The Two Dogs

A man had two dogs: a hound ......... to help him with his sports and another to guard the house.
trained
tutored
brought up
educated

Whenever the hunter came home, he always gave the house dog a large ......... of what he caught.
section
slice
portion
quantity

The hound dog was very ......... about this.
overturned
set up
upturned
upset

He told the house dog he found it very ......... having to do all the hard work.
annoyed
annoying
annoys
annoy

What made things worse, he continued, was that the house dog never ......... part in any of the hunting.
did
put
took
had

All the house dog did was simply to feed himself on the results of the ......... that the hound dog undertook.
exertions
extremes
exercises
excesses

The house dog felt he had to ......... himself in the face of all this criticism.
display
detect
defend
distend

The house dog asked him not to pick on him if he wanted to ......... someone.
accuse
blame
disapprove
fault

The house dog told him to criticize their master who had taught him not how to work but how to ......... on the work of others.
hang
support
attach
depend

The moral of this fable is: you mustn't ......... children for the mistakes of their parents.
reproach
reprieve
repeal
reject