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Stuck in the Desert by Saeed Al-Qamzi
Three years ago on the last day of January, I had a big problem. I can't forget this day forever. The story began when my uncle, my cousin, and I went to the desert. My uncle was the oldest at 72 years old, but he was still strong. My cousin at that time was 10 years old, and I was 25 years old. All of us liked hunting. Usually we went hunting on the weekend, especially in winter, because winter is the hunting season.
On the 25th of January, we decided to go hunting. All things were ready in the car, a Range Rover with four-wheel drive. We began on Thursday afternoon, and it took us three hours by car. We reached the place we were looking for at 5:15 P.M. First, we fixed the tent, then we made coffee and had a few minutes of rest. After that, we left to go on the hunt. We hunted using a falcon. Often, we hunt birds and rabbits. We spent two hours without finding anything. We decided to go back to the camp. On our way back, my cousin saw a rabbit. He cried, "Rabbit!! Rabbit! Quick!" I took the falcon's head cover and flung it off aggressively. When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter. He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit. After two minutes, the rabbit was caught. We took it and went back to the camp where we started to cook our dinner. We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 P.M. Then we went to bed.
We left camp the next day at 7 o'clock in the morning. We went north and found two kinds of birds and caught them. However, we faced trouble at 10:00A.M. because the car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress. Finally, we decided to walk. I talked with my uncle about how hard it is for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40 km. in the desert. He agreed with me. So I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone. I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand. I walked more than four hours without stopping. I felt tired and thirsty. I drank all the water which was in the bottle. I stopped to rest, sleeping around two hours.
When I got up, darkness had covered the area. "What should I do?" I asked myself. I continued to walk south. I was worried about my uncle and cousin, and they were worried about me also. Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel. He took me to his house. When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road and he did. After that, I found a car which took me to the city to get help. I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin. When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again.
Eventually, I learned a lesson from this story, which was that the desert is very dangerous. Next time, when we go hunting, we must go in groups with two or more cars. If we go together, we can keep each other safe. We know the desert is dangerous, but we will never quit hunting.
1 Which of the following is NOT true?
a- Saeed's uncle was over 70 years old.
b- Saeed was younger than his uncle and his cousin.
c- Three males went hunting.
d- Winter is the hunting season, so they went hunting in January.
e- Saeed's uncle was an old, but strong man.
2 Choose the correct answer.
a- The Range Rover had front-wheel drive.
b- The group left for the hunting trip at 2:15 P.M.
c- After resting, they fixed their tent.
d- During the first two hours, the group found animals to hunt.
e- The rabbit tricked the falcon.
3 Which happened last?
a- On their way back to camp, Saeed's cousin saw a rabbit.
b- The group sat around the fire talking.
c- They ate delicious food and drank Arabic coffee.
d- The falcon flew up and down and caught the rabbit.
e- Saeed took off the falcon's head cover.
4 Which is NOT a reason that Saeed had to walk forty km.?
a- The car got stuck in the sand.
b- It was hard for an old man or a very young boy to walk 40 km.
c- Saeed did not know the way and he became lost.
d- The group spent 3 hours trying to pull the car out of the sand, but could not.
e- There was nobody around who could help the hunters get out of the sand.
5 Which is NOT true about the Bedouin man?
a- He was riding a camel.
b- He took Saeed to get help.
c- He took Saeed to his house.
d- He allowed Saeed to rest.
e- He took Saeed to the road.
6 What lesson did Saeed learn from his experience?
a- Hunting is dangerous and he will not hunt again.
b- When hunting, Saeed will use a different type of car.
c- When hunting in the desert, people should go in groups with two or more cars.
d- Bedouins are not helpful to strangers in the desert.
7 What is the main idea of the story?
a- You must train a falcon well to hunt in the desert.
b- Saeed loved his family and loved to go hunting with them.
c- Because their car got stuck in the sand, the hunters learned that the desert can be dangerous.
d- Saeed was strong enough to walk 40 km. in the desert.
answer key: 1)b 2)b 3)b 4)c 5)b 6)c 7)c
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