EXERCISE I

(Paroles d'un croyant, pp. 395-6.)

A. 1. Instead of bending we rise. 2. This plant will dry up and die, if it finds no shelter from the fierce heat of the sun. 3, The wind bends the trees to the ground. 4. If we unite with one another, we shall shelter one another. 5. Let us not think of ourselves alone. 6. What is there that is stronger than covetousness % 7. The swallows gathered round the bird of prey. 8. Fear sat down beside him, and did not leave him. 9. We asked them : " How many were there of youf 10. They answered : " There were four of us." 11. It is thus, and therefore God commands us not to fall under the oppression of the strong. 12. The weak do not fear, when they love one another, 13. A rock had rolled upon the road. 14. There is no way out, except the road. 15. The man tried to make a way for himself. 16. He saw that his efforts were vain. 17. If we sit down full of sadness, what will become of us? 18. The second traveller did what the first one did.