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5B Ua else Bre RYO], , , , Warm-up, worm, butterfly, beet ; a:, pat, earth y, beetle, bee, termite, frog, ant, snail, scorpion, wasp, snake, Reading, A. 1. a. Youcould hardly see one unless you looked for them., 2. b. He wanted to watch the babies grow., B. 1. a. Larry — He is the eldest brother of the narrator., b. Leslie — He is also the narrator’s brother., c. Margo - She is the narrator’s sister,, d. Roger — Roger is the family’s pet dog., e. Lugaretzia — She is the housemaid., , 2. The narrator was fond of scorpions because he found them to be modest, shy and, respectable crawlies. He was completely awed by their various habits that made them, different from other insects., , 3. When the mother scorpion found its way to Larry’s arm, he let out a scream which, surprised Lugaretzia and she dropped a plate., , 4. Margo tried splashing water on the scorpion but ended up splashing it on their mother,, who was so overcome with cold that she could not utter anything, so she just sat there, bewildered., , Roger mistook Lugaretzia as the enemy and bit her ankle., , Larry wanted to smash the life out of the scorpions with a book, while Margo wanted to, drench them with water. The narrator wanted to scoop them up and save them from their, imminent doom., , 7. The narrator finally collected all the babies and placed them on the mother scorpion’s, back. He then took them outside on a saucer and let them off near the wall., , C. 1. a. ‘refers to the narrator., b. The speaker discovered a lot of baby scorpions on the back of the fat female scorpion., , 2. a. The exciting new captures were the fat female scorpion and her babies., , b. The narrator got engrossed in eating his lunch and feeding his dog., c. The narrator left the scorpions inside a matchbox, on the mantelpiece in the, , drawing room., , 149