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ln 1757,in thenorrh-easr part ofNew yoik state, theFlnglish andthc Frcnch rver-e fightingoverwhowouldonedaycontrol theland. The foresrs aroundthisarea werefilledwithdanger. Theewere enemy soldiers everywhere. Also,the Indians, who knew thelandvcrywell,wcrccithervcryfriendlyor extremely tlaugerous, f,verybody in Fort lidwarcl, an English fortress builton the tonhernpart of the Hudsolrriver,wasvery busy. One day, tn Indiancalled Magua arrivedtherefrom Fort Henryto see GeneralWebb. General\tebbrvasa short porverfulman with white hair anda white beard.He wore a row of medalsacross his chest. 1'helong yellorv coatof lris unilorm wasdown to hisknees and it almost touchcd his blackriding boots. .,Gener-al llajor Heyn,arcl saltted hit and'began to speak. Webb, the Indian here hasnewsfrom ColonelMunro.'I'le French arenovingsouthtorvards I.'ortHenry. ColonelMuno is askingfor mor.emen." 'Well, I needmeirmyself. Wc haveno protectionon either the eastor the west." 'Perhaps I can takea rhousandmen with me. We'll push the French backto the rvest awayfl.onlF:ort Henry,and then comcback." The Indian,Magua, wassilent thewholetime.Hisface was paintcd in rcd,whirc arrrl ycliol war.rainl. I Ic lookt'rl mrrrrlcrcly

differentfrom Major Heyward.The Major wastall with curly bl<nd hair and a landsorne face. Tle Indian wassmallwith a bald headand a long blackponytail.GeneralWebblooked at the Indiansuspiciously. "All right. Take a thousand men with you in e morning. But, the momentyou reachColonelMunro and you fight ofr the French,I want you to senda message to announceyour return." "Yes, sir." General Webbwasabort to l.etur.u ro his tentwhenajor Hel"lvard beganto speakagain. "General Webb,sir. There'sone more thing. T'he Colonel askedus to bring him his daughters." Just then,ey could hearwomenlaughing.The rwo ofrcers and the Indian all turned towardsa tent w,here two women were washingclothes. The rall one with long black hair and darker skin wasCora, ColonelMunro's elder daughter.She held a basketfull of clothes. The youngersisrer, Alice,wasa smallblondegirl with rosy cheeks ard shewashanging the clothesup to dry. "I don'twartthemto talel with thetroops. It's toodangerous." Major Heyward,who could not sroplooking at Alice,had anotheridea. "Why don't Maguaand I takethemseparately rough the forest? We will be safewith him, and it's much harder to.see four peopletravelling through the forest than it is to seea thousand." '' The Generalagreedto rhe ideaand the Indian smiledin an evil way.

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It rvastill daytirncwhcn Major l-Ieyward,Alicc, Cor.a:rnr.l -_ It'fagua left Fo.t E<lwarcl, but the sky rvasgrey. When they entr:rcdrhc rhir;klirr.r:st, it.wasso r.lal.k that it i.",ri,,rl likt:rriglrr. flcyward and the worncrrt.<clc horseswhile M:rgrr sl". 'l'he f<rrest waslilled with rerrible animal criesanc|it wasgerting darker. Magua heard something in the bushes.He stloppea the horsesand took out his knife. He pulled back the leaves ol :l tree and tlrere they saw Davirl Gamut, the foolish church strrer who alwayssangon Sundaysat Fbrt Edwarcl. "David! Whar are you doing here?" Major Heyward rvasglad Gamut wasnot an enemy. "l carncherc to sing. Nature is the perlect rlaccto hear nrusic.But I'nr afraid my horse cloesn't igr.ee *itl., rne.,, (ianrutrvas a tall,thin man rvhowassittingon a whitehorsc ttcaringa liurn gr.ecn hat. He playeda smailhandnrade pipe. li\\rell,-vrr cant stayout hlr.e. C)urtroopsa.e g,,ingto Fort ., Hcnry-'lVe'r.e going there,too. Why don't you core th us?,, 'I'd be delighted.How about a song?,, Maguasaid somctlringundcr his briath. "N<-rr just now, Davidl,' So, the small party was now made up of five and they contilrtcrl on thcir way through the thick'lorcst. l hcy didn't know where they were. Magua decicled to have . a look ar.ound. "You stayhel.e.I go to mountain, Iook, seewhere we go.,,

