A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown veh
old, and had lost all his teeth. And one day when the shepherd
and his wife were standing together before the house the
shepherd said, "I will shoot old Sultan tomorrow morning, for he is
of no use now."
But his wife said, "Pray let the poor faithful creature live; he has
served us well a great many years, and we ought to give him a
livelihood for the rest of his days."
"But what can we do with him?" said the shepherd, "he has not a
tooth in his head, and the thieves don't care for him at all; to be
sure he has served us, but then he did it to earn his livelihood;
tomorrow shall be his last day, depend upon it."
Poor Sultan, who was lying close by them, heard all that the
shepherd and his wife said to one another, and was very much
frightened to think tomorrow would be his last day, so in the
evening he went to his good friend the wolf, who lived in the
wood, and told him all his sorrows, and how his master meant to
kill him in the morning. "Make yourself easy," said the wolf, "I will
give you some good advice. Your master, you know, goes out
every morning very early with his wife into the field; and they take
their little child with them, and lay it down behind the hedge in the
shade while they are at work. Now do you lie down close by the
child, and pretend to be watching it, and I will come out of the
wood and run away with it; you must run after me as fast as you
can, and I will let it drop; then you may carry it back, and they will
think you have saved their child, and will be so thankful to you
that they will take care of you as long as you live."
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Select the correct answer.
Based on the passage, what caused the wolf to think that he could easily eat one of Sultan's master's sheep?
O A.
OB.
OC.
O D.
Sultan was old and had lost all his teeth, so he could not chase after and hurt the wolf.
Sultan was the wolf's friend and would ignore the wolf when he attacked the sheep.
Sultan owed the wolf his life because the wolf's plan had prevented Sultan's death.
Sultan owed his master for saving him, so he gave the wolf a sheep.
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