A Life-Saving Cow

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Six consecutive days of spring rain had created a raging river running by Nancy Brown's farm. As
she tried to herd her cows to higher ground, she slipped and hit her head on a fallen tree trunk. The
fall knocked her out for a moment or two. When she came to, Lizzie, one of her oldest and favorite
cows, was licking her face. The water was rising. Nancy got up and began walking slowly with
Lizzie. The water was now waist high. Nancy's pace got slower and slower. Finally, all she could do
was to throw her arm around Lizzie's neck and try to hang on. About 20 minutes later, Lizzie
managed to successfully pull herself and Nancy out of the raging water and onto a bit of high land,
a small island now in the middle of acres of white water.
Even though it was about noon, the sky was so dark and the rain and lightning so bad that it
took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy. A helicopter lowered a paramedic, who
attached Nancy to a life-support hoist. They raised her into the helicopter and took her to the
school gym, where the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter.
When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the "island." Lizzie
was gone. She was one of 19 cows that Nancy lost. "I owe my life to her," said Nancy sobbingly.

1. What happened when Nancy tried to herd her cows to higher ground?
A. ?Lizzie slipped and lost consciousness.
B. ?Cows ran in all directions, frightened by the flood.
C. ?Nancy fell down and lost consciousness.
D. ?A tree fell down and hit Nancy.

2. Where did Lizzie manage to pull herself and Nancy to?

A. ?small island nearby.
B. ?A piece of high land.
C. ?The top of a hill.
D. ?To a farm house.

3. Why did the rescuers take Nancy to the school gym?

A. ?Because the school gym was clean.
B. ?Because the school gym was on an island.
C. ?Because Lizzie was there.
D. ?The school gym is a place for people to live temporarily.

4. When did the rescuers find Nancy?

A. ?About 2:00 a.m.
B. ?About 10:00 oclock.
C. ?About 2:00 p.m.
D. ?At noon.

5. Why was there a flood?

A. ?Because it had been raining for six days on end in the spring.
B. ?Because there had been six continual days of summer rain.
C. ?Because the river was too small.
D. ?Because there was an earthquake.
ANSWER YES OR NO
6. Did the spring rain create a raging river?
7. Did Nancy Brown stay at home?
8. Was the water rising?
9. Did the cow harm her?
10. Did the cow and Nancy go faster and faster?
11. Did Nancy and the cow get to a bit of high land?
12. Did the rescuers find Nancy?
13. Did the helicopter try to lift the cow?
14. Did the flood subside two days later?

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 15. Did the cow die?

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

16. What had created a raging river?

17. What happened when Nancy tried to herd her cows to higher ground?

18. What did she see when she came to?

19. What did Nancy throw her arm around?

20. What was the small island"?

21. How long did it take the rescuers to find Nancy?

22. What lowered a paramedic to the ground?

23. Where had the Red Cross set up an emergency shelter?

24. When did the flood subside?

25. How many cows did Nancy lose?

ASK THE QUESTIONS

26. A raging river was running by Nancy Brown's farm. (Hint: What)

27. The water was waist high. (Hint: How)

28. Lizzie was licking her face. (Hint: What)

29. Lizzie pulled Nancy out of the raging water. (Hint: Whom)

30. Lizzie pulled Nancy onto a bit of high land. (Hint: Where)

31. It took the rescuers two hours to discover Nancy. (Hint: How long)

32. A paramedic attached Nancy to a life-support hoist. (Hint: What)

33. The Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter. (Hint: What)

34. The flood subsided two days later. (Hint: When)

35. Nancy lost 19 cows. (Hint: How many)

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