Exercise 3

Underscore the pronouns in the following story:

A man in South Africa picked up a small piece of stone. It was dirty

and Rough.

"Make me beautiful," said the stone.

"I shall have to hurt you," said the man.

"Well, if it hurts me, I will bear it," said the stone.

So the man took it to a clever craftsman, who put it into a tight

vise, and cut it with his sharp instrument.

"Oh!" cried the stone.

And he ground it till the dust fell all about it.

"Oh!" cried the stone.

And he polished it very hard.

"Oh!" cried the stone.

And then he set it in a crown and sent it to the Queen. On a sunny day

she wore her crown, and the stone--it was a diamond--sparkled in long

rays of crimson and green and yellow and silvery white. And all the

people greeted their queen. She showed them her crown and they praised

the beautiful stone.

The training was hard, but the improvement was glorious.

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