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A. How much did you understand?

The right order of the sentences is 1,3,2.

"One of us will have the best dream. We’ll let him eat all the meat," said Mogola.

"They're trying to trick me," he thought. 

Soon, Mogola and Gadeto were asleep. But Orbis didn't sleep.

The right order of the sentences is 6,5,4.

"I dreamed that I was in Paradise with God," said Mogola.

"I dreamed that I was in Mecca with the Prophet Mohammed," said Gadeto.

"In my dream," said Orbis, "a big man came and ate all the meat."

The right order of the sentences is 7,9,8.

"Why didn't you wake us up?" Mogola and Gadeto said to Orbis.

"I couldn't wake you," said Orbis. "One of you was in Paradise, and the other was in Mecca."

"Orbis is small," thought Mogola and Gadeto, "but he is not stupid at all."

B. Where, what and when

1. Where did the three men decide to rest? 
   Under the trees.
2. What did Orbis go and look for? 
   Wood for the fire.
3. Where did the men cook the meat? 
   In the pot (or on the fire).
4. When did Orbis go to sleep? 
   After he had eaten the meat.
5. When Mogola and Gadeto woke up, what did they find in the pot? 
   Only the bones of the goat.