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2. The town of Hamelin is once full of rats. (a) –––––––––– ––––––––––

They ate all the food and the people has (b) –––––––––– ––––––––––
grown tired to them, but were (c) –––––––––– ––––––––––

unable in do anything. Even the cats (d) –––––––––– ––––––––––

was unable to scare the rats away. (e) –––––––––– ––––––––––

One day, a man named Pied Piper come to (f) –––––––––– ––––––––––

the town. He went to the Mayor but asked (g) –––––––––– ––––––––––
him, “What must you pay me if I free (h) –––––––––– ––––––––––

your town of every single rat?”

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3. I am having a bad day today. I woke down (a) –––––––––– ––––––––––

this morning and my mother told them that my dog, (b) –––––––––– ––––––––––
Muffin, is missing. Muffin lives on (c) –––––––––– ––––––––––

our backyard. The door of a fence that surrounds (d) –––––––––– ––––––––––

our backyard was open that morning when (e) –––––––––– ––––––––––

my mother woke up. My mother walks around (f) –––––––––– ––––––––––

their neighbourhood and called out Muffin’s name (g) –––––––––– ––––––––––

but he does not return home. She asked all (h) –––––––––– ––––––––––
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our neighbours, but no one have seen (i) –––––––––– ––––––––––
Muffin anywhere.

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