“Animal Fare,” Friend, Sept. 1986, 23
Animal Fare
One word is missing from each of the following African proverbs. Can you fill in the words from the list given here?
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1. By trying often, the ________ learns to jump from the tree. |
a. Egg | |
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2. The frog, wanting to be as big as the ________, burst. |
b. Monkey | |
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3. If one is not in a hurry, even an ________ will start walking. |
c. Camel | |
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4. One ________ does not make fun of another one’s hump. |
d. Elephant | |
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5. The ________ flies high but always returns to earth. |
e. Head | |
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6. Horns do not grow before the ________. |
f. Bird | |
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7. A ________’s losing a leg does not prevent it from walking. |
g. Hippopotamus | |
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8. A ________ has four legs, yet it often falls. |
h. Ant | |
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9. Even an ________ may harm an elephant. |
i. Centipede | |
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10. Darkness conceals the ________. |
j. Horse |