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A. How much did you understand?

Scene 1

"If the new baby is a girl, you must kill her," the soldier told his son.

But when his little sister was born, the boy could not hurt her.

He said to his father, "You have another son."

Scene 2

The boy was worried when the war ended and the soldier came home.

"Don't run up and greet our father," he said to his sister.

In the night, he put the little girl on a mule and took her away.

Scene 3

They lived in a big forest where the girl grew into a beautiful young woman.

There were many ogres in the forest.

A rich young ogre asked the little sister marry him.

He wanted her to kill her brother.

Scene 4

The girl ate some of the ogre's food, and she changed.

She helped the young ogre to kill her brother.

An old ogre breathed on the body and life came back into it.

The girl's brother killed the young ogre.

He took his sister back to his parents' house.

B. When did it happen?

1. 1/f. The soldier went away to fight a few months before his daughter was born.
2. 2/c. The war ended after a long time.
3. 3/b. The boy did not go outside, but he waited in the house when his father came home.
4. 4/h. The boy and girl lived in the forest for many years.
5. 5/e. The girl changed after she ate the ogre's food.
6. 6/d. The girl tied her brother to the post before she called the ogre.
7. 7/a. The ogre made a promise before he killed the boy.
8. 8/g. The boy took his sister to their parents' house after he killed the ogre.