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Once upon a time there were a zebra and a monkey in a zoo. The zebra and the monkey had many napkins. What did the zebra and the monkey do with all the napkins? They didn't know. They ate the napkins. The zebra felt good. The monkey got a stomach ache. Why did the monkey get a stomach ache? The napkins were make out of straw. Straw is good for zebras. Straw is not good for monkeys. The monkey did not like eating the napkins. The zoo worker came and gave the monkey a pill. The pill made the monkey feel better. Now the monkey does not eat napkins. The monkey eats bananas instead of napkins. Now the monkey is always happy and feels good. The zebra does not like to eat bananas. The zebra eats all the napkins and feels good. The zebra and the monkey are both very happy.
1. Who was in the zoo?
2. What did they have a lot of?
3. What did they do with them?
4. How did the zebra feel after?
5. And the monkey?
6. Why?
7. Did the monkey enjoy eating them?
8. What made the monkey feel better?
9. Wgo gave it to him?
10. What does he eat now?

Numbered answers:
1. a zebra and a monkey
2. napkins
3. Ate them
4. good
5. monkey got a stomach ache
6. Because the napkins were made from straw
7. No
8. The pill
9. The zoo worker
10. eats bananas

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Random House is the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. As of 2013, it is part of Penguin Random House, which is jointly owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann and British global education and publishing company Pearson PLC.

Random House was founded in 1925 by Americans Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" in the Anglophone world.

In October 1959, Random House went public at $11.25 a share. This move drew other publishing companies, such as Simon & Schuster, to later go public.

Random House entered reference publishing in 1947 with the "American College Dictionary", which was followed in 1966 by its first unabridged dictionary.

American publishers Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Pantheon Books were acquired by Random House in 1960 and 1961, respectively; works continue to be published under these imprints with editorial independence, such as Everyman's Library, a series of classical literature reprints.
1. When was Random House founded?
2. Are there any larger gemeral interest paperback publishers in the world?
3. When did Random House start publishing reference books?
4. With what dictionary?
5. Who were the publishing houses founders?
6. When did they first publish the book Ulysses?
7. When did the Random House company go public?
8. At what price per share was the stock originally?
9. Who did they aquire Mordern Library imprint from?
10. What does it do?
11. Which publishers were aquired by Random House in 1960 and 1961?
12. How was the name for Random House came up with

Numbered answers:
1. 1925
2. no
3. 1947
4. "American College Dictionary"
5. Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer,
6. 1934
7. October 1959
8. $11.25
9. publisher Horace Liverigh
10. reprints classic works of literature.
11. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and Pantheon Books
12. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House

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CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.

DESCRIBES A HAPPY HOME AND A HAPPIER MEETING.

In a small wayside cottage in the outskirts of one of those picturesque villages which surround London, an old woman sat at the head of a small deal table, with a black teapot, a brown sugar-basin, a yellow milk jug, and a cracked tea-cup before her.

At the foot of the same table sat a young man, with a large knife in one hand, a huge loaf of bread in the other, and a mass of yellow butter in a blue plate in front of him.

The young man was James Slagg; the old woman was his mother. Jim had no brothers or sisters, and his father chanced to be absent at market, so he had the "old lady" all to himself.

"Well, well, Jim," said Mrs Slagg, with a loving look at her son's flushed face, "you've told me a heap o' wonderful tales about telegrumphs, an' tigers, an' electricity an' what not. If you was as great a liar as you was used to be, Jim, I tell 'ee plain, lad, I wouldn't believe one word on it. But you're a better boy than you was, Jim, an' I do believe you--indeed I do, though I must confess that some on it is hard to swallow."

"Thank 'ee, mother," said Jim, with a pleasant nod, as he cut an enormous slice from the loaf, trowelled upon it a mass of the yellow butter, and pushed in his cup for more tea.
1. Who sat at the foot of the table?
2. What did she have before her?
3. What was her name?
4. Who sat at the foot of the table?
5. What was he holding in one hand?
6. And in the other?
7. What did he have before him?
8. What was his name?
9. What was the woman's relationship to him?
10. Where were his brothers and sisters?
11. And his dad?
12. Was his face pale?
13. What had he been telling his mom?
14. Did she believe them?
15. But were they easy to believe?
16. Did he thank his mom?
17. What did he use his knife for?
18. What did he put on it?
19. Did he ask for more to drink?
Numbered answers:
1. an old woman
2. a black teapot, a brown sugar-basin, a yellow milk jug, and a cracked tea-cup
3. Mrs Slagg
4. a young man
5. a large knife
6. a huge loaf of bread
7. a mass of yellow butter in a blue plate
8. Jim
9. his mother
10. Jim had no brothers or sisters
11. at market,
12. no
13. a heap o' wonderful tales
14. yes
15. no
16. yes
17. he cut an enormous slice from the loaf
18. a mass of the yellow butter
19. yes