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A. How much did you understand?

The right order for these sentences is 3, 2, 4, 1, 5. 

A fox heard the crane's baby chicks, and he wanted to eat them.

The crane was frightened of the fox, and she threw one of her chicks to him.

A vulture heard the crane crying.

"If I don't give my babies to the fox," said the crane, "he will cut down the tree and eat them all."

"The fox hasn't got an axe," the vulture said to the crane.

The right order for these sentences is 4, 3, 2, 1, 5.

The fox wanted to catch the vulture, and he put meat on his head and waited.

The fox caught the vulture and put her in the grain store.

The vulture ate a lot of grain and fell asleep.

The vulture said to the fox, "Don't throw me over the cliff!"

The fox threw the vulture over the cliff and she flew away.

B. Where?

1. Where was the crane's nest?
   In a tree
2. Where was the fox when he heard the chicks?
   Under the tree
3. Where was the vulture when she heard the crane crying?
   High up in the sky
4. Where was the vulture when she looked down at the fox? 
   In the tree
5. Where did the fox sit with the piece of meat on his head?
   Beside the road
6. Where did the fox put the vulture the first time he caught her?
   In the grain store 
7. Where was the vulture when she fell asleep?
   In the grain store 
8. Where did the fox take the vulture the second time he caught her?
   Up the mountain
9. Where did the fox throw the vulture?
   Over the cliff 
10. Where was the vulture when she called to the fox?
    High up in the sky