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(c) . The man tied the dog to the leg of the chair. The
herd left the cow in the middle of the field. The boy found
a serpent in a tuft of rushes. I broke the serpent s head.
The fisherman got a letter from his brother ; the news of
the letter was good.
The man opened the door with the key ; his knife stuck
in the key-hole. I met my niece (say, sister s daughter)
in the town early in the morning. The little son broke
his father’s pipe. The father spoke very quietly.
(d) . I heard the sound of blows. I was at the gate
of the town yesterday, and I saw the trees of the wood.
Whose are those houses ? They are the fishermen’s houses.
The walls are too high. We met the fisherman’s son at
the boat-house. The hunter’s children were at the farmer’s
house. The tailor put a button in the coat. He gathered
a bag-ful of nuts in the woods. Thousands of boats are on
the sea. I saw the glare (flame) of the fire late in the even¬
ing. The village was very quiet. The queen went through
the village.
(e) The dog’s ears are white. Give a bit of bread to the
dog. The dog’s legs are broken. I heard the barking of
dogs. 1 met the woman at the smithy. The woman’s
son is in school. I gave a letter to the woman. The
merchant sold women’s shoes. The dog followed the
woman’s cows. The woman gave fodder to the cow. The
lad struck the cow’s horn with a knife. The blade of the
knife was very sharp. The snow covered the tops of the
mountains. The sick man was in bed. The dog lay at
the bedside.
33 34,—The knife is new but it is not sharp. A little
mouse is under the big stone. The large rat is under the