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A PASSAGE OF BIRDS!
Insert the names of birds to complete this passage.
Although the spelling may not be correct, the birds
provide the correct sounds for filling the spaces. No name
may be used morethan once.
Jenny and l)____ were off to a farewell party at John's.
Tomorrow Jenny was joining the 2)_____s. When they arrived
the garden was decorated with 3)____ and John was cooking
at the barbeque. "Here you are" he said, handing Jenny a
4)____ with a piece of 5)_____ on it. "It is done to a
6)____." She went to 7)____ meat into the sauce, "This is
delicious" she said when she had 8)____ into it