Q: Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City's jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York's widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.

When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane.

Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it's possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21stcentury New York City looks like.

Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.

Lois: We wanted a lane -- the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way. And it has not been done the right way.

Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants in Manhattan. I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own.

Craig: I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in. You took what used to be a full street and you're shrinking it.

Then there are the Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood. But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%. Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that _

Caroline: If this was an election, we would have already had our victory. The public has spoken and they keep speaking. And I think, more importantly, the public is starting to vote with their pedals.

1. bike lanes
2. New York
3. no
4. support
5. 56%
6. parking spots
7. lanes for cars
8. yes
9. Dutch
10. kids' school
11. unknown
12. a group
13. Seniors for Safety
14. a bike lane that would keep everybody safe
15. no
16. older residents
17. they are used to one-way traffic
18. Hasidic Jews
19. Williamsburg
20. Brooklyn

Numbered questions:
1. What is new around the city?
2. Which city?
3. Does everyone think they need them?
4. Do most people support or oppose them?
5. By what percentage?
6. What was lost for the new lanes?
7. What else?
8. Does Aaron Naparstek like them?
9. What kind of bike does he have?
10. Where does he take it?
11. Does he do this when it rains?
12. What is Lois Carswell the head of?
13. Called what?
14. What did the group want?
15. Does she think this one is safe?
16. Who is it unsafe for?
17. Why?
18. Who made the city take out a bike lane?
19. Where was it?
20. Where is that?

Q: Chapter 13: The Final Advance.

A few days after the return of headquarters to Berber, Mahmud was sent down country, and Fatma was permitted to accompany him. She expressed to Gregory, in touching terms, her gratitude for what he had done for her.

"We have been of mutual assistance," said Gregory. "I have the same reason to be grateful to you, as you have to thank me. I saved your life, and you saved mine. You were very kind to me, when I was a captive--I have done as much as I could for you, since you have been with us. So we are quits. I hope you will be happy with Mahmud. We do not treat our prisoners badly, and except that he will be away from the Soudan, he will probably be more comfortable than he has ever been in his life."

Gregory was now employed in the transport department, and journeyed backwards and forwards, with large convoys of camels, to the head of the railway. The line was completed to Berber, but the officers charged with its construction were indefatigable; and, as fast as the materials came up, it was pushed on towards the Atbara. Complete as had been the victory on that river, the Sirdar saw that the force which had been sufficient to defeat the twenty thousand men, under Mahmud, was not sufficiently strong for the more onerous task of coping with three times that number, fighting under the eye of the Khalifa, and certain to consist of his best and bravest troops. He therefore telegraphed home for another British brigade, and additional artillery, with at least one regiment of cavalry--an arm in which the Egyptian Army was weak.

1. Gregory
2. yes
3. Berber
4. Mahmud
5. he was employed in the transport department
6. he will probably be more comfortable
7. Berber
8. yes
9. large convoys of camels
10. he was employed in the transport department
11. the Sirdar
12. no
13. no

Numbered questions:
1. Who was Fatma grateful for?
2. Were her feelings reciprocated?
3. Where had they returned to?
4. Who was Fatma to travel with?
5. Why were the two with Gregory?
6. How does Gregory expect Mahmud to like where he is going?
7. Where was the rail line being constructed toward?
8. Did Gregory do a lot of travelling?
9. with?
10. why?
11. Who are the opposing military interests?
12. Did the Egyptian army have outstanding calvary?
13. Is Mahmud's army strong enough to withstand the Egyptians?

Q: CHAPTER IV

_Old Granny Fox Tries for Danny Meadow Mouse_

Danny Meadow Mouse had not enjoyed anything so much for a long time as he did that game of hide and seek. He tickled and chuckled all the afternoon as he thought about it. Of course Reddy had been "it." He had been "it" all the time, for never once had he caught Danny Meadow Mouse. If he had--well, there wouldn't have been any more stories about Danny Meadow Mouse, because there wouldn't have been any Danny Meadow Mouse any more.

But Danny never let himself think about this. He had enjoyed the game all the more because it had been such a dangerous game. It had been such fun to dive into one of his little round doorways in the snow, run along one of his own little tunnels, and then peep out at another doorway and watch Reddy Fox digging as fast as ever he could at the doorway Danny had just left. Finally Reddy had given up in disgust and gone off muttering angrily to try to find something else for dinner. Danny had sat up on the snow and watched him go. In his funny little squeaky voice Danny shouted:

"Though Reddy Fox is smart and sly, Hi-hum-diddle-de-o! I'm just as smart and twice as spry. Hi-hum-diddle-de-o!"

That night Reddy Fox told old Granny Fox all about how he had tried to catch Danny Meadow Mouse. Granny listened with her head cocked on one side. When Reddy told how fat Danny Meadow Mouse was, her mouth watered. You see now that snow covered the Green Meadows and the Green Forest, Granny and Reddy Fox had hard work to get enough to eat, and they were hungry most of the time.

1. hide and seek
2. Reddy
3. Fox
4. Mouse
5. no
6. Granny Fox
7. yes
8. fat
9. yes
10. Green
11. because it had been such a dangerous game
12. disgusted
13. Two
14. One
15. round doorways

Numbered questions:
1. what was Danny playing?
2. with who?
3. what type of animal is Reddy?
4. and what type was Danny?
5. had Reddy ever caught him?
6. who did he tell about the game that night?
7. did Danny like the game that day?
8. was he skinny or fat?
9. was Granny hungry?
10. what color was the forest they were in?
11. why did Danny enjoy the game?
12. was the fox content or was he disgusted?
13. how many foxes are there?
14. one how many mice?
15. where did it dive?