## Answers to the Exercises for The Leopard and the Squirrel

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A. How much did you understand?

1. The leopard and the squirrel both looked after the same herd of goats.
   True
2. The leopard and the squirrel looked after the goats on different days.
   True
3. The leopard was cleverer than the squirrel at looking after the goats.
   False. The squirrel was cleverer than the leopard.
4. The squirrel’s mother helped her to find food for the goats.
   True
5. The leopard believed the squirrel’s story about the branding iron.
   False. The leopard did not believe the squirrel's story about the branding iron.
6. The squirrel called her mother to come down from the tree and the leopard killed her.
   False. The leopard called the squirrel's mother down from the tree, and then he killed her.
7. The squirrel had red eyes because she had put medicine in them.
   False. The squirrel had red eyes because she had cried all day.
8. "You won't like the medicine," the squirrel said to the leopard.
   True
9. The squirrel blinded the leopard by putting hot stones on his eyes.
   True
10. "My mother will bring back your eyes," the squirrel said to the leopard.
    False. The squirrel said, "I'll give you back your eyes when you bring back my mother."

B. Answers with "because"

1. 1/c. The goats ate well when they went out with the squirrel because her mother threw leaves down from the trees.
2. 2/d. The leopard was angry with the squirrel because the squirrel was not telling the truth.
3. 3/b. The leopard killed the squirrel's mother because he wanted to punish the squirrel.
4. 4/f. The squirrel began to cry because her mother was dead.
5. 5/a. The leopard wanted the medicine because he wanted to become big and strong.
6. 6/e. The squirrel put hot stones in the leopard's eyes because she wanted to punish the leopard.