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A. How much did you understand?

1. If you don't stop the dogs fighting, the boys will start fighting too.
2. If you don’t stop the boys fighting, their mothers will start fighting too.
3. If you don’t stop the women fighting, their husbands will start fighting too.
4. If you don’t stop the men fighting, their clans will start fighting too.
5. If you kill more men, you will be sad.
6. If you give  away your cows, you will be poor.

B. Who, what, where and how many?

1. What were the dogs fighting for? 
   A bone
2. Where was the second boy when he saw the dogs?
   He was coming home from school.
3. What did the second woman say to the first woman?
   "What are you doing? Stop hitting my son!"
4. What was the second man doing when he saw the women fighting?
   He was driving his cattle home for the night.
5. Who listened to Robele Megerra?
   No one
6. How many men were killed?
   Sixteen
7. Who was passing the elders' meeting?
   A crazy old man
8. What did the clans throw into the river?
   Their necklaces and their hatred

C.  Fill in the missing words

Each clan must take its silver necklace and throw it into the river. 

Throw away your hatred with your necklaces and forgive each other.