Fable

A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
What is the topic of the text above?

• Loyalty.
• Jealousy.
• Friendship.
• Hardwork.

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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
What is the purpose of the text above?

• To make local story known
• To teach us to have good
  characters
• To make us learn fairness that a donkey had
• To preserve cultural heritage

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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
" ... they drove it back to the field ..."
The word it in the sentence refers to ...

• Men
• Donkey
• Dog
• Tail

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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
Why did the donkey run into the room?

• to make the master angry
• to bray as loudly as it could
• to get a little bit food from the master
• to do what the dog does

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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
From this story we can say that ...
The men beat the donkey ... it did what the dog does.

• if
• because
• although
• bu

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A man had a little dog, and he was very fond of it. He would pat its head, and take it on his knee, and talk to it. Then he would give it little bits of food from his own plate.
A donkey looked in at the window and saw the man and the dog.
"Why does he not make a pet of me?" said the donkey.
"It is not fair. I work hard, and the dog only wags its tail, and barks, and jumps on its master's knee. It is not fair."
Then the donkey said to himself, "If I do what the dog does, he may make a pet of me."
So the donkey ran into the room. It brayed as loudly as it could. It wagged its tail so hard that it knocked over a jar on the table. Then it tried to jump on to its master's knee.
The master thought the donkey was mad, and he shouted, "Help! Help!" Men came running in with sticks, and they beat the donkey till it ran out of the house, and they drove it back to the field.
"I only did what the dog does," said the donkey," and yet they make a pet of the dog, and they beat me with sticks. It is not fair."
Why did men beat the donkey with sticks?
They beat it with sticks because ...

• They wanted to make a pet of it
• They wanted to help the donkey
• They wanted to run out of the house
• They wanted to shoo the donkey to the field

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A Greedy Dog
One day there was a big dog that went traveling along a village. The dog looked starving. It wanted to have something to eat. As a result of its hunger, it went toward a butcher and swiped a piece of meat. Then, it ran away with the piece of meat in its mouth.
Now that it didn’t want to be disturbed by any other dog, the dog looked for a safe place to eat the meat. It ran into the direction of a garden. It came to a stream and crossed a narrow bridge over the stream. In the middle of the bridge, the dog stopped walking out of the blue. It looked into the water under the bridge. Another dog came up in the stream. The dog also had a piece of meat. The dog could not resist the temptation to get the other piece of meat in the stream and owing to the temptation, it quickly opened its mouth to take it. Unexpectedly, its own meat fell into the river and finally the dog got nothing.
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

• The dog always bothered another dog.
• The dog always wanted more meat.
• The dog could always avoid the temptation.
• The dog could eat the meat.

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A Greedy Dog
One day there was a big dog that went traveling along a village. The dog looked starving. It wanted to have something to eat. As a result of its hunger, it went toward a butcher and swiped a piece of meat. Then, it ran away with the piece of meat in its mouth.
Now that it didn’t want to be disturbed by any other dog, the dog looked for a safe place to eat the meat. It ran into the direction of a garden. It came to a stream and crossed a narrow bridge over the stream. In the middle of the bridge, the dog stopped walking out of the blue. It looked into the water under the bridge. Another dog came up in the stream. The dog also had a piece of meat. The dog could not resist the temptation to get the other piece of meat in the stream and owing to the temptation, it quickly opened its mouth to take it. Unexpectedly, its own meat fell into the river and finally the dog got nothing.
What did the dog do as it was hungry?

• It stole a piece of meat.
• It searched for a safe place.
• It went travelling.
• It ran away into a garden.

A Greedy Dog
One day there was a big dog that went traveling along a village. The dog looked starving. It wanted to have something to eat. As a result of its hunger, it went toward a butcher and swiped a piece of meat. Then, it ran away with the piece of meat in its mouth.
Now that it didn’t want to be disturbed by any other dog, the dog looked for a safe place to eat the meat. It ran into the direction of a garden. It came to a stream and crossed a narrow bridge over the stream. In the middle of the bridge, the dog stopped walking out of the blue. It looked into the water under the bridge. Another dog came up in the stream. The dog also had a piece of meat. The dog could not resist the temptation to get the other piece of meat in the stream and owing to the temptation, it quickly opened its mouth to take it. Unexpectedly, its own meat fell into the river and finally the dog got nothing.
The moral message of the fable above is ...

• We have to avoid the temptation.
• We do not have to disturb any other people.
• We have to survive to stay alive.
• We do not have to be greedy.

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A lion was very angry with a gnat that kept flying and buzzing around his head. The gnat would not quit bothering the lion. “Do you think that you, the great king of all the animals, can make me scared?” the gnat said to the poor lion. The lion just kept trying to hit the gnat with his big paw. All he did was scratch himself with his great claws. The gnat laughed and flew between the big paws and stung the lion on the nose. He then buzzed away laughing at how he had stung the great lion. However, he was so busy thinking of how he would boast that he did not see the spider web. He got stuck in the web of a little spider and that was the end of him.
The gnat kept flying around the lion and made the lion ...

• hungry
• tired
• dizzy
• cross

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