Question

read the excerpt from animal farm. as winter drew on, mollie became more and more troublesome. she was late for work every morning and excused herself by saying that she had overslept.... but there were also rumours of something more serious. one day, as mollie strolled blithely into the yard, flirting her long tail and chewing at a stalk of hay, clover took her aside. \mollie,\ she said, \i have something very serious to say to you. this morning i saw you looking over the hedge that divides animal farm from foxwood. one of mr. pilkingtons men was standing on the other side of the hedge. and—i was a long way away, but i am almost certain i saw this—he was talking to you and you were allowing him to stroke your nose. what does that mean, mollie?\ \he didnt! i wasnt! it isnt true!\ cried mollie, beginning to. which event prompts clover to look in mollies stall? clover sees a man petting mollie, but mollie denies it. mollie runs away and is never seen again. clover discovers that mollie has sugar and ribbons. mollie makes excuses for not coming to work.

Explanation:

Clover saw a man from Foxwood talking to Mollie and petting her nose. Mollie denied it. This suspicious behavior prompts Clover to look in Mollie's stall to find out more.

Answer:

Clover sees a man petting Mollie, but Mollie denies it.