ACTIVITY 2 Reading Comprehension: Read the entire story and answer the given question.
Once upon a time ,a sparrow made friends with a crow. One day when they were hunting
for food, the crow spied some red peppers that were spread out on a mat to dry. "Look at those
peppers," said the crow to the sparrow. "Let's see who can eat the most." "All right!" answered
the sparrow. "Then the one who wins will eat the other," said the crow. The sparrow laughed
and agreed for he thought the crow was joking. Friends do not eat each other. The sparrow ate
each pepper fairly, but the crow cheated. For each pepper that he ate, he hid three more under
the mat without the sparrows seeing.
1. Why did the sparrow agree to the bet?
2. How did the crow cheat?
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