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Long ago, people sent messages in different ways. A man put his ears to the ground. He __6____ the horses. They were coming this way. He ran to ___7__ people. He was a ___8___. That was one way to send messages.
People in ___9___ countries also sent messages. One man made a cloud of smoke. In the next village people saw the smoke and went on doing that, too. The massage went from village to village by __10___.
Much ___11___, some soldiers kept many pigeons, these pigeons ___12___ flew back. When a soldier was sent far away from his own ___13__, he might take a pigeon along. He could tie a message to the bird's leg. It would fly back ___14____ the soldier's message.
These are slow ways to send messages. Can you think of ___15___ ways? ( )6. A. saw B. found C. heard D. lost ( )7. A. speak B. talk C. say D. tell ( )8. A. runner B. winner C. cleaner D. farmer ( )9. A. another B. other C. others D. the other ( )10. A. animals B. horses C. people D. smoke ( )11. A. better B. more C. later D. late ( )12. A. sometimes B. always C. never D. often ( )13. A. place B. home C. family D. house
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