Matt is an adult. He is looking for a job. He hopes to become a clown someday. He wants to be a clown because he loves making people laugh. In order to be a clown, Matt must go to clown school.

One day, Matt's friend tells him about a clown school in St. Louis. Matt becomes excited!

The next day, Matt goes to the clown school in St. Louis. Matt's friend does not go with him. Matt's friend does not want to be a clown because he doesn't like to look weird.

When Matt arrives at clown school, he sees a clown riding on a blue tricycle. The clown asks, "What are you doing here?"

Matt says, "I want to become a clown."

"Well, can you ride this blue tricycle?" the clown asked.

"Yes," Matt said. He rode the blue tricycle all around the clown school. In the classrooms, in the gym, and in the lunchroom.

"You have what it takes to be a clown," the clown said, "you are accepted to clown school." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is Matt?
2. What is he looking for?
3. Of what?
4. why?
5. What does he have to do?
6. Does he know of one?
7. how?
8. Where?
9. How does he feel?
10. What happens the next day?
11. with who?
12. what does he see there?
13. What does the clown say?
14. How does he respond?
15. And the clown's response?
16. What did Matt do?
17. where?
18. Did he get accepted?
Answer: 1. an adult
2. a job.
3. a clown
4. he loves making people laugh
5. go to clown school.
6. yes
7. HIs friend tells him.
8. St. Louis
9. excited!
10. he goes to the clown school
11. no one
12. a clown riding on a blue tricycle.
13. What are you doing here?
14. I want to become a clown
15. can you ride this blue tricycle?
16. He rode it
17. around the clown school
18. yes

Chapter Twelve

The Wooden-Legged Grass-Hopper

Now it so happened that Trot, from the window of her room, had witnessed the meeting of the lovers in the garden and had seen the King come and drag Gloria away. The little girl's heart went out in sympathy for the poor Princess, who seemed to her to be one of the sweetest and loveliest young ladies she had ever seen, so she crept along the passages and from a hidden niche saw Gloria locked in her room.

The key was still in the lock, so when the King had gone away, followed by Googly-Goo, Trot stole up to the door, turned the key and entered. The Princess lay prone upon a couch, sobbing bitterly. Trot went up to her and smoothed her hair and tried to comfort her.

"Don't cry," she said. "I've unlocked the door, so you can go away any time you want to."

"It isn't that," sobbed the Princess. "I am unhappy because they will not let me love Pon, the gardener's boy!"

"Well, never mind; Pon isn't any great shakes, anyhow, seems to me," said Trot soothingly. "There are lots of other people you can love."

Gloria rolled over on the couch and looked at the little girl reproachfully.

"Pon has won my heart, and I can't help loving him," she explained. Then with sudden indignation she added: "But I'll never love Googly-Goo--never, as long as I live!"

"I should say not!" replied Trot. "Pon may not be much good, but old Googly is very, very bad. Hunt around, and I'm sure you'll find someone worth your love. You're very pretty, you know, and almost anyone ought to love you." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did the Princess love?
2. Who took Gloria away?
3. Where did he put her?
4. Did anyone follow the King away?
5. Who?
6. But who went with (followed) the King, when he went away?
7. Was anyone crying?
8. Who's boy was Pon?
9. Who did Trot say was very bad?
10. Where was the princess laying down?
11. Where was Trot when she saw the two lovers?
12. Whose hair was smoothed?
13. By who?
14. Who did the princess say she couldn't love?
15. Was she nice looking?
16. What was left in the door?
Answer: 1. Pon
2. the King
3. locked in her room
4. yes
5. Trot
6. Googly-Goo
7. The Princess
8. the gardener's
9. Googly
10. upon a couch
11. from the window of her room
12. The Princess
13. Trot
14. Googly-Goo
15. yes
16. a key

There are 45 students in our class. I have made a survey, 36 students say they like to exercise. Most boys play basketball together twice a week. But girls think basketball is difficult for them, they'd like to play volleyball together twice a week. My friend, Tony, is good at running. He runs fastest in our class. He runs for 30 minutes on the playground every evening before he goes to bed. Is it interesting? Gray is good at swimming. He goes to the swimming club three times a month in winter, and three times a week in summer. So he is pretty healthy. Some of my classmates have good eating habits. They eat both meat and vegetables. 70% of them drink milk every day. 15 students say they drink milk three or four times a week. But some students like to eat junk food, especially Sally. What's worse is that she doesn't like to exercise, so she is very fat. She always says " I'm going to lose weight tomorrow." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. how long does Tony run before bed?
2. every evening?
3. how many students are there in the class?
4. who is good at swimming?
5. how many students like to exercise?
6. how many times a month does Gray swim in the winter?
7. is he healthy?
Answer: 1. 30 minutes
2. Yes
3. 45
4. Gray
5. 36
6. three times a month
7. Yes

Several years ago Robert knew a girl at a party. He loved her at once. But he hadn't enough money to marry her. He went to another village and wanted to borrow five thousand dollars from Peter, one of his classmates. He said he was going to return the money in two years. Peter Black believed him and lent the money to him. And Robert thanked the young man very much. In the past four years Robert married the girl and she had a baby. They lived a happy life, but he didn't give the money back to Peter. One day Peter's mother was ill and needed an operation. He looked for Robert for a few times, but he never met him. One day Peter heard that the young man was in. He hurried there. He knocked at the door for a long time and Robert's wife came out to meet him. "I'm sorry, Mr. Black." said the woman. "My husband has just gone out." Peter thought for a while and said, "Yes, I met him on my way here. He told me that he had left all his money at home and let you return it to me." "Don't believe him, dear!" Robert came out in a hurry and called out. "I've never told him about it!" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did Robert know?
2. Did he like her?
3. Was there a problem?
4. Which was what?
5. Where did he go?
6. To do what?
7. How much?
8. From whom?
9. Who was?
10. Did he plan to return the money?
Answer:
1. a girl
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Didn't have money to marry her
5. another village
6. borrow money
7. five thousand dollars
8. Peter
9. a classmate
10. Yes