CHAPTER XXIV

DANNY MEADOW MOUSE WARNS PETER RABBIT

Good advice Is always needed But, alas! is seldom heeded, Peter Rabbit.

Danny Meadow Mouse waited until all the rest of Peter Rabbit's friends had left the Old Briar-patch after paying their respects to Peter and Mrs. Peter, He waited for two reasons, did Danny Meadow Mouse. In the first place, he had seen old Granny Fox and Reddy Fox hanging about a little way off, and though they had disappeared after a while, Danny had an idea that they were not far away, but were hiding so that they might catch him on his way home. Of course, he hadn't the slightest intention of giving them the chance. He had made up his mind to ask Peter if he might spend the night in a corner of the Old Briar-patch, and he was very sure that Peter would say he might, for he and Peter are very good friends, very good friends indeed.

The second good reason Danny had for waiting was this very friendship. You see, Peter had been away from the Green Meadows so long that Danny felt sure he couldn't know all about how things were there now, and so he wanted to warn Peter that the Green Meadows were not nearly as safe as before Old Man Coyote had come there to live. So Danny waited, and when all the rest of the callers had left he called Peter to one side where little Mrs. Peter couldn't hear. Danny stood up on his hind legs so as to whisper in one of Peter's ears. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was the first reason Danny waited?
2. Where did Peter Rabbit reside?
3. Had he seen Granny and Reddy Fox nearby?
4. Did he believe they were still nearby?
5. What did he think they were doing?
6. What did he decide not to do?
7. How would he accomplish that?
8. Did he think he probably could?
9. Why
10. Why was Danny at Peter's?
11. Of what?
12. Anything else?
13. What?
14. What did he wait for?
15. Why were the callers there?
16. To who?
17. What did he do when the callers were gone?
18. Who didn't he want to hear them?
19. How did Danny stand?
20. Why?
Answer: 1. Granny Fox and Reddy Fox were hiding so that they might catch him.
2. The Old Briar-patch.
3. Yes.
4. Yes.
5. Hiding.
6. Giving them a chance.
7. Spend the night in the Old Briar-patch.
8. Yes.
9. He and Peter are very good friends.
10. He wanted to warn Peter.
11. Green Meadows were not nearly as safe as before.
12. Yes.
13. Old Man Coyote had come there to live.
14. All the rest of the callers to leave.
15. Paying their respects.
16. Peter and Mrs. Peter.
17. Called Peter to one side.
18. Mrs. Peter.
19. On his hind legs.
20. To whisper in one of Peter's ears.

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A young, female suicide bomber was behind a blast in Pakistan that killed at least 46 people and injured 105 others at a food distribution point, an official said Sunday.

Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, said that the preliminary investigation into the explosion shows that a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up. The determination was made from remains of the bomber that were recovered.

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's blast in that Asian nation's tribal region.

Azam Tariq, the central spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told CNN in a phone call that it targeted people who had formed what he called a pro-government and anti-Taliban group.

The blast took place about 600 meters from a U.N. World Food Programme distribution point at a security checkpoint in Khar, according to Amjad Jamal, a spokesman for the agency. He said that more than 300 people were going through a security screening to get food and other items at the time of the explosion.

Khar is the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Jamal said that those who had been internally displaced during military efforts in Bajaur Agency get a month's supply of food and other goods.

Afridi said that the suicide bomber was in a burqa, a traditional full-body covering worn by some Muslim women. He said she was stopped for a security check at a checkpoint, where she detonated herself. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is the top government officia in Bajaur?
2. What did the beginning stages of the explosion reveal?
3. How did they find that out?
4. Who took responsibility for this?
5. Who was Azam Tariq?
6. Where did the blast take place?
7. What is significant about Khar?
8. What did Jamal say the displaced people would get?
Answer:
1. Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan,
2. a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up.
3. remains of the bomber
4. Taliban
5. spokesman
6. Khar
7. It is a headquarters
8. food and goods