How Strong Sophia and Tashi were outside gardening and pulling up weeds Sophia struggled to pull up a big one She tugged and tugged but it would not budge Tashi can you help pull this one 5 CHAPTER 1
Sometimes weeds can be hard to remove Their roots have grown deep into the soil Don’t worry I’ve got it Tashi grabbed the weed She yanked it up with one hand roots and all Sophia’s mouth dropped She said Whoa You are as strong as an ox Hey Take it back Tashi demanded I’m not an ox I didn’t say you are an ox I said you’re as strong as an ox That’s really strong Sophia flexed her muscles 6
Tashi smiled I’ll take that as a compliment then Before long Tashi and Sophia finished pulling all the weeds What Are Idioms Strong as an ox is an idiom An idiom is an expression that is often used in a specific language Sophia compared Tashi to an ox She doesn’t really think Tashi is like an ox She just means that Tashi is very strong A Is for Ox The letter A came from the ancient Egyptian writing symbol in the shape of an ox’s head Some language experts believe people put the letter A at the beginning of the alphabet to honor the strength and helpfulness of the ox 7
