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A. How much did you understand?

Who said these sentences?

1. "Hello, uncle. What are you doing here?"
   The fox
2. "I have many enemies in the village who are looking for me."
   The hyena
3. "I'll tie you up in your sticks of firewood and carry you home."
   The fox
4. "Give me some food. I'm very hungry."
   The fox
5. "Bring me my spoon! The food's burning in the pot."
   The fox’s mother
6. "I can't give you the spoon."
   The hyena
7. "I want to beat the bundle of wood beside the door."
   The fox
8. "I'm beating your brother, the hyena."
   The fox

B. True or false?

1. The hyena's sister sent him into the forest to find sticks of wood for the fire.
   False. The hyena’s mother sent him into the forest to find sticks of wood for the fire.
2. The fox invited the hyena to come home to his house.
   True
3. The fox tied the hyena up in his bundle of sticks.
   True
4. The fox told his mother about the hyena inside the bundle of sticks.
   False. The fox didn't tell his mother about the hyena inside the bundle of sticks. 
5. The fox gave the hyena some food on a spoon, and the hyena swallowed the spoon.
   True
6. The fox's mother needed her spoon, because the food was burning in the pot.
   True
7. The fox beat the bundle of sticks, because there were scorpions in it.
   False.  The fox only pretended that there were scorpions in the bundle of sticks.
8. The hyena beat the fox, and broke his leg.
   False.  The fox beat the hyena and broke his leg.
9. The hyena ran back to the forest, crying all the way.
   True
10. Now the hyena runs straight, because he has a spoon in his stomach.
    False.  The hyena never runs straight, because he has a spoon in his stomach.