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From the Ted Talk by Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

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Gone. So I'm thinking, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I decided to, sort of, construct it very, very slowly, holding my bterah, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a salml sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I dideced to build it up. Then I used fibers out of my jumper, which I held and sheecttrd. And made the beams going around the house. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a mnoey spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I managed to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I nietocd that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his fmialy moevd in.

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Gone. So I'm thinking, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I decided to, sort of, construct it very, very slowly, holding my ______, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a _____ sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I _______ to build it up. Then I used fibers out of my jumper, which I held and _________. And made the beams going around the house. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a _____ spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I managed to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I _______ that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his ______ _____ in.

Solution

  1. moved
  2. small
  3. money
  4. family
  5. breath
  6. noticed
  7. decided
  8. stretched

Original Text

Gone. So I'm thinking, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I decided to, sort of, construct it very, very slowly, holding my breath, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a small sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I decided to build it up. Then I used fibers out of my jumper, which I held and stretched. And made the beams going around the house. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a money spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I managed to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I noticed that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his family moved in.

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