12. As Montag discusses his discomfort around the Mechanical Hound with Fire Captain Beatty, he thinks about the "ventilator grill in the hall at home and what lay hidden behind the grill. If someone here in the
firehouse knew about the ventilator then mightn't they tell the Hound...?" We're not told what Montag has
hidden, but take a guess. What item/s do you think Montag has stashed behind the vent in his home?

Read the passage adapted from aesop’s fables. what is the theme of the story?

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"and these i address to all females that would be married, or are already so; not that i suppose their sex more faulty than the other, and most to want advice, for i assure [women], upon my honour, i believe the quite contrary; but the reason is, because i esteem them better disposed to receive and practice it, and therefore am willing to begin, where i may promise myself the best success." this statement from franklin's "rules and maxims for promoting matrimonial happiness" best demonstrates his use of criticism to argue his point his use of common sense to appeal to women his use of flattery to gain women's attention his use of facts to prove his point