Answer:

Three Friends in A Valley” and answer the accompanying questions.

Explanation:

Three friends (Sara, Amira, and Gozen) live in the small city of Shahrabad, which is located in a beautiful mountain valley. The bottom of the valley has a small river running through it. The walls of the valley have land that includes forests and farms. The friends have lived there since they were young, and they know that earthquakes sometimes happen there. They have only felt one small earthquake, but their parents and grandparents have told stories about some strong earthquakes that have happened in the area. Sometimes, during extreme weather like heavy snow or rain, the road that comes into Shahrabad from a nearby city is closed because rocks have fallen on the road or the road has washed away. Sara and Amira live next to each other on farms located on slopes in the valley. Sara's farm used to have a natural spring at a crack between two rocks that produced drinking water for both Sara's and Amira's families, but the spring stopped producing water about a year ago. Recently, a neighbor has started complaining that some parts of his land have become very soggy and soaked with water, especially near the bottom of the valley.