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From the Ted Talk by Werner Reich: How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust

Unscramble the Blue Letters

You know, "What is he doing there?" And then Mr. Levine turned to me and offered me the deck, and said, "Pick a card." So I picked a card, and he performed a card trick for me. He performed a miracle. And I'd never seen a card trick before, and the man who performed it was sitting right there. And then Mr. lievne did the untnhalikbe. He actually explained the trick to me. And the words got burned into my brain. And I rmereebmed every single word, and from that day on, I perictcad that trick every day. Although I didn't have any cards. I just kept on pitcnarcig.

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You know, "What is he doing there?" And then Mr. Levine turned to me and offered me the deck, and said, "Pick a card." So I picked a card, and he performed a card trick for me. He performed a miracle. And I'd never seen a card trick before, and the man who performed it was sitting right there. And then Mr. ______ did the ___________. He actually explained the trick to me. And the words got burned into my brain. And I __________ every single word, and from that day on, I _________ that trick every day. Although I didn't have any cards. I just kept on __________.

Solution

  1. unthinkable
  2. practicing
  3. remembered
  4. practiced
  5. levine

Original Text

You know, "What is he doing there?" And then Mr. Levine turned to me and offered me the deck, and said, "Pick a card." So I picked a card, and he performed a card trick for me. He performed a miracle. And I'd never seen a card trick before, and the man who performed it was sitting right there. And then Mr. Levine did the unthinkable. He actually explained the trick to me. And the words got burned into my brain. And I remembered every single word, and from that day on, I practiced that trick every day. Although I didn't have any cards. I just kept on practicing.

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