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Text 2 (Questions number 6-10)

    Once upon a time there lived a kind-heated man and his wife. One morning, his wife found a poor little sparrow.  She took it gently and fed it. To show its gratitude, the sparrow stayed with them and sang every morning. But there was an ill-tempered old woman who didn’t like the sparrow. She cut the sparrow’s tongue. That’s why the bird return to its previous nest.

    Knowing that their sparrow flew away, the kind man and woman looked for their sparrow. They walked a long way, crossed the bridge, climbed a mountain, and passed the wood.

    Not long afterwards, they found the sparrow’s nest. The sparrow welcomed them and provided a feast for them. Before they went home, the sparrow brought two baskets: one was large and looked heavy, and the other one was small and light. The sparrow asked them to choose one.

    They choose the small one. And that was the best choice. There were many rolls of silk and piles of gold in it. Being jealous, the ill-tempered old woman did the same thing as the kind man and woman did.

    She chose the big basket which actually contained wasps and venomous crawlers, such as scorpions, centipedes, and other horrible creatures.  Finally, they stung and bit her to death.

“The sparrow welcomed them…”

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