adapted from The Magic Fiddle by Joseph Jacobs and John Dickson Batten Once upon a time there lived seven brothers and a sister. The brothers were married, but their wives did not do the cooking for the family. It was done by their sister, who stopped at home to cook. The wives for this reason bore their sister-in-law much ill will, and at length they combined together to oust her from the office of cook and general provider, so that one of themselves might obtain it. They said, "She does not go out to the fields to work, but remains quietly at home, and yet she has not the meals ready at the proper time." They then sat together and devised a plan to trick their sister-in-law, and vowed to ensure that they would banish the sister-in-law from her position as the provider. They decided to send their sister-in-law to the river that had magical powers. They secretly chanted, "At midday when our sister-in-law goes to bring water, cause it thus to happen, that on seeing her pitcher the water shall vanish, and again slowly re-appear. In this way she will be delayed. Let the water not flow into her pitcher, and may the river keep her busy forever." At noon, when she went to bring water from the magical river on the seven wives' instructions, it suddenly dried up before her, and she began to weep. Then after a while, the water began slowly to rise. When it reached her ankles she tried to fill her pitcher, but it would not go under the water. Being frightened she began to wail and cry to her brothers: "Oh! My brothers, the water reaches to my ankles, still the pitcher will not dip." The water continued to rise until it reached her knees, when she began to wail again: "Oh! My brothers, the water reaches to my knees, still the pitcher will not dip." The water continued to rise, and when it reached her waist, she cried again: "Oh! My brothers, the water reaches to my waist, still the pitcher will not dip." The sister-in-law, knowing something was amiss, left the river rather than try once more to gather water. Rather than return home to the wives and their treachery, she made her escape. "Oh! My brothers, I will miss thee, but yours is no longer my home.

" Select ALL the correct answers. Which two events from the passage move the plot forward as part of the rising action?
The wives regret not cooking for their husbands.
The wives refuse to fill the water pitcher in the magical river.
The wives send the sister-in-law to a magical river.
The wives chant in order to learn to cook.
The wives scheme how to banish their sister-in-law.