1.
The native hunters returned, and advanced upon the leopard, their spears pointing.
2. Neither o f the hunters moved in close until Sir Gardnor arrived.
3. «It is sad, don't you think?» he asked, «That one should have to kill anything so superbly
beautiful?»
4. Sir Gardnor turned his head: he was annoyed with Harold because he hadn't thought to
congratulate him.
5. They were admiring its weight, the firmness o f its coat, the neat hole that the bullet had made.
6.
Sir Gardnor was their hero, their saviour, their new witchdoctor.
III. Complete the following sentences in accordance with the text.
1. One o f the main characters o f the story Sir Gardnor w a s ___.
a) a professional tennis player
b) a tennis fan
c) a well-experienced hunter
d) a Kibburu
2. Harold began reaching o u t___ .
a) for his rifle
b) towards the rolled-up rope ladder
c) for a racket
d) towards the bracelet o f teeth and leopard claws
3. His companion was jingling a bracelet o f teeth and leopard claws in o rd e r___ .
a) to deceive Sir Gardnor and Harold
b) to scare o ff the spirits
c) to make sure the leopard was dead
d) to deceive the dead leopard into believing that he was not a Kibburu at all
4. Neither o f the hunters moved in clo se ___ .
a) until
Sir Gardnor arrived
b) until the leopard was dead
c) until Sir Gardnor gave them a rifle
d) until they spoke confidentially to the leopard spirit
5. His expression was one almost o f ___ .
a) fear;
b) pity;
c) anger;
d)joy
6. «It is sad, don't you think?» he asked, «That one should have to k ill___ ?» '
a) such a dangerous beast
b) wild animals
c) unprotected creatures
d) anything so superbly beautiful
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