Exercise 267. Read the following text carefully. Then read the questions and complete the answers.

THE WILD DOG AND THE FARM DOG

Once there was a wild dog who was always very hungry. He ran here and there through the forest and meadows looking for a rabbit or a squirrel or even a mouse to eat. But it was winter and he found nothing. Finally he came near a farm house where he met a farm dog. The farm dog was plump and had well-brushed hair.

‘You look plump and well-fed’, said the wild dog.

‘Oh, the farmer gives me milk, bones, and delicious scraps from his table,’ said the farm dog. ‘All I have to do is bark to warn him if robbers came. It’s a very easy job. Come and live with me. I’m sure the farmer will give you the same.’

When the wild dog began to think of the milk, bones and scraps from the farmer’s table, his mouth started to water.

‘I think I would like such an easy job,’ said the wild dog. ‘I could protect the farm very well, for I have good ears, good eyes and a good voice. I can bark very loud.’

Then the wild dog noticed a collar around the farm dog’s neck.

‘What’s this?” he asked.

‘Oh, it’s nothing, it’s a collar to be tied up on a rope.’

‘You mean you are tied on a rope and you cannot run through the meadows and the woods and go wherever you please?’ asked the wild dog.

‘I’m used to it,’ said the farm dog. ‘It’s not a problem. You’ll get used to it too.’

‘No,’ said the wild dog. ‘I like freedom. I would rather be hungry and free than well-fed on a rope.’

And with these words, the wild dog ran off into the woods.

1. Where did the wild dog run?

– Through ___ forest and ___meadows.

2. What was he looking for?

– For ___rabbit or ___squirrel or even ___mouse to eat.

3. Why could he find nothing?

– Because it was ___winter.

4. Where did he finally come to?

– To ___farm house.

5. Whom did he meet there?

– ___farm dog.

6. What did the dog look like?

– ___farm dog was plump and had ___well-brushed hair.

7. Why did the farm dog look plump and well-fed?

– Because ___farmer gave him ___milk, ___bones, and ___delicious scraps from his table.

8. What was the farm dog’s duty?

– He had to bark to warn ___master when ___robbers came.

9. Was it a hard job?

– No, it was ___very easy job.

10. When did the wild dog’s mouth begin to water?

– When ___wild dog began to think of ___milk, ___bones and ___scraps from ___farmer’s table.

11. Why did the wild dog think he could do this job?

– Because he had ___good ears, ___good eyes and ___good voice.

12. What did he notice on the farm dog’s neck?

– ___collar.

13. What did it means?

– That ___farm dog was tied on ___rope and could not run through ___meadows and ___woods wherever he pleased.

14. Why didn’t the wild dog want to live on the farm?

– Because he liked ___freedom.

15. Where did run off?

– He ran off into ___woods.

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