Heyward anrl the othcrsstaycd behind. "Mnl? Now? | I<w rlxrtrl a song?" Oamutrlaycd hispipc.M4jorHeyrvard thoughthe heard a sound. "Ganrut, stopit." 'l'wo Indiansand r whitc nrandr.essed in animalskinscanre out fronr behindrhe trccs.Oteof the Indianswasn,twearing nrany ckrthes andlc hadwarpainr all<>vcr. hisbody. The other 'l]re worc arimal-lir [w< lats jackets. rd dcer-skin whitenul helda rifle. "Who ale you?" "I'm Major DuncanHeywardof the King's60th regiment at F<rt William Henry." 'Ihe white man smiledat the way Heywardspoke. 'And who brought you here?" ! '\ Heywardlookeannoyed. "I'm afraidour Indiandoesn't knorvthis forcst." "Did you savIndian?" "Yes,he's a Huron and l.re's arotndheresomewhere.,, The whiteman saidsomething to his Indian friendsand they disappeared into the f<rest. "I'm sorry,but you'll haveto wait here. I wanr. to seethis Indian of yours People didn't usually rr.ust Indianswho helpedthe white soldiers. Hey{vard, Gamur, Aliceand Corawaitei asthe whire man with the rifle disappeared into the treesbehind them. Suddenly, thyhealda loud Indianscreanr, then a gunshot.

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naneof thc whjtc nran wrs I-lawkcye an<lhe livcd in the forestwith two Mohican Intlians.He hacl liveclall his life u'ith the Mchicans, but row thcrc rverconly two Molri<:ans lcli in the world; Chingachgook, rhc Irclianin war rainr., and Uncas,his sor.r. When I Iawkcycand rhc l\lolicarrs s:nvMagu:rin thc lblcst, I\4agua threw his tornaharvk at thct1. Hawkcye lir.ed his rifle but only hit hinl on the a.lnas he ran away. I Iawkeye told Majrir. I Icl,rvar.rl tlat M:r{r:rvas a <larrgcrrlrs Incliar and that thcv shorrl<l not t.Lrst hirn. IJe saidhc l,ould take them to Fort Flcnr. in tlrc nrorning becatse the forest wasdangerous at niglrt. It tvasgcttingdar.kard thev heard the sounds of rvolles horr,ling.N{:rjot' l-lcy,rlardagr.ccdthat thcy shotrld fin<lsontel'hcl.c slc to slavfirr.thcrright. lhey tied thc holscs to sonr(jtrccs an(l l\,ent ll) tltc r-lver in their canoes to the l\4ollicans'sccr.cr hidirrgrlaic. It nas a 'I'he cale underneatha big ri'ater.f:rll. sotnrlof the lhlling warer. all around rvasso loucl outsidethe cave's entr-utce that lt rvas lrard f<.r thcnl t<hcar cr<:l rtlcr. "Uncas, take ever)'oncinsicle, and I'll get us sonrethingro eat!" Cr'a's dark lir arrrl skirrrr:r<lc llcl.lookrlrr.c likc;rrrln<lian tlran an Englishrlonran.L.lncas offcr.edhct. his lr:rnclto hclt her overdrediliicultrocks, and shcsulilccl arrdaccerrcrl lolitely. M:{or Heyward hclpeclAlicc. antl s<xn thcv rver-c all inside a 1 'Ihe

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and Heywardfoughtof e lroquois, Hawkeye, e Mohicans and theycould not escape. but the Indiansstoletheir canoes More Indiansclimbeddown both sidesof the rock near the cave. "We haveno more gunpowder.They'll be here in a few minutes." "What shallwe do?"
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his hand. I The Mohicans undersroodfr.omrhe trackson the ground that the girlshad beencaptured. "We nust I lind dreninrnrediarely. I'll callbackthe troops.!, ., I "Wait I a minute,i\fajor. fhe Indiansknow this land betcer . than you do. you rvill ger lost in the forestand they will kill you all. \tervillfind olr r\.lrcrc thcy've goneand tren we,ll askfor help.'l "I'm goingnith vou." "I will, too.Ther.are nlt' daughters and I don'twant to lcavclhcnrkrrc.'i And s< the fire nren - Harvkeye, He,vard,Colonel Munro - rlcrrtinto tleforcstto find Aliceand and the trvoMohir::urs I Cora.

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Cokrncl Munro and Alicc sat besideCora,sgrave, unable to control their saclness. Flal,kcye and Chingachgookwere with Uncas.liach pcrson hacl sornetl.ring to sa"y about a that they had seen.Munro spokeas a Cokrnel. "l fecl wearelosingthis battle. \.1'e ar.e losingthisland, but . wlrat is wol'se, we are alsolosing tlroscl"" Iu.,,"], I-Iawkcye spr_rke likea rnarll,lro r.cstct:tccl rratur.e ver.y nruclr. "Thc land is not ours to n,irror lose.\\," tlrink th"t rorirering else is going to happen, but narure has the final word as o how thingsrvill bc." Chingachgook spokeas i[he wer-e speakingto himself. "My son is gone. He rvasthe lasr l\{ohican.If he had son, _ llis srrllirvc sr.n.'l-hc lr.ltl.rican r):ullc l)irss olr. Nol,, wc ar.e gorre.There are no more M<;hicans. I irn the last. .firere be no more alter me. I fcelit is tinre lbt-nre to go, too. I am alone.,l Chinuzrchgook tut.trecl to lcuvc.bLrlll:ru,keye rook ltinr by the am. "Chingachgook, you are trot akrne.I rlill go anywherc rvith you'" Chingachgook accepted his hanrl irncl the trvo of theur returned to rhe foresr,rvhile the Delarvar-es' singing filled the air. But Chingachgbok rlasrighr. FIc r,.as thc l:rsr oithe"Mohicals, the lastof a br.ave anclbeartifil\\,ln.ior tr.il)c.

