Excerpt 8: Fathers of Nations Sample Excerpts with Answers
My Texas guy says thirty percent of the British 'steal' married spouses from their partners. Repeat: thirty percent!
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Excerpt 8: Fathers of Nations Sample Excerpts with Answers EXCERPT 8 Fathers of Nations Excerpts Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25
marks) "And young they'll still be the day I die,"Mr Walomu
added. "Karanja, you know the saying: 'A real bull dies with green grass
in its mouth." Then why do you want to steal my wife? She is old. Not the green
grass you want in your mouth.' "l just told you why: Old is gold. Anyway, 'stealing' - to
use your word - is not all that uncommon, you know. My Texas guy says thirty
percent of the British 'steal' married spouses from their partners. Repeat:
thirty percent! That is a lot of spouse stealers there, wouldn't you say?"
Professor Kimani refused to bite the man's bait. Still, the man
continued. "Now take the Americans. Contrary to what everyone thinks,
Karanja, Americans are not great spouse stealers at all. They check in at a
mere seventeen percent, way behind the British. In fact, to cut a long story
short, o…
