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Read and Understand

A. Work with your class partner and number the following sentences in the correct
order based on the story. The first one has been done for you.

1. The tailor sent his cat Simpkin to buy food and a twist of cherry-coloured
silk.

2. The tailor set the mice free.

3. The Mayor of Gloucester had to wear it for his wedding on
Christmas morning.

4. When Simpkin found that the mice were gone, he hid the twist in anger.

5. The tailor found many mice that the cat had caught and kept
under teacups.

6. The tailor had to stitch a coat and waistcoat for the Mayor.

7. The grateful mice finished the coat and waistcoat of the Mayor.

8. The tailor fell ill for three days and nights.

9. The tailor returned to his shop and found the waistcoat and

coat finished.

B. Read these lines and answer the questions that follow. • Reference to context

1. “I better leave now.”
a. Who said these words?

b. Where was the speaker?

c. Why did he decide to leave?

d. Do you think the speaker took his work seriously? What kind of a worker
was he?

2. “Where are my mice?”

a. Who is the speaker here?

b. Where had the mice been?
c. How did the mice get away?

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