input: CHAPTER IX 

DOCTOR PATSY 

Next morning Uncle John and the Weldons--including the precious baby--went for a ride into the mountains, while Beth and Patsy took their embroidery into a sunny corner of the hotel lobby. 

It was nearly ten o'clock when A. Jones discovered the two girls and came tottering toward them. Tottering is the right word; he fairly swayed as he made his way to the secluded corner. 

"I wish he'd use a cane," muttered Beth in an undertone. "I have the feeling that he's liable to bump his nose any minute." 

Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her. 

"Are you feeling better this morning?" she inquired. 

"I--I think so," he answered doubtfully. "I don't seem to get back my strength, you see." 

"Were you stronger before your accident?" asked Beth. 

"Yes, indeed. I went swimming, you remember. But perhaps I was not strong enough to do that. I--I'm very careful of myself, yet I seem to grow weaker all the time." 

There was a brief silence, during which the girls plied their needles. 

"Are you going to stay in this hotel?" demanded Patsy, in her blunt way. 

"For a time, I think. It is very pleasant here," he said. 

"Have you had breakfast?" 

"I took a food-tablet at daybreak." 

"Huh!" A scornful exclamation. Then she glanced at the open door of the dining-hall and laying aside her work she rose with a determined air and said: 

"Come with me!" 

"Where?" 

For answer she assisted him to rise. Then she took his hand and marched him across the lobby to the dining room.  1. Where did Beth and Patsy go?
2. Of which building?
3. What did they plan to do there?
4. Who took the baby?
5. Where did they go?
6. Where?
7. Who did the girls meet that wasn't walking well?
8. Around what time?
9. What did Betsy wish he would use?
10. Who got him a chair?
11. What did he have for breakfast?
12. Did the women seem pleased with this?
13. Was he stronger than before?
14. What proof did he offer?
15. Was he going to be a guest at the hotel?
16. What caused him to walk poorly?
17. From what?
18. Where did Patsy plan on taking him?
19. How did she lead him? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. a corner
2. the hotel
3. embroidery
4. Uncle John and the Weldons
5. went for a ride
6. the mountains,
7. A. Jones
8. ten o'clock
9. a cane
10. Patsy drew up a chair for him, although he endeavored to prevent her.
11. a food-tablet
12. no
13. no
14. yes
15. yes
16. He hasn't got his strength back
17. an accident
18. the dining room
19. She took his hand


input: CHAPTER IV--CYCLES 



"What flowers grow in my field wherewith to dress thee." - E. BARRETT BROWNING. 

Mrs. Best departed early the next morning. It was probably a parting for life between the two old friends; and Magdalen keenly felt the severance from the one person whom she had always known, and on whose sympathy she could rely. Their conversations had been very precious to her, and she felt desolate without the entire companionship. Yet, on the other hand, she felt as if she could have begun better with her sisters if Sophy Best had not come with them, to hand them over, as it were, when she wanted to start on the same level with them, and be more like their contemporary than their authority. 

They all stood on the terrace, watching the fly go down the hill, and she turned to them and said - 

"We will all settle ourselves this morning, and you will see how the land lies, so that to-morrow we can arrange our day and see what work to do. Thekla, when you have had a run round the garden, you might bring your books to the dining-room and let me see how far you have gone." 

"Oh, sister, it is holidays!" 

"Well, my dear, you have had a week, and your holiday time cannot last for ever. Looking at your books cannot spoil it." 

"Yes, it will; they are so nasty." 

"Perhaps you will not always think so; but now you had better put on your hat and your thick boots, for the grass is still very wet, and explore the country. The same advice to you," she added, turning to the others; "it is warm here, but the dew lies long on the slopes."  1. Did Mrs. Best expect to see her friend again?
2. How did she feel without her friendship?
3. True or False: Mrs. Best wished to be seen as her sisters' equal.
4. What does she tell Thekla to do?
5. After she has done what?
6. What does she want to see?
7. True or False: Thekla does not like reading her books.
8. What does she call them?
9. How long a break has she had from reading them?
10. Is it cold outside?
11. What lingers on the hills?
12. What does Mrs. Best tell the sisters to wear?
13. What area will they investigate outside?
14. Where were they are standing?
15. Were they all observing something?
16. What?
17. Who brought the sisters? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. no
2. desolate
3. true
4. bring her books to the dining-room
5. had a run round the garden
6. how far she has gone
7. true
8. nasty
9. a week
10. no
11. dew
12. a hat and thick boots
13. the country
14. unknown
15. yes
16. the fly going down the hill
17. Sophy Best


input: I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand . My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That's the time I started writing, just for myself, and I've been writing ever since. I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror I think they are like the old fairytales ,and can teach you important things. I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you'd like to find out more about me and hope to buy any books, go to 1. Who is the narrator?
2. Where does he live?
3. Does anybody reside with him?
4. Their name?
5. Are they related?
6. How?
7. Where was he raised?
8. Where did he play?
9. Was he imaginative?
10. Does he have any animals?
11. What kind?
12. What is his exterior age?
13. Does he know a foreign language?
14. What's his favorite type of music?
15. What does he prefer to eat?
16. How old was he when his family left the country?
17. Did he attend a different educational institution?
18. How old does he feel?
19. What does he like to write?
20. What compares to a fairytale? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Steve
2. in a small village
3. yes
4. Mary
5. yes
6. husband and wife
7. South Wales
8. on the hills
9. yes
10. yes
11. ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits
12. his forties
13. no
14. rock
15. Indian and Chinese food
16. 13
17. yes
18. 12
19. fantastic stories and horror
20. horror stories