Mrs. Jenkins was the owner of a small restaurant in Southampton. Southampton is a big port. Mrs Jenkins had two young waitresses and a cook to help her.

One day a sailor came into the restaurant, sat down at one of the tables, ordered what he wanted from the waitress and then got up and left again after a few minutes. The owner of the restaurant was surprised when she saw this, so she called the waitress and asked her why the man had left before having his meal.

"Well,' the waitress answered, 'he asked for some of our fried rabbit, and when I went out into the kitchen to order it from the cook, the cat was just on the other side of the door and I stepped on its tail by mistake. It made a terrible noise, of course, and then the man got up from his table and went out very quickly!

A      Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write Tor F.

1. Mrs. Jenkins's restaurant was very big.
2. A sailor came in, but he did not like the waitress, so he went out again.
3. Mrs. Jenkins was surprised when the sailor left.
4. The sailor ordered rabbit for his meal.
5. The cat made a noise because its tail hurt.
6. The restaurant gave people cat's meat instead of rabbit's.

B          Answer these questions:

1. What was Mrs. Jenkins's job?
2. Who did she have working for her?
3. What did the sailor do?
4. Why was Mrs. Jenkins surprised?
5. What did she do then?
6. What did she ask the waitress?
7. And what did the waitress answer?
8. What had the sailor thought?