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It was a hot afternoon. The scorching sun ___1___
mercilessly on the little village. As usual, the
place was quiet. I groaned to myself as I hastily
wiped ___2___
the perspiration on my forehead. I would never get
home ___3___
this heat.
As I walked along the main road, a dog ___4___
rushing at me from an alley. It has foam all over ___5___
mouth. ___6___
shouted:
" ___7___
cover ! Rabies ! Mad dog !"
On hearing that, I quickly glanced ___8___.
All the doors to the houses were bolted. No windows
were ___9___
either. Nobody was ___10___
any chances. I saw a tree nearby. I ran to it
and started ___11___,
manfully ignoring the painful ___12___
of the ants in the tree.
"I would rather be bitten by these insects ___13___
by a slavering dog," I thought at that time.
Two men holding a wire noose on a long pole
walked stealthily ___14___
the dog. They gauged the distance between them and
the dog and neatly lassoed the animal. The dog
struggled to ___15___
itself ___16___
the wire was thick and strong. Most importantly, the
wire did not ___17___.
That night, and ___18___
many nights after that, my bottom was ___19___
sore for me to sit down. Maybe being bitten by the
dog would have hurt ___20___
after all !
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