggled closer and closer to the sun
8. yes
9. What are you doing here?
10. yes
11. Because she was lonely and wanted to join in his light.
12. inches apart
13. in front of him
14. yes
15. all the lizards, cacti and animals
16. the sun slipped away
17. that they would have to do it again
18. every few years
19. to show the moon is always with us

Maybe you've heard of many musical bands, but have you heard of Little Big Town, a country musical group? There are four members in this band, Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook and Phillip Sweet. They had a hard time when they began their band at first, but they didn't give up. Now it becomes very popular. "We take care of each other and we take care of the music," Karen Fairchild once said after one of their shows. As a fan of this band, I once had a chance to hang out with the members of Little Big Town. We talked about their hard beginning. At that time, they even didn't have their own stage. Fairchild also told me how the four of them were together when they were in trouble. Not only did they stand together on stage but also in their daily life. For example, they were right there when Phillip Sweet was caring for his daughter for the first time. They encouraged Kimberly Schlapman when they found her husband _ . At that time Kimberly was very sad to lose her husband. "When we have lived such a hard life together, it bonds us tightly," Phillip Sweet said. "We find true happiness is the joy of doing what we do for a living. We love the hard beginning. We also love the wonderful future." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did the author get to hang out with?
2. How many people are in the band?
3. What's the first one's name?
4. The second?
5. The third?
6. The fourth?
7. What sort of genre do they sing?
8. Did they have an easy start?
9. What were they missing at first?
10. How did they get through their rough start?
11. Did one of them have a son?
12. What do they say true pleasure is?
13. Are they friends or just tolerate each other?
14. What did one of them grieve for that was hard?
15. What was his name?
Answer: 1. the members of Little Big Town
2. Four
3. Karen Fairchild
4. Kimberly Schlapman
5. Jimi Westbrook
6. Phillip Sweet
7. country
8. no
9. A stage
10. Stood together
11. No
12. doing what they do for a living
13. Friends
14. Losing a husband
15. Phillip

CHAPTER II

DAVE PORTER'S PAST

"What do you think of that, fellows?" asked Roger, as he concluded the reading of the letter.

"I am not surprised," answered Dave. "Now that Merwell finds he can't show himself where he is known, he must be very bitter in mind."

"I thought he might reform, but I guess I was mistaken," said Phil. "Say, we had better do as Buster suggests,--keep our eyes peeled for him."

"We are not responsible for his position," retorted Roger. "He got himself into trouble."

"So he did, Roger. But, just the same, a fellow like Link Merwell is bound to blame somebody else,--and in this case he blames us. I am afraid he'll make trouble for us--if he gets the chance," concluded Dave, seriously.

And now, while the three chums are busy reading their letters again, let me introduce them more specifically than I have already done.

Dave Porter was a typical American lad, now well grown, and a graduate of Oak Hall, a high-class preparatory school for boys located in one of our eastern States.

While a mere child, Dave had been found wandering beside the railroad tracks near the little village of Crumville. He could not tell who he was, nor where he had come from, and not being claimed by any one, was taken to the local poor-house. There a broken-down college professor, Caspar Potts, had found him and given him a home.

In Crumville resided a rich jewelry manufacturer named Oliver Wadsworth, who had a daughter named Jessie. One day the Wadsworth automobile caught fire and Jessie was in danger of being burned to death, when Dave rushed to the rescue and saved her. For this Mr. Wadsworth was very grateful, and when he learned that Dave lived with Mr. Potts, who had been one of his instructors in college, he made the man and the youth come to live with him. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where did Dave live as a child?
2. Found where in Crumville?
3. Was Dave's family looking for him?
4. Where did Dave go after that?
5. What did Mr. Potts do?
6. Who was Oliver Wadsworth?
7. Where did he live?
8. Did he have children?
9. And did he know Mr. Potts?
10. How?
11. Was Dave brave?
Answer:
1. It's unknown but he was found in crumville?
2. wandering beside the railroad tracks
3. no
4. to live with Caspar Potts
5. college professor
6. a rich jewelry manufacturer
7. Crumville
8. yes
9. yes
10. He was one of his instructors in college
11. yes