THE CROW AND THE PITCHER ALPHABETIZE THE LIST OF WORDS:

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little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little Toy alone because avatar
water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, does pocketbook stand banana
and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the boat deer duckling opal
water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
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Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles,
he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
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In a pinch a good use of our wits may help us out.
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Read and number each group of words in a row 1 for the first word & 4 for the last. The
first one is done for you.

1. ___cute ___gopher ___turtle ___snake

2. ___cobra ___grow ___aglow ___goon

3. ___car ___run ___earth ___support

4. ___flashlight ___jeep ___camp ___rabbit

5. ___hamsters ___truck ___scorpion ___needle

6. ___sting ___useful ___are ___almanac

7. ___zoo ___tent ___respect ___Asia

8. ___Europe ___Australia ___math ___drum

9. ___Numbers ___ship ___train ___plane

10. ___Develop ___learn ___advance ___sun

BELLING THE CAT

The Mice once called a meeting to

decide on a plan to free
themselves of their enemy, the
Cat. At least they wished to find
some way of knowing when she
was coming, so they might have
time to run away. Indeed,
something had to be done, for they
lived in such constant fear of her
claws that they hardly dared stir
from their dens by night or day.

Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At
last a very young Mouse got up and said:

"I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. All we
have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing
we will know immediately that our enemy is coming."

All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan
before. But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse
arose and said:

"I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. But let me ask one
question: Who will bell the Cat?"

It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter
to do it.

Questions:

1. What is the Title of the story? ______________________

2. Who were talking? _______________
3. Who is the enemy of the Mice? ________________
4. What did they want to do with the cat? ______________
5. Who asked this? “Who will bell the cat?”_____________