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Question
Grandmother’s prophecy was that the tiger
Mark the right answer.
Options
would prefer Mahmoud’s bed to sleep in
and the cook would disappear together from the house.
would one day make a meal of Mahmoud.
Solution
Grandmother’s prophecy was that the tiger would one day make a meal of Mahmoud.
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