Structure of Cultural Literature Quick Check
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Question
Use the story to answer the question.
The Black Horse
I had been riding my black horse through the thickets of pitahaya from early morning until past midday. I had no water and the sweetness of the pitahaya honey caused me great thirst. There was no place within one hundred and sixty kilometers where I could get any water. I was getting desperate, thinking I might die any minute.
But at that moment some great, beautiful clouds formed. I looked at those clouds and jumped on my horse and rode to the top of a hill. I carried a long stick with a fork on the end of it. When I got there, I kicked my horse with my wooden spurs and he gave a great jump up toward the clouds, and I, with my forked stick, made a stab at the cloud. My aim was good. As we came down, we were followed by a torrent of freshwater.
I drank and also my horse drank and we both bathed. Water ran in all the washes. It ran deep in Sabino arroyo. From that time on there has been water in Sabino arroyo, for which we all have to thank my wonderful horse.
What is the problem faced by the rider of the black horse?
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Responses
The skies are cloudy, and it is about to rain.
The skies are cloudy, and it is about to rain.
The arroyo is going to overflow its banks.
The arroyo is going to overflow its banks.
His horse is tired of carrying the rider.
His horse is tired of carrying the rider.
The rider is thirsty, and there is no water.
The rider is thirsty, and there is no water.