The Greedy Dog

Once upon a time, there lived a greedy dog. His name was Mooge.

One day Mooge decided to look for ample food that can satisfy it. After a long search, the dog found a bone of a cow with some meat on it.

The dog picked the bone with its mouth. No one else was there to claim the bone. There was no scramble for the bone. There was no other animal around to scramble for the same bone. Therefore, Mooge was probably the lucky one. The dog therefore run away with the bone while it was very happy and delighted.

It decided to go to a very conducive place where it could calmly eat the bone with no one else making noise around. It did not want anyone else to scramble for the same bone.

It walked and walked and finally arrived at bridge on a river. It decided to cross the river. In the middle of the bridge, it stood because it saw its shadow in the water of the river down there. It thought that there was another dog carrying another bone inside the water.

It decided to also get that imaginary bone. It was irritated towards its shadow, 'wah,wah, wah, wah wah wah'. It barked very loudly. Hurrah, immediately it opened the mouth, the bone it was holding with its mouth fell into the river 'tumbuluw'.

It had sunk into the water of the river. It disappeared like that. It became very angry and sad.

It lost its bone.

Questions

1. What was the name of the greedy dog?

2. What kind of food did the dog get?

3. Was there any other animal around to claim or scramble for the same bone?

4. Eventually, where has the dog arrived?

5. What has it seen inside the river water?

6. What happened when the dog opened its mouth to bark?

7. What does the word ‘greedy’ mean?

8. What other title would you give this story?