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From the Ted Talk by Paula Stone Williams and Jonathan Williams: The story of a parent's transition and a son's redemption
Unscramble the Blue Letters
PSW: So this past summer, I had all five of my granddaughters at my home, there in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We went smwminig in the cool waters of the river that flows through our little town. And one day, one of Jonathan's girls said to me, "GrandPaula, can we go tubing on the rvier?" And I said, "Well, you know, I'd really wait until your daddy gets here for that. That feels to me like that ought to be his call." And she said, "Oh, but galrdunapa, he'll exactly make the same decision you would. He's a lot like you, you know."
Open Cloze
PSW: So this past summer, I had all five of my granddaughters at my home, there in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We went ________ in the cool waters of the river that flows through our little town. And one day, one of Jonathan's girls said to me, "GrandPaula, can we go tubing on the _____?" And I said, "Well, you know, I'd really wait until your daddy gets here for that. That feels to me like that ought to be his call." And she said, "Oh, but __________, he'll exactly make the same decision you would. He's a lot like you, you know."
Solution
- grandpaula
- river
- swimming
Original Text
PSW: So this past summer, I had all five of my granddaughters at my home, there in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. We went swimming in the cool waters of the river that flows through our little town. And one day, one of Jonathan's girls said to me, "GrandPaula, can we go tubing on the river?" And I said, "Well, you know, I'd really wait until your daddy gets here for that. That feels to me like that ought to be his call." And she said, "Oh, but GrandPaula, he'll exactly make the same decision you would. He's a lot like you, you know."
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Important Words
- call
- cool
- daddy
- day
- decision
- feels
- flows
- foothills
- girls
- granddaughters
- grandpaula
- home
- lot
- mountains
- river
- rocky
- summer
- swimming
- town
- tubing
- wait
- waters