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    The animals of the forest witness a challenge between a hare and a pineapple to race 26 miles. The hare is confident it will win as the fastest animal, but the animals suspect the pineapple has a trick. When the race begins, the hare sprints ahead while the pineapple does not move. Two hours later the hare wins, but the animals eat the pineapple, having been annoyed it did not have a real plan to win the race against the hare.

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    The animals of the forest witness a challenge between a hare and a pineapple to race 26 miles. The hare is confident it will win as the fastest animal, but the animals suspect the pineapple has a trick. When the race begins, the hare sprints ahead while the pineapple does not move. Two hours later the hare wins, but the animals eat the pineapple, having been annoyed it did not have a real plan to win the race against the hare.

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    The animals of the forest witness a challenge between a hare and a pineapple to race 26 miles. The hare is confident it will win as the fastest animal, but the animals suspect the pineapple has a trick. When the race begins, the hare sprints ahead while the pineapple does not move. Two hours later the hare wins, but the animals eat the pineapple, having been annoyed it did not have a real plan to win the race against the hare.

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    The animals of the forest witness a challenge between a hare and a pineapple to race 26 miles. The hare is confident it will win as the fastest animal, but the animals suspect the pineapple has a trick. When the race begins, the hare sprints ahead while the pineapple does not move. Two hours later the hare wins, but the animals eat the pineapple, having been annoyed it did not have a real plan to win the race against the hare.

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    The Hare and the Pineapple

    In olden times, the animals of the forest could speak English just like you and me. One
    day, a pineapple challenged a hare to a race.
    (I forgot to mention, fruits and vegetables were able to speak too.)
    A hare is like a rabbit, only skinnier and faster. This particular hare was known to be the
    fastest animal in the forest.
    "You, a pineapple have the nerve to challenge me, a hare, to a race," the hare asked
    the pineapple. "This must be some sort of joke."
    "No," said the pineapple. "I want to race you. Twenty-six miles, and may the best animal
    win."
    "You aren't even an animal!" the hare said. "You're a tropical fruit!"
    "Well, you know what I mean," the pineapple said.
    The animals of the forest thought it was very strange that tropical fruit should want to
    race a very fast animal.
    "The pineapple has some trick up its sleeve," a moose said.

    “Pineapples don't have sleeves,” an owl said.

    "Well, you know what I mean," the moose said. "If a pineapple challenges a hare to a
    race, it must be that the pineapple knows some secret trick that will allow it to win."
    "The pineapple probably expects us to root for the hare and then look like fools when it
    loses," said a crow. "Then the pineapple will win the race because the hare is
    overconfident and takes a nap, or gets lost, or something."
    The animals agreed that this made sense. There was no reason a pineapple should
    challenge a hare unless it had a clever plan of some sort. So the animals, wanting to
    back a winner, all cheered for the pineapple.
    When the race began, the hare sprinted forward and was out of sight in less than a
    minute. The pineapple just sat there, never moving an inch.
    The animals crowded around watching to see how the pineapple was going to cleverly
    beat the hare.
    Two hours later when the hare cross the finish line, the pineapple was still sitting still
    and hadn't moved an inch.

    The animals ate the pineapple.

    Moral of the story: Pineapples don't have sleeves!


    Answer the following questions:

    1. In what order are the events of the story told?


    a) Switching back and forth between places.
    b) In the order in which the events happened.
    c) Switching back and forth between the past and the present.
    d) In the order in which the hare tells the events to another animal.

    2. The animals ate the pineapple most likely because they were:
    a) Hungry
    b) Excited
    c) Annoyed
    d) Amused

    3. Who was the wisest? The:


    a) Hare
    b) Moose
    c) Crow
    d) Owl

    4. Before the race, how did the animals feel toward the pineapple?
    a) Suspicious
    b) Kindly
    c) Sympathetic
    d) Envious

    5. What would have happened if the animals had decided to cheer for the hare?
    a) The pineapple would have won the race.
    b) They would have been mad at the hare for winning.
    c) The hare would have just sat there and not moved.
    d) They would have been happy to have cheered for a winner.

    6. When the moose said that the pineapple has some trick up its sleeve, he means
    that the pineapple:
    a) is wearing a disguise
    b) wants to show the animals a trick
    c) has a plan to fool the animals
    d) is going to pull something out of its sleeves

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