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A. How much did you understand?

1. "I'm much, much more important than you."
   The elephant
2. "You're not more important than I am."
   The cock
3. "But we'll never agree, so let's have a competition."
   The cock
4. "I'll win. Of course I'll win!"
   The elephant
5. "You see? It's much, much better to be clever than to be big!"
   The cock

B. Fill in the gaps

Fill in the gaps in these sentences from the story.

1. The cock soon became tired of the elephant.
2. "What kind of competition?"
3. "Let's go to the river."
4. The elephant put his trunk into the water and the cock put his beak into the water.
5. The elephant began to pour water down his throat. 
6. At last, the elephant burst.