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animal skin (n) animal-furhat (phr) annoyed(adj) be madeup of (phr) bush (n) church singer(n) . continueon one'sway (Ph') cry (n) dark (adj) daytime(n) deer-skinjackct (phr) (v) enter (v) foolish (adj) tunny (adj) glad (adj) gunshot(n) handmade (adj) have a look (phr) Ilow about... ? (phr) I d bc dclighad (phr) leaf (n, pl: leaves) loud (adj) mounain (n) . natur (n) notjust now (phr) Party (n) . perfect (afl. pipe (n)

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accept (v) at the ont (phr) at the same time (phr) attack (v) below (adv) bleed ftled-bled) (v) canoc (n) capture (v) cave (n) creatc (v) deeply (adv) each other (pron) entance (n) esape (v)

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gifr (n) ground (n) gunpowdc-(n) hard (ad.i) help sb over sth (phr) hiding place (phr) howl (v) immediately (adv) kick (v) lead to (lcd-lcd) (v) let out a cry (phr) look (n) look like (phr) move (v) neck (n) offer (v) outside (plep) plan (n) politely (adv) raise (v) rock (n) run anay (ran-run) (phr v) savc (v) secret (adj) , she was riglit (phr) should (modal v) shoulder (rr) , softly (adv) soon (adv) squeze (v) ta.keoff (phr r') take sb to (took-raken) (\, ere u,ere only two lel

row sth at sb (threwthrown) (v) tie (v) tomahawk (n) tunnel (n) underneath (prep) waterfall (n) whisper (v) wild (adj) wolf (n, pl: wolves) word (n) world (n) yell (n)

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alone (adj) at the opposit end (ph.) blanket (n) blood (n) camp (n) chief(n) cook (v) corner (n) council (n) cross (v) cut off(curcut) (phr v) decide (v) deer (n, pl: deer) excitedly (adv) fighting (n) frightened (adj) grab (v) hole (n) husband (n)

I d rather (phr) join sb (v) let sb go free (phr) marry (v) miss(v) next to (phr-prep) pretty (adj) , prisoner (n) quietly (adv) rise (roserisen)(v) roll (v) sad (adj) scared (adj) sream(v) separate(adj) (v) shoot (shot-shot) stb (v) terribly (adv) untie (v) yell (v)
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fog (n) foot (n, pl: feet) forward (adv) gunfire (n) hangon (hung-hung) (phr v) hill (n) in silence(phr) It began to get foggy (phr) lower (v) reach (v) realise(v) sacred(adj) shadow(n) sck(n) stonehouse(phr) surround (v) tribe (n) What! goingon?(phr)

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hun (hurt-hun) (v) in the end (phr) interst (n) kidnap (v) killing (n) look (v) mate sure (phr) march out oi(v) pass(v) pass by (phr v) promise (n), ' promise (v) protect (v) pull sb offoneb horsc (phr) refuse(v) ride away (phr) rope (n) (n) scarf , side(n) steal (stole-stolen)(v) surrender (n) surender (v) whoever(pron) .

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car efully (adv) darrcc (n) cflbct (n) enemy(n) great (ad.j) hunt (v) instead (adr,) law (n) lie (v) mean (mc?rrt-meant) (v) really (aclv) represcnt (v) respected (adj) several(adi) shine (shone-shonc) (v) stardin a circlc (.)hr) syrnbol (rr) tattoo (n) teepee (n) thc r,r,oIst(ltadworse-r,orst) (adj) throw oneselfon sl (Phr) turtle (n) until (conj)

at the bottom of a mountin (phr) bc afraidol'(plrr) behind (prep) belongto (v) brave(ed.i)

gravc (n) hale thc final word

(rltt' hold onto (phr v) horizon (n) lirst(r) mountarnside(n) opening (n) pass on (phr v) person (n, pl: people) reason (n) sadness(n)

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series(n, pl: series) shewuldnl more(plu) slip (v) spear(n) the dead (n, pl) there wasscrearning (phr) tradition (n) unable(adj) whistle(v) wildly (adv) .

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although (conj) battle (n) brightly (adr,)

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