You once got lost when you were a child. Narrate to your classmates why you got lost, what you went through and how you were finally found.

Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow.

Fatimeh was always silent. She learnt a lot within a short time. In one month, she could milk cows, separate butter and cheese from the milk, ferment the milk and cook nearly as well as Rikku's mother. At first, she went with Rikku's mother to hawk the sour milk, she was beginning to find her way to and from town.

Fatimeh was always chewing tobacco flower and so her lips, teeth and gums became red. Hodio noticed that her looks had improved since she came to live with family, her skin was smooth and shiny; she had also put on more flesh.

Towards nightfall, when Fatimeh came home, she would take a pot and go down to the stream where she bathed and drew water. Sometimes, she went with Leibe or Shaitu; she was never alone.

One evening, Hodio followed Fatimeh quietly to the stream when the place was quiet and he could hear the sound of his own footsteps on the dusty road. When he caught up with Fatimeh, he suggested to her to run away with him because he loved he dearly and wanted her to be his wife. Fatimeh refused. She knew very well that, as a slave, she could never hope to marry a freeborn and proud Fulani like Hodio Sunsaye.

Hodio did not give up. He spoke to her again. He tried to persuade her to run away with him and live in a town where no one cared about tradition and custom. Eventually, Fatimeh agreed to consider his proposal.

Hodio's father, old Sunsaye, was the first person who missed Fatimeh. He called his wife, Shaitu, and asked her if she has seen Fatimeh. She replied in the negative. He asked Rikku and Leibe. No one could tell him where Hodio and Fatimeh were. They then looked behind the hut; the horse was not there.

(a) What two things did the girl learn to do in one month?

(b) Give two adjectives that describe Fatimeh as presented in the firdt paragraph.

(c) What was HOodio's main reason for following Fatimeh to the stream?

(d) Fatimeh refused.

I. What did Fatimeh refuse to do at first?

II. Why did she refuse Hodio's proposal?

(e) Why did Hodio want to live in a town?

(f) For each of the following words, give another word or phrase that means the same and can fit into the passage:

I. silent;

II. sour;

III. improved;

IV. drew;

V. proposal.

Narrate to your friends an interesting story your grandmother told you.

You have finished junior secondary school and would like to improve on your best skill. Write a letter of application to the owner of a company for apprenticeship.

You live about ten kilometres away from your school. Write accurate directions to a friend who wishes to visit you.