Problem: A nine-year-old kid was sitting at his desk when suddenly there was a puddle between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He thought his heart was going to stop because he couldn't possibly imagine how this had happened. It had never happened before, and he knew that when the boys found out, especially Jack, _ When the girls found out, especially Martha and Jackie, they would never speak to him again as long as he lived.

He prayed this prayer, "Dear God, I need help now! Five minutes from now I'm dead meat!" He looked up from his prayer and here came the teacher with a look in her eyes that said he had been discovered. As the teacher was walking toward him, a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water. Susie lost her balance in front of the teacher and dumped the bowl of water in the boy's lap. The boy pretended to be angry, but all the while was saying to himself, "Thank you, Lord!"

Now all of a sudden, instead of being the object of ridicule , the boy was the object of sympathy . The teacher rushed him downstairs and gave him gym shorts to put on while his trousers dried out. All the other children were on their hands and knees cleaning up around his desk. Martha even gave him her own candy. The sympathy was wonderful. But as life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been turned to someone else--Susie. She tried to help, but they told her to get out.

When school was over, the boy walked over to Susie and whispered, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Susie whispered back, "I wet my trousers once, too!"
1. Who old was the child who was wet?
2. Who were the girls that found out?
3. How would they react?
4. Who was the classmate?
5. What was she carrying?
6. Did she drop it?
7. Was the boy angry?
8. Did he pretend to be?
9. He was now the object of what
10. Who assisted him downstairs?
11. What did Martha give him?
Answer: 1. Nine
2. Martha and Jackie
3. They would never speak to him again
4. Susie
5. a goldfish bowl full of water
6. Yes
7. No
8. Yes
9. sympathy
10. The teacher
11. her own candy

Q: NEW YORK (CNN) -- Just days before his death, the Brooklyn, New York, middle-school student who died from an antibiotic-resistant staph infection had visited a hospital with skin lesions and was treated with allergy medicine, according to the family's lawyer, Paul Weitz.

Omar Rivera, 12, a New York seventh-grader, died of drug-resistant staph on October 14.

Omar Rivera's mother, Aileen, took the 12-year-old boy to Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn because she had been dissatisfied with the treatment he received at a clinic, Weitz told CNN. He said the hospital treated him with Benadryl, a common anti-allergy medicine.

According to hospital spokeswoman Hope Mason, Omar did not show signs of a staph infection when he was treated at the hospital.

"I can confirm the child was brought to the emergency room after midnight on Friday, October 12. He was treated for non-MRSA-related conditions and was released," said Mason. "We will be closely examining whether more could have been done to detect the infection at that time."

MRSA is short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and is responsible for more deaths in the United States each year than AIDS, according to new data. The germ resists all but the most powerful antibiotics.

Omar, a seventh-grader at Intermediate School 211, was pronounced dead on October 14 at Brookdale Hospital.

Twenty-five to 30 percent of the population carry the staph bacteria -- one of the most common causes of infection -- in their bodies, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While such infections are typically minor, invasive MRSA infections can become fatal, because they are caused by drug-resistant staph. E-mail to a friend

Answer the following questions:
1. How old was Omar Rivera?
2. What grade was he in?
3. What date did he die?
4. Cause of death?
5. Where was he from?
6. Where was he taken?
7. Was his mom satisfied with his treatment?
8. Who is her lawyer?
9. What news org did he speak to?
10. What was the name of Omar's school?
11. What was he given as medicine?
A: 1. 12
2. seventh
3. October 14.
4. an antibiotic-resistant staph infection
5. Brooklyn, New York
6. Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn
7. no
8. Paul Weitz.
9. CNN
10. Intermediate School 211
11. Benadryl

Problem: CHAPTER VIII.

THE STEALING OF THE HORSES.

"Go slow, men," came softly from Gilroy. "You know what kind of a man Leeson is."

"Reckon I do know," came in a growl from Fetter. "And I've got an account to settle with him, too."

"I'm pretty certain the boy is here," went on the leader. "But we must make sure if the others are here too, or if they have ridden off to the fort. If they have gone to the fort----"

"Hist!" came in warning from Potts. "You're talking too much. I've heard that this Leeson sleeps with his ears wide open."

"He does," grumbled Fetter; and then the three desperadoes relapsed into silence.

They were advancing upon the cabin from the rear, and each held a ready pistol in his hand, while his rifle was slung over his back. They had seen the boys and Benson head for the trapper's home while it was still light and they were on a high cliff; but darkness had closed in on the scene, and they had come up to the spot in ignorance of what had followed.

Tiptoeing their way they reached the lean-to where the horses had been stabled, and with caution Gilroy went inside. By feeling the animals he soon learned that three had been in use but a few hours before, while the fourth was cool and comfortable.

"Their horses are here," he announced. "And a fourth is here, too."

"That's Leeson's," answered Fetter. "But I thought he had two or three."
1. What were they coming up on?
2. From what side?
3. What was in their hands?
4. What was on their backs?
5. Who were they looking for?
6. Did he have anyone with him?
7. Who?
8. Where were the horses?
9. Who went inside?
10. What did he do to the animals?
11. What did that tell him?
12. How many?
13. For how long?
14. Had any not been used?
15. How many?
16. Whose horse was it?
17. Were they concerned that other people were with the boy and Leeson?
18. If they weren't, where would they have gone?
19. How does Leeson sleep?
20. Who owns the cabin?
Answer:
1. the cabin
2. the rear
3. pistol
4. rifle
5. Leeson
6. Yes.
7. a boy.
8. the lean-to
9. Gilroy
10. Felt them.
11. They had been in use.
12. three
13. a few hours
14. Yes.
15. One.
16. Leeson's
17. Yes
18. the fort
19. his ears wide open
20. the trapper