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Supplementary Material for 10 Grade

Now, to check your comprehension about narrative text, take the quiz here.

D. Reading (Skimming & Scanning)
Before reading the text prepare your stopwatch. Take a piece of paper then
check out how fast you can find the answers of the questions below from the text.

1. The boy lived in …
2. The boy didn’t know what… was.
3. According to mom fear was ….
4. At first the boy met a …. near berry patch.
5. Inside the earth the boy met a….
6. When he met bear, the boy felt that her mother was … as he didn’t find fear.
7. The boy felt fear only when he became a … and had to hear people’s….

The Boy Who Didn’ t Know Fear

In the kingdom of Near and Far, there lived a boy who didn’t know fear. One morning his mother
said, “I want to pick fresh blackberries for a pie, but I fear the great bear that lives in the forest.”
“What is fear?” asked the boy.
“Fear is when you feel worried that something terrible will happen to you,” answered the
mother.
“I can’t imagine how that would be,” said the boy. “I must find fear and see for myself. I’ll
go to the berry patch.”
The boy took a pail for the berries and an axe to cut wood for a fire. Off he went. He came to a
sleeping giant. The boy looked into the giant’s pockets. “No fear here,” he said. Then he peered
into the giant’s ears. “Nothing terrible there.” The boy walked into the giant’s nose. “Hello,” he
called, “I’m looking for fear.” His voice echoed in the giant’s nose.
“Aaah-choo!” the giant sneezed. The boy flew out of the giant’s nose and landed on top
of a tall pine tree.“I’m allergic to people. They make me sneeze!” bellowed the giant.
“Your sneeze blew me up into the tree,” said the boy. “I’m looking for fear.”
“Fear, is it?” the giant roared. “I’ll show you fear.” The giant pulled the boy’s tree out of
the ground and sent it sailing through the air.
“I’m flying over the forest like a bird!” shouted the boy. “I can see farms and
villages.There’s no fear in the sky.”When the tree came down, it splashed into the sea. It rolled
over and over, but the boy held on. When the tree stopped spinning, the boy said, “I didn’t find
any fear in the air or under the water.”The boy chopped off two limbs of the tree with his axe. He

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