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A. How much did you understand?

1. "Come and eat. Look, I’ve caught some fish. I’ve cooked them for you."
   Achok was talking to his uncle.
2. "I took some beer from the bottom of the pot and I threw it into the river." 
   Achok was talking to his uncle.
3. "Let me eat the biggest ones. Then I’ll take them out." 
   The olwaro bird was talking to Achok's uncle.
4. "Take the spines out of my back. But I’m telling you now, I won’t give you the biggest fish."
   Achok's uncle was talking to the marabou stork. 
5. "Then I'll take the smallest ones."
   The marabou stork was talking to Achok's uncle.
6. "Oh, my back! My fish! My back!"
   Achok's uncle was talking to Achok.
7. "What’s the matter? What happened?" 
   Achok was talking to his uncle.

B. Who and what?

1. Achok caught many fish and took them to the house of his uncle.
2. Achok took the sharp spines out of the fishes' backs.
3. "I took some beer from the bottom of the pot," said Achok.
4. Achok's uncle threw some beer into the river.
5. Achok's uncle couldn't pull the spines out of his back.
6. The marabou stork pulled all the big fish out of Achok's uncle's back.
7. "I told you to take the fish out carefully, with your hands," said Achok.