1. The idea is to keep the readers in a permanent state of ________ so that they never know what's going to happen next.

2. The ants shook their heads at him and asked him why he hadn't ________ up food in the summer.

3. The grasshopper was so weak he was practically ________ because he hadn't eaten for ages.

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

5. The hare shot ahead and then decided to ________ down at the side of the path for a rest.

6. One by one he ________ the innocent until finally the murderer is unmasked.

7. They were so ________ in their work that they didn't notice a grasshopper.

8. As the plot ________ you find yourself agreeing with one character's solution and then another's.

9. The tortoise agreed that the hare ran as fast as the wind but claimed that he could easily ________ him in a race.

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