Mais ce n'est pas tout; le vieux soldat, voulant se réjouir jusqu'au bout de la frayeur qu'éprouvait le garçon, tendit le cou en lui disant: «Maintenant, tire-moi la tête.»
Pour le coup, le malheureux domestique, épouvanté, se mit à pousser un cri de terreur, et s'enfuit à toutes jambes.
Où le soldat avait-il laissé ses quatre membres?--Les a-t-il remplacés?--Qui s'est chargé de la chose?--Le soldat se débarrassait-il quelquefois de ses membres artificiels?--Qui lui servait de valet?--Savait-il les infirmités de son maître?--Racontez l'incident qui a eu lieu quand le soldat se disposait à se coucher.
Écrivez cette histoire en 200 mots.
Changez en adjectifs ou en adverbes les mots soulignés.
[GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON X]
Compound tenses.--Agreement of participles: Reflexive verbs.
Examples
| Elles se sont lavées. | They have washed themselves. |
| Elles se sont lavé les mains. | They have washed their hands. |
| Ils se sont écrit des lettres. | They have written each other letters. |
| Voici les lettres qu'ils se sont écrites. | Here are the letters that they wrote each other. |
A. 1. We have gotten rid of our servant. 2. She had already gone to bed. 3. I began[1] to tremble. 4. The soldiers had fled. 5. The boys have gotten lost in the woods and have not yet found their way. 6. Corneille and Racine have appropriated heaven and earth, that's[2] why I have cast myself into Hades. 7. We have been taking a walk. 8. I thought she had drowned herself. 9. They became aware of the absence of the servant. 10. The wretches would have hung themselves, if they had been able. 11. She found herself before a wooden man, and she fled. 12. Why have you given yourself up to sleep? 13. Where did you (plur. fem.) go walking this evening? 14. The two courtiers have become reconciled.[3] 15. We took a walk. 16. She has not been deceived.[4] 17. It is to[5] be regretted[6] that they have[7] not become reconciled.[3] 18. It is extraordinary that you have[7] gotten lost.[8]