Write the past simple of the verbs in brackets in this short story from Angela Carter: 
 
The Hare 
(Swahili) 
One day the hare ____ (go) to the house of the hunter who was away hunting. He _____ (say) to the hunter’s wife: ‘Come to my house and live with me; we have meat and vegetables every day.’ The woman ______ (go) with him, but when she _____ (see) the lair of the hare and had eaten grass with him and ______ (sleep) in the open with him, she was not satisfied. She said ‘I want to go back.’ The hare ____ (say): ‘You came here by your choice.’ The woman did not know the road in the bush, so she said: ‘Come with me and I will cook a nice dinner.’ The hare _____ (take) her to her house. Then she said: ‘Get me some firewood.’ 

The hare ____ (go) to the forest and ______ (collect) a load of firewood. The woman ___ (light) a fire and ____ (put) a pot on it. When the water was boiling she ____ (put) the hare into the pot. When the hunter _____ (come) home she said: ‘I ______ (catch) a hare for dinner.’ The hunter never _____ (know) what happened. 

Lair: madriguera 
By your choice: por elección propia 
Pot: olla 

- Write a short story of 200 words with one animal personified.