Dr. Curtis

On a small farm outside of town, lived a boy named Curtis. Curtis was seven years old and he wanted to become an animal doctor someday. He always loved animals and helped take care of them on his family's farm.

Curtis liked to feed the horses, chickens, pigs, dogs, and the cat. He also like to help take care of them when they got hurt or sick. Once, Curtis stayed in the barn all night, helping his father with a sick pony. The animal doctor was there too, and Curtis watched everything that he did. The doctor had to keep giving Bonnie the pony some medicine. And he kept checking her eyes and mouth.

When the pony got better, the animal doctor went home. But Curtis and his father stayed in the barn with the pony until it became light outside. Curtis had gone to sleep, so his father carried him to their house and put him to bed.

Curtis was so tired that even the smell of bacon from the kitchen didn't wake him up. Later, his father came and woke him. "Bonnie is going to be alright," he said to Curtis.

"Really?" the boy said as he rubbed his eyes, "I got to go check on her."

"That can wait. Right now you need to eat something. I saved you some bacon, Mr. sleepy head," his father said as he smiled at Curtis.

Curtis washed, dressed, and ate as fast as he could and then raced to the barn. He stood on a stool and looked into Bonnie's eyes and mouth. He put his head on her chest and listened to her heart. Then he checked her legs and tail. He tried to do everything the animal doctor did and more.

Curtis saw his father standing at the door and said, "Everything looks okay, daddy. I think she can go out to the big tree with the other horses."

"Okay, Dr. Curtis," his dad said as he patted Curtis on the back. "Let's take her outside." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is the story about?
2. Where did he live?
3. How old is he?
4. What did he want to be when he grew up?
5. Why did he stay in the barn all night?
6. Who was with him?
7. What was the name of the pony?
8. Did the pony die?
9. What nick name did his dad give him?
10. What did he have to do before he was allowed to go check on Bonnie?
11. Did his father give him another nick name?
Answer: 1. Curtis
2. On a farm
3. seven years old
4. an animal doctor
5. to help with a sick pony
6. his father and the animal doctor
7. Bonnie
8. No
9. Dr. Curtis
10. Eat
11. Yes

One morning Julie took her dog, Rosie, for a walk. Rosie loved to walk outside. She loved to walk any time - morning, afternoon, or night. She liked to smell everything. This morning she smelled something new. It was another animal. It was not a squirrel. It was not another dog. Maybe it was a tiger! Rosie sniffed around until she saw the other animal. It was not a tiger. It was a cat. The cat was watching Rosie. The cat was afraid Rosie would try to bite her, so she climbed up a tree. Rosie tried to follow her, but she could not climb up. Instead, she barked at the cat in the tree. Julie did not want Rosie to scare the cat. She called Rosie away from the tree. The cat watched them walk away. When they came back, the cat was gone. Rosie remembered the cat. She started digging in the dirt under the tree. But there was no cat there. Julie and Rosie went home for breakfast. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What pet does Julie have?
2. Does she ever walk the dog?
3. When?
4. What did she encounter?
5. What did you think she encountered?
6. Was it happy?
7. What was it then?
8. Did she remember?
9. Why did they go home?
10. Were they seen leaving?
11. What does she like to do?
12. Did she sniff anything living?
13. Did she chase this thing?
14. Did she make any noise?
15. What noise did she make?
Answer: 1. A dog
2. Yes
3. Any time
4. A cat
5. A tiger
6. No
7. Afraid
8. Yes
9. For breakfast
10. Yes
11. Smell things
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. She barked

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea bade farewell to former President Kim Dae-Jung Sunday in a ceremony attended by thousands of citizens, dignitaries and politicians.

South Korean Buddhist monks pray in front of a portrait of former president Kim Dae-jung during his funeral Sunday.

The solemn Sunday afternoon ceremony was held outside parliament, with a large portrait of Kim placed on a shrine surrounded by flowers.

The funeral followed six days of mourning for Kim, who died Tuesday of a heart failure.

Kim's age at the time of his death was in dispute, with some reports saying he was 85 while others placing it at 83.

Kim's state funeral was the second such ever given in the country, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.

Another president, Park Chung-hee, was also accorded a state funeral after his assassination while in office in 1979.

Kim -- who was president from 1998 to 2003 -- won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for trying to foster better relations with North Korea.

The watershed moment of his presidency came in June 2000 when he met North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, becoming the first South Korean leader to do so since the Korean War unofficially ended in 1953.

But rapproachment talks between the two sides hit a wall after conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in early 2008 with a tougher stance toward the North than Kim and his successor, Roh Moo-hyun.

Ahead of the funeral, President Lee met with a visiting North Korean delegation, who delivered a message from Kim Jong Il expressing hopes for improved relations between the two countries. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who's image was being prayed in front of?
2. On what occasion?
3. Where was it at?
4. When had he passed?
5. Of what?
6. How long had they waited to hold the service?
7. What did they do during that time?
8. Was this the first service of this magnitude?
9. How many others have their been?
10. Who was that for?
11. When did he pass away?
12. From the same ailment?
13. What prestigious award had Kim received?
14. In what year?
15. Was he in office then?
16. Was it for his contributions to science?
17. Peace?
18. How many attended his service?
19. Who's message was delivered at the service?
20. By whom?
Answer:
1. former president Kim Dae-jung
2. his funeral
3. outside parliament,
4. Tuesday
5. heart failure.
6. 6 days
7. mourn
8. No
9. One
10. , Park Chung-hee,
11. in 1979.
12. he was assassinated
13. Nobel Peace Prize
14. 2000
15. Yes
16. No
17. Yes
18. thousands
19. Kim Jong Il
20. President Lee