Teary Joe was a boy with a special ability: he could make himself cry in less than a second. If he disliked something, or things became difficult, Teary Joe would not hesitate to put on a pitiful face and set great big tears running down his cheeks. In this way he managed to get practically everything he wanted, because no one could resist the pity inspired by his tearful little face. 

But one day, Teary Joe met Pipo. Pipo was asking people in the street for some change, in return for him helping them in any way he could. Pipo was very poor; he had no home and no family, so he made a living however he could. Even so, Pipo always had the biggest smiles on his face. 

Joe took to Pipo, so he decided to help him out in making some money. He went over next to Pipo, took off his hat, put it face-up on the ground, and started crying with the most pitiful of expressions. Ina few minutes, Joe's hat was full of coins and sweets, but when Joe offered all this to Pipo, Pipo declined. "I prefer deserving what I receive," answered Pipo with his usual smile, "It's much more fun making an effort to get things. Maybe I haven't gotten everything I've wanted, but I've done a load of interesting things." Teary Joe didn't answer; he just walked sadly away. Joe had got everything he wanted, but he'd done practically nothing of interest the whole day. 

That evening, having returned home, Joe requested a delicious cake for his supper. When his mother said no, Joe tried to cry but, remembering Pipo and how joyful he was, he tried to get the cake in some other way. Joe spent the whole evening helping his mother to water the plants and organize the library books. 

In the end there was no cake. But that wasn't so bad, because Joe discovered it had been much more fun doing all those things that evening rather than just sitting crying to get a piece of cake that, in the end, wouldn't have been worth it. QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was Pipo doing when he met Joe?
2. What was going on when Joe and Pipo met?
3. How did Joe meet Pipo?
Q2:
1. Where would Pipo ask for change?
2. In what location would Pipo try and get change?
3. Where did Joe meet Pipo?
Q3:
1. What did Joe offer to do for Pipo?
2. What was Joe hoping to do for Pipo?
3. What did Joe propose to do for Pipo?
Q4:
1. How did Joe say he would help Pipo?
2. In what way did Joe intend to help people?
3. How was Joe going to try and aid Pipo in getting change?
Q5:
1. Why did Joe stay with Pipo?
2. What did Joe team up with Pipo to do?
3. What was Joe going to do for Pipo?
Q6:
1. How did Joe get people to give him money?
2. What was Joe's technique for acquiring money?
3. What did Joe do to convince people to give him money?
Q7:
1. Was Joe successful in acquiring money?
2. Did people end up giving Joe money?
3. Was Joe able to use his technique to acquire change?
Q8:
1. What kinds of things did people give Joe?
2. What did people leave for Joe in his hat?
3. What filled Joe's hat in the street after he cried?
Q9:
1. What vessel did people toss coins into for Joe?
2. Where did people leave money for Joe?
3. What item did Joe leave out for people to toss money into?
Q10:
1. In how much time was Joe's hat filled up?
2. How long did it take to fill up Joe's hat?
3. How many minutes were needed to fill Joe's hat?
Q11:
1. Did Joe give his hat to Pipo?
2. Did Joe hand over his hat to Pipo?
3. Did Joe wish for Pipo to have his hat?
Q12:
1. Why did Pipo not want Joe's hat?
2. For what reason did Pipo decline to take Joe's hat?
3. Why wasn't Pipo interested in Joe's hat?
Q13:
1. How did Joe feel when Pipo would not take his hat?
2. What was Joe's emotion after Pipo declined his hat?
3. How did it make Joe feel that Pipo did not want his hat?
Q14:
1. Was Joe gifted with a special ability?
2. Was there anything special about Joe?
3. Could Joe do anything that was out of the ordinary?
Q15:
1. What was Joe's special ability?
2. What could Joe do to get almost anything he wanted?
3. What was Joe able to do that made him unique?
Q16:
1. Did Joe use his special ability to his advantage?
2. Would Joe use his crying abilities to obtain things he wanted?
3. Did Joe cry often in order to get what he wanted?
Q17:
1. What did Joe manage to get when he cried?
2. What would Joe get when he started to cry?
3. What did Joe reap with his special ability?
Q18:
1. How big are Joe's tears?
2. What is the size of Joe's tears?
3. When Joe cries, how big are his tears?
Q19:
1. What did Joe want when he returned home for the day?
2. What did Joe want for supper?
3. When Joe got home, what did he desire for supper?
Q20:
1. Did Joe end up getting his cake?
2. Did Joe eat cake at the end of the day?
3. Was Joe able to eat the cake that he wanted?
