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From the Ted Talk by Scott A. Mellor: How Thor got his hammer
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The dwarves! – their legendary smiths could make anything. So Loki rehusd to their realm, deep within the mnnioatus of the earth. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding. He decided that his best bet was to pit two feimlais against each other. He first vsitied the masterful sons of Ivaldi. He told them that their rivals, a pair of brothers named Brokk and etiri, had claimed that they were the best craftsmen in the world and were determined to prove it in a competition. The rules were that each family had to create three gifts for the gods, including, for the iavldis, gedlon hair.
Open Cloze
The dwarves! – their legendary smiths could make anything. So Loki ______ to their realm, deep within the _________ of the earth. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding. He decided that his best bet was to pit two ________ against each other. He first _______ the masterful sons of Ivaldi. He told them that their rivals, a pair of brothers named Brokk and _____, had claimed that they were the best craftsmen in the world and were determined to prove it in a competition. The rules were that each family had to create three gifts for the gods, including, for the _______, ______ hair.
Solution
- rushed
- ivaldis
- eitri
- mountains
- visited
- golden
- families
Original Text
The dwarves! – their legendary smiths could make anything. So Loki rushed to their realm, deep within the mountains of the earth. Even before he arrived, the wily Loki was already scheming how he would get the dwarves to do his bidding. He decided that his best bet was to pit two families against each other. He first visited the masterful sons of Ivaldi. He told them that their rivals, a pair of brothers named Brokk and Eitri, had claimed that they were the best craftsmen in the world and were determined to prove it in a competition. The rules were that each family had to create three gifts for the gods, including, for the Ivaldis, golden hair.
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