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The Belly And The Members by Aesop
Long ago when the members of the human body had very strong wills of their own and did
not work together as amicably as they do now, they denounced the belly for leading an idle and
luxurious life, while they were wholly occupied in supporting it and ministering to its wants and
pleasures. At one point, they agreed to cut off the belly's supplies for the future. The hands
declared that they would not lift a thing, not even a crust of bread, the mouth that it would not
accept any more food for the teeth to chew, the legs that they would no longer carry the belly
from place to place, and so on with the others. No sooner did they set to their plan of starving
the belly into subjection, than they all began, one by one, to fail and flag so that the whole body
started to pine away. Consequently, the members became convinced that the belly, cumbersome
and useless as it seemed to be, also had an important function of its own. In fact, they realized
that they were just as dependent on it as it was on them and that if they wanted to keep the body
in a healthy state, they would have to work together for the common good of all.
1. Why were the members of the body upset?
a) They were quarrelsome and decided to pick a fight with each other.
b) Their strong wills drove them to accuse the belly of being lazy and useless.
c) They thought they were too dependent on the belly.
d) Each part only thought about itself and couldn't make a plan to outwit belly.
2. «Ministering» in line 4 most closely means:
a) serving;
b) preaching;
c) helping;
d) accepting.
3. What did the members decide to do about their predicament?
a) tо kill the belly;
b) to protest by ignoring the belly;
c) to serve only themselves with life's pleasures;
d) to punish the belly with a lack of nourishment.
4. The belly could actually best be described as:
a) idle; leading a luxurious life;
b) industrious; an energy producing furnace;
c) strong; a forceful muscle;
d) smart; a central control agent.5. What is the most important moral that this story is trying to convey?
a) People are not always what they seem.
b) Communities are reliant on each of their different parts.
c) People need their stomachs to survive.
d) People shouldn't complain about their predicaments no matter how bad they seem.
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