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2. Read the two stories carefully.
Story 1
Once upon a time, there was a boy who had a pet fish named Tommy.
He kept the fish in a barrel until it got pretty big. The boy had to change a good
deal of water for Tommy. His laziness in changing the water gave him the idea
to teach Tommy to live without water.
He took Tommy out of the barrel. After only a few minutes, Tommy began
to cry for water.
"Stop crying!" said the boy, "I will teach you how to live without water."
But how could Tommy live without water?
The boy was persistent. He kept taking Tommy out of the barrel. Day by
day, Tommy lived on the land for longer periods of time. After a while Tommy
could wag its tail on the wet grass and he was happy to show off to the boy.
Eventually, Tommy could live on the wet grass all night. "I can live on the
land just fine if I am in the shade," said Tommy.
The boy was very pleased with Tommy's progress. He told Tommy to live
without water for the rest of his life. He promised to bring Tommy everywhere
if he learned to stay under the sun.
Tommy now lived without water. He could walk down the dusty road under
the hot sun. He followed the boy around like a dog with its owner. When the
boy looked for worms to eat, Tommy tagged along and got some for himself.
The townspeople were amused looking at a fish walking on its tail. They
wondered how the boy had taught Tommy. "That's a long story," answered the boy.
Those who were rolling in money offered to buy Tommy, but the boy never
wanted to sell Tommy.
The story of how the boy lost Tommy is sad and unusual at the same time.
On Tommy's birthday, the boy took Tommy to town. He had warned Tommy
about the town's old bridge they would cross because there were a lot of holes
in the bridge.
When they walked on the bridge, the boy forgot about Tommy, who was
tagging along behind him. He was looked back to warn Tommy about the holes,
but it was too late. Tommy was nowhere to be seen.
The boy braced himself to look through
the holes. From one of the holes,
he saw Tommy floating
on the water. Tommy
had fallen through the
hole into the river and
drowned.
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