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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The Norse myth that inspired "The Lord of the Rings"
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Loki saw Andvari’s rchies as the perfect solution to their problem. He rerutend to the waterfall, conjured a huge net, and extracted a wriggling fish. As Andvari suerimqd, Loki jeeerd that he’d kill him unless he handed over his trruesae. Andvari directed Loki to his lair. Satisfied with the heaps of gold he saw there, Loki freed Andvari— but a sudden gilnt off of one of the dwarf’s fingers alerted Loki that he’d missed the most powerful treasure of all. Despite Andvari’s pleas, Loki tore the ring away. Seething, adnrvai cursed the ring, declaring that it would be the doom of all its subsequent owners.
Open Cloze
Loki saw Andvari’s ______ as the perfect solution to their problem. He ________ to the waterfall, conjured a huge net, and extracted a wriggling fish. As Andvari ________, Loki ______ that he’d kill him unless he handed over his ________. Andvari directed Loki to his lair. Satisfied with the heaps of gold he saw there, Loki freed Andvari— but a sudden _____ off of one of the dwarf’s fingers alerted Loki that he’d missed the most powerful treasure of all. Despite Andvari’s pleas, Loki tore the ring away. Seething, _______ cursed the ring, declaring that it would be the doom of all its subsequent owners.
Solution
- riches
- returned
- squirmed
- andvari
- jeered
- treasure
- glint
Original Text
Loki saw Andvari’s riches as the perfect solution to their problem. He returned to the waterfall, conjured a huge net, and extracted a wriggling fish. As Andvari squirmed, Loki jeered that he’d kill him unless he handed over his treasure. Andvari directed Loki to his lair. Satisfied with the heaps of gold he saw there, Loki freed Andvari— but a sudden glint off of one of the dwarf’s fingers alerted Loki that he’d missed the most powerful treasure of all. Despite Andvari’s pleas, Loki tore the ring away. Seething, Andvari cursed the ring, declaring that it would be the doom of all its subsequent owners.
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