An Old Mule In The Well

1. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together, told them what had happened, and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

2. This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up… shake it off and step up… shake it off and step up!” He repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or how distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up!

3. This parable is told of a farmer who owned an old mule. The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule praying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells.

4. It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually helped him … all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.

5. Initially the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back, a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back, he would shake it off and step up!

17. Put the words in Charles Gordy’s quote in the correct order.

1) an inexpensive way 2) your looks 3) to change 4) a smile 5) is

18. Put the parts of a radio interview in the correct order.

1) – Well, we had a bit of training. Of course, I had to familiarize myself with the equipment, but I’m quite good with technical stuff so that wasn’t too much of a problem. The weird thing was having to practice being natural and relaxed. I’d never thought how hard that would be. We were told to be spontaneous rather than write a script or anything like that. I must admit I love writing, so I did jot down some ideas anyway!

2) – So, how did you prepare?

3) – Well, the radio station in my town wanted to encourage teenagers to have a go at being reporters. This meant taking your microphone everywhere and talking to people about what was happening in their lives. The whole idea was to focus on ordinary teenagers and not local celebrities or anyone like that. Some of us might go on to work at a radio station but that wasn’t really a purpose. 4) – My guest today is Luke Fuller, who’s seventeen and who’s just spent a month working as a junior reporter for his local radio station. It sounds fascinating. What was the purpose of what you were doing, Luke? 5) – Great talking to you Luke.

19. Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

1) of four kits written by school and university teachers from

2) Alan Pulverness and

3) My Daughter, The Fox is the first in a series

4) Russia, under the guidance of

5) co-ordinated by the British Council, Russia

20.Put the words in the correct order to make an English proverb.

1) has 2) every 3) lining 4) a silver 5) cloud

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