The Rabbit and the Turtle

One day a rabbit was boasting about how fast he could run. He was laughing at the turtle for being so slow. Much to
the rabbit's surprise, the turtle challenged him to a race. The rabbit thought this was a good joke and accepted the
challenge. The fox was to be the umpire of the race. As the race began, the rabbit raced way ahead of the turtle, just
like everyone thought. The rabbit got to the halfway point and could not see the turtle anywhere. He was hot and
tired and decided to stop and take a short nap. Even if the turtle passed him, he would be able to race to the finish
line ahead of him.
All this time the turtle kept walking step by step by step. He never quit no matter how hot or tired he got. He just kept
going. However, the rabbit slept longer than he had thought and woke up. He could not see the turtle anywhere! He
went at full-speed to the finish line but found the turtle there waiting for him.

1. Who was boasting?

2. Who could run fast?
3. Who wanted to challenge the rabbit to a race?
4. What happened at the start of the race?
5. What happened at the half-way point?
6. What did the turtle do?
7. Who won the race?
8. What lesson do we learn from this story?

The Rooster and The Fox

A rooster sat perched way up in a tree, crowing loudly. A fox heard him and came running to see if he could get a
chicken dinner. On the way he thought up a plan to get the rooster to come down. “Hello, brother Rooster,” he said in
his nicest voice. “Have you heard of the universal peace agreement that has happened between all the animals? We
will none of us ever eat each other again but live in peace. Why don’t you come down and we can talk about this
great news?”
The rooster knew what kind of animal the fox was. He knew the fox was trying to trick him. So he decided to trick him
back. He looked very closely at something far in the distance. “What are you looking at up there?” asked the fox. “I
think I see a pack of dogs coming this way on a fox hunt.”
“Well, if that is the case, I better be off,” said the fox.
” But why would you be afraid of dogs in a time of peace like this?” asked the clever rooster.
“I am not sure they have heard about the new agreement of peace,” he said and took off.

9. The rooster was way up in a tree ....

10. The fox ran to the rooster to get a ....
11. The plan the fox thought up was ....
12. The universal peace agreement means ....
13. The fox wanted the rooster to ....
14. The rooster told the fox he saw ....
15. The rooster was ....
16. Sudden offers of friendship means ....
17. "He was hot and tired and decided to stop" The underlined word is closest in meaning to ....

The Frog and the Ox

Many years ago, there was a magnificent ox. One day, when he was taking an afternoon walk, a poorly dressed and
unimportant looking frog saw him. The frog felt envy toward the beautiful, strong ox. But the frog yelled to his
friends, "Look at this ox! But he is no better than I am, if I tried." The frog swelled up to twice his normal size. "Am I
the size of this big ox now?" he asked his frog friends. "You will have to be much bigger to be his size," they said. The
frog swelled up even bigger. "How about now?" he asked his friends. "No, but you better not swell up more or you
will kill yourself," they warned.
But the frog wanted to be as big as the ox and puffed, and puffed. He never got as big as the ox because he burst first.

18. Magnificent means ....

19. The frog was ....
20. The ox was ....
21. What emotion did the frog feel toward the ox?
22. The frog made himself bigger by ....
23. The frog's friends told him, ....
24. The frog finally ....
25. The lesson from this story is ....

The Rats and The Elephants

Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants crossing the
jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to death.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd through another
route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another route. And so, the lives of
the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then the elephant king
suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd, which had not been
trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had trapped the elephant's
herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.

26. What destroyed the homes of all rats?

27. What helped the elephant's herd free?
28. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
29. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?

The Mouse Deer and The Tiger

One day, there was a mouse deer. He was ……………….. so he wanted to drink on the river.
When the mouse deer came next to the river, a tiger ……………... him and …………… to eat him. Of course, the mouse
deer tried to …………, but the tiger run faster and caught him. In that ……………. situation the mouse deer thought hard
how to escape the tiger. Then he got idea and said to the tiger, “Listen! Your ………. and toughness are all great! But I
have my own king. He has a greater ……………. than yours! I am sure that nobody can match his powers!” Because the
tiger felt ……….., he …………. that he would challenge the mouse deer’s king.
Next the mouse led the tiger to the river, and said, “Now Look at the water. You will see my king” ……………. the tiger
looked in the river and surely saw another tiger in the water. Then he …………., but the tiger in the river …………. to
growl too. Because of his too high self-pride, the tiger jumped into the water, and wanted to fight. He was …………..
there was another tiger in the water.
The mouse deer took that ……………….. to escape. After fighting with himself in the river, the tiger ……….. that he was
fooled by the mouse deer.

opportunity dangerous thirsty realized foolishly growled

approached imitated wanted escape strength mightiness
taunted declared believing