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A. How much did you understand?

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

"The hunters are chasing me. They want to catch me and kill me."

The leopard was speaking.

"You can hide in my grain store."

The farmer was speaking.

"Did a leopard come this way?"

The two hunters were speaking.

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

"Bring me a sheep," he said. "I want to eat."

The leopard was speaking.

"I saved your life," he said. "Why don't you thank me? Why do you want to kill me?"

The farmer was speaking.

“I know you are hungry, and you want to eat, but I'm a happy man, and I want to live.”

The farmer was speaking.

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

“I work hard for this man,” he thought. I pull his plough and break up the hard earth for him. But he never thanks me.”

The ox was speaking.

“He puts heavy loads on my back. He hits me with his big stick. I work for him, and he never thanks me.”

The donkey was speaking.

"I don't understand," he said at last. "You are only a man. The leopard is bigger and heavier than you.”

The fox was speaking.

The right order of the sentences is 12, 11, 10.

"You saved me. How can I thank you?"

The farmer was speaking.

"Then you can give me a sheep."

The fox was speaking.

"The man is as bad as the leopard," he said to himself. "He is cruel and ungrateful, too."

The fox was speaking. 

B. What were they feeling?

1. The leopard ran up to the farmer. "Oh, please, please help me!" he said. "The hunters are chasing me.”
   What was the farmer feeling?
   The farmer was feeling sorry for the leopard.
2. The leopard said, "Bring me a sheep. I want to eat."
   What was the farmer feeling now?
   The farmer was feeling surprised.
3. "Then I will eat you," said the leopard.
   What was the farmer feeling now?
   The farmer was feeling angry.
4. “I must eat soon or I will die. I want to eat the farmer.”
   What was the leopard feeling as he talked to the ox?
   The leopard was feeling hungry.

C. The Ox and the Donkey

Sentences 2, 4 and 5 show the ox's reasons.

Sentences 1, 3 and 6 show the donkey's reasons.

1. “I don't want the leopard to be angry with me.” 
   The donkey
2. “If he eats the farmer, he will go away. If he doesn't, perhaps he will eat me.” 
   The ox
3. “I pull his plough and break up the hard earth for him. But he never thanks me.”
   The ox
4. “I work for him, and he never thanks me.” 
   The donkey
5. "I work hard for this man," he thought.
   The ox.
6. “He hits me with his big stick.”
   The donkey