The Boy Who Cried "Wolf!": by Hans Christian Andersen

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THE BOY WHO CRIED “WOLF!


There was once a boy who lived in a village. His family owned many sheep. The boy had a job
to watch the sheep. If a wolf came near, he needed to call for help. His sheep stayed on a hill
near the village. One day, he thought of a trick he could play on the people who lived in the
village. He ran and crying out for help. He shouted, "Wolf! Wolf! Come and help! The villagers
heard him crying and thought that they had to help. So, the villagers ran to help him. They
would try to help him and protect his lambs. However, when the villagers got there, the boy
laughed at them. There was no wolf there. He thought it was funny. Then another day the boy
tried the same trick. Once again, the villagers came to help him out, and the boy laughed at
them. Then, one day, a wolf really did come and it started chasing the lambs. In great fright, the
boy ran for help. "Wolf! Wolf!" he screamed. "There is a wolf! Help! Please! Help! Please!” All
the villagers heard him, but they thought he was pulling another trick, and the shepherd-boy lost
all his sheep. When the people found out they were sorry, but they told the boy it was his fault.
That is the kind of thing that happens to people who lie. Even when they tell the truth, no one
believes them.

1.What was the job of the boy?


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2.What did the boy think one day?
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3.Did the boy do the same trick another day?
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4.What did happen when a wolf really did come?
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THE BRAVE TIN SOLDIER


BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
There were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers, who were all brothers, for they had been made out
of the same old tin spoon. They shouldered arms and looked straight before them, and wore a
splendid uniform, red and blue. The first thing they ever heard was the words, "Tin soldiers!"
uttered by a little boy, when the lid of the box was taken off. They were given him for a
birthday present, and he stood at the table to set them up. The soldiers were all exactly alike,
excepting one, who had only one leg; he had been left to the last, but they made him to stand
firmly on one leg, and this caused him to be very remarkable. When the children came in the
next morning, they placed the tin soldier in the window. But the window flew open, and out fell
the tin soldier, it was a terrible fall. It began to rain, till there was a heavy shower. When it was
over, two boys happened to pass by, and one of them said, "Look, there is a tin soldier. So they
made a boat out of a newspaper, and placed the tin soldier in it, and sent him sailing down.

1.How had the tin soldiers been made out?

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2.Who did utter the words “Tin soldiers”?

3.A little boy b. A little girl c. An old man

4.Why the one tin soldier was different from the rest of them?

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5.What did the children do the next morning?


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6.Where was the tin soldier? _________________________________________________

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