question: Once upon a time there was a fish that lived in a bowl. The fish wanted to give a kid a party. But the fish was sad. The fish had no present to give to the kid. The fish would give the kid a spoon. But the fish had no spoon. The fish was a cutie. The fish had an idea. The fish had a stone in the bowl. The fish could give the kid the stone! The fish took the stone from the bowl. The fish put the stone in a bag. The fish gave the kid a party and gave the kid the stone as a gift. The kid told his granddaddy and his mommy that the fish was a cutie. The kid gave the fish a banana. The fish ate the banana and was very happy. The fish and the kid are friends and they love each other.
1. Where did the fish live?
2. What did the fish want to do?
3. How did he feel?
4. Why?
5. What did he have?
6. What was that?
7. Did he place it into a bucket?
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answer: 1. in a bowl
2. party
3. sad
4. he had no present to give
5. an idea
6. he could give the kid a stone!
7. no

question: The angel alligator was quite the sight! It loved to scream with all its might!

It loved to roll in mud and sun. Then it would go for a run.

But why did it run? Why did it scream?

It had a fork in its butt!

It sat in a trashcan. This was not a smart thing to do! But he did it, oh yes, oh me, oh you!

The alligator had a beard. It was a great beard. But nobody ever talked about his beard. Why? Because they would only see the fork in its butt!

But one day, the alligator made a friend. The friend needed a fork. How was he to eat his spaghetti without a fork?

But...I'm not sure a butt fork is the best way to eat spaghetti.

Do you?
1. Why did the angel alligator scream?
2. How did that happen?
3. What facial feature did he have?
4. Did anyone notice?
5. What did they focus on instead?
6. What did the animal do next?
7. What did he require?
8. Why
9. What did the animal love to do?
10. Why did it gallop away?
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answer: 1. It had a fork in its butt
2. unknown
3. a beard
4. no
5. the fork in its butt
6. made a friend
7. a fork
8. to eat his spaghetti
9. roll in mud and sun
10. unknown

question: The Suez Crisis, also named the Tripartite Aggression (in the Arab world) and Operation Kadesh or Sinai War (in Israel), was an invasion of Egypt in late 1956 by Israel, followed by the United Kingdom and France. The aims were to regain Western control of the Suez Canal and to remove Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser from power. After the fighting had started, political pressure from the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations led to a withdrawal by the three invaders. The episode humiliated Great Britain and France and strengthened Nasser.

On 29 October, Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai. Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to cease fire, which was ignored. On 5 November, Britain and France landed paratroopers along the Suez Canal. The Egyptian forces were defeated, but they did block the canal to all shipping. It later became clear that the Israeli invasion and the subsequent Anglo-French attack had been planned beforehand by the three countries.

The three allies had attained a number of their military objectives, but the Canal was now useless. Heavy political pressure from the United States and the USSR led to a withdrawal. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had strongly warned Britain not to invade; he now threatened serious damage to the British financial system by selling the US government's pound sterling bonds. Historians conclude the crisis "signified the end of Great Britain's role as one of the world's major powers". The Suez Canal was closed from October 1956 until March 1957. Israel fulfilled some of its objectives, such as attaining freedom of navigation through the Straits of Tiran, which Egypt had blocked to Israeli shipping since 1950.
1. What was the invasion of Egypt in 1956 Called?
2. What was another name for it?
3. And the other name?
4. Who infiltrated them?
5. And then?
6. Why?
7. and?
8. Who tried to shut this all down?
9. Who did it make look poorly?
10. Who did it make look good?
11. Why was the canal the center of the fight?
12. Why?
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answer:
1. The Suez Crisis
2. the Tripartite Aggression
3. Operation Kadesh or Sinai War
4. Israel
5. the United Kingdom and France
6. for control of the Suez Canal a
7. to remove Gamal Abdel Nasser from power
8. the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Nations
9. Great Britain and France
10. Nasser
11. yes
12. Egypt had blocked Israeli shipping