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An Indian put his ear to the ground. He h 1      many horses. They were coming his way. He ran to tell his people. Then he ran to tell the people of the next village. He was a r 2     . Using runners was one way Indians sent m 3     .

People in a land across the sea s 4      messages,too. One man b 5      his drum. In the next village the people heard the drum. They beat their drums. The message w 6      from village to village by drums.

Much later,some armies k 7      many pigeons. These pigeons always f 8      back to their own nesting place. Suppose a soldier was sent far from his own army,he might take a pigeon along. He could t 9      a message to the bird’s leg. He would let the bird go. It would fly home with the soldier’s message.

These were slow ways to send messages. Can you think of f 10      ways?

1.          2.          3.      4.       5.         

6.          7.          8.      9.       10.         

  1. heard 2. runner 3. messages 4. sent  5. beat 6. went 7. kept  8. flew 9. tie  10. fast

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