Test item: Vocabulary 15. Read the following passage. Underline the correct word that fills the blank. The first one is done for
you.
A beggar was walking along the road. He was eating a bun because he felt (1) (thirsty, hungry, tired). He saw a
(2) (well, pond, hut) with a large white duck swimming round and round on it. He jumped over the (3) (road,
hive, fence)and caught the duck and took it out of the pond. He was sitting by the pond with a large pile of (4)
(clothes, food, feathers) beside him. A farmer saw this and came running across the field waving his arms. The
beggar hurriedly put the duck back into the (5) (sand, ground, water). The farmer asked the beggar 'What's the
matter with my duck?" "Ah" said the beggar quietly. "It wanted to go for a (6)
(6) (walk, game, swim) and
I'm looking after its clothes."​

A beggar was walking along the road. He was eating a bun because he felt HUNGRY He saw a, POND with a large white duck swimming round and round on it. He jumped over the FENCE and caught the duck and took it out of the pond. He was sitting by the pond with a large pile of FEATHERS beside him. A farmer saw this and came running across the field waving his arms. The beggar hurriedly put the duck back into the WATER. The farmer asked the beggar'What's the matter with my duck?" "Ah" said the beggar quietly. "It wanted to go for a SWIM and I'm looking after its clothes."

normally working animals are domesticated and ruled by a master, a domesticator (tamer), to perform basic and important functions on a farm, for example. the value used in this context is animal labor in exchange for food. it is not so much a contrast to the story told by napoleon and the pigs, since the animals of that particular farm also performed functions on the farm through domestication. the only thing is that in this case, who rules them is a pig, also an animal, but very respected, to whom the other animals lent him submission. that's about a strong relationship of dependency between animal and owner.