1. After a desperate struggle a man broke through the crowd. 2. Tartarin
himself was rolling on the ground. 3. He shook himself and sat down all
out of breath. 4. As soon as he received the letter, he put aside the
Arabs with a gesture. 5. What under the sun have you done? 6. You are
mistaken; you are not a laughing-stock to the women and children. 7. On
the contrary, you arrive just in time to get into an ugly difficulty.
8. He tried to rescue ('arracher') the lion from the hands of the strange
monks who were taming him. 9. There are hundreds of them in the convent.
10. He belonged to that convent whose ('dont') friars receive gifts which
they never steal.
_QUESTIONS_
1. Où était le cordonnier juif? 2. Où a-t-on fait rouler Tartarin?
3. Qu'est-ce que le prince a fait? 4. Comment est-il arrivé ici?
5. Comment Tartarin a-t-il expliqué son action? 6. Qu'est-ce que le lion
était pour les nègres? 7. De quel couvent faisait-il partie? 8. Qu'est-ce
que les moines font dans ce couvent? 9. A quoi servent les dons reçus par
les frères quêteurs? 10. Pourquoi les nègres ont-ils montré tant d'humeur?
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