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Aaron Shepard (born 1950) is the author of The Legend of Lightning
Larry, The Sea King’s Daughter, The Baker’s Dozen and many more.
His speciality is retelling folk tales and other traditional literature from
around the world.

Comprehension

A. Write whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the
false statements.

1. Joji lived in a city with many sisters.

2. Joji drew cats all the time.

3. Joji’s father thought he would become a farmer.

4. Joji drew on rice paper.

5. Joji saw a large, fierce cow in the temple.

B. Read the given lines and answer the following ques ons.

1. ‘Maybe he could be a priest,’

a. Who said this and to whom?

b. Who is ‘he’?

c. Why did the speaker say this?

2. ‘You’ll just have to go home.’

a. Who is being spoken to here?

b. Why is he sent to the temple?

c. Why is he asked to go home?
3. ‘You have saved me.’

a. Who saved whom?

b. From what was he saved? How?

c. What did he decide after being saved?

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