1. It was ________ that the tortoise should choose the course and also the end of the race.

2. The detective story is sometimes called 'whodunit'because the reader has to work ________ who did it, who committed the crime.

3. He also made ________ of the slow pace at which the tortoise travelled.

4. He told the house dog he found it very ________ having to do all the hard work.

5. The skill of course of the writing is how many times a reader can be sent up ________ alleys.

6. One of the best known detectives is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot who uses what he calls his little grey ________ his brains.

7. The tortoise never stopped and continued walking at a ________ pace all the time to the end of the race.

8. A man had two dogs: a hound ________ to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.

9. One winter's day when the sun was shining you could hear the ________ of great activity.

10. The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ________ someone.