‘The Crow and the Sparrow a (Ores upon a time a sparrow made fiends with a crow. One day when they were hunting for food, the crow spied some red penpers that were spread aut on a mat to cy. ‘Look at those papers,’ said the crow to the sparrow. “Lets sea whe ean eat the rest. ‘Al right” answered the sparrow. “Than the ane who wins wil aat the other” said the crow ‘The sparrow laughed and agreed for he thought the crow was joking. Friends do rot eat each offer. The sparrow ale each pepper fairly, but the crow cheated. For each pepper that he ate, he hid three more under the mat without the sparrow's seeing, 1've won! Now I'm going to eat you!” sald the crow. “Then at last the eparrow realized that the crow was serious. “Al righ,” he said, Ill keep my promise. But before you eat me you must wash your beak for everyone knows that you're a dirty bird and eatots of nasty things.” ‘So the crow went fo the river ard cried, “River River? Give me water ‘To wash my beak, To make mysef neat, The sparrow io eat!” “The river replied: “You wart water? Very well, but everyone says you eat nasty things. f you want © wash your beak in my water, you must get a pot fo put it in ard then you can have ae much water a8 you like ‘The crow wont to the potter in the village and cried: ‘Potter! Potter? Wake me a pot ‘To fetch some water, To wash my boak, To make myself neat, The sparrow to eat!” ‘The cotter replied: “Yau want a pat? Very well, but have no clay. Bring me some clayand “Ill make you a pol.”Tre ohele MoM it ate NG a Saag Hak ao is Te cig some cay Tne blgcksmitn raplies: “Yau wan! @ space? Very well, put you 896 nave no fre in me torge. Hyou want me t2 moka S epade, you mast Bing the courtyard “The crow chad “The farmer’ wife repliod: “You want fre? Vary well, But how will you carry #2" “You can putit on my back.” sald the ow. into artes. The goody Stow wae bunnt to seven Buk the honwat spewrons heed to's spe Rerotd hy Asia Siddigu “Task 1, Write T ifthe statement Is true and Fifi 3. The rivor Sad a vald reason tor not aving the crow mater 4 The earn gave Slay io the exaw but tt was hot enough for a pot 5. TR Bites s request tor fre trorn the crow was only a iL 5. The housowrte realy mienced to burn the crow 3. The crow was not only a cheat but alee stupi. 2. Sean the selection for answers to the following questions. A. Answer the followin 5. Whan ‘did tre sparrow realize that the crow maant what he eid? 4 How'dla' ine sparrow save himsor? 5 What happened to the crow atthe end? Whom as the crow approach and for what? Show sequence by wring the Sparrow wanted crow toclean his beak |‘Task 3. Read the story intensively and answer all the questions. 41. What kind of friend was the crow? Do you know of people like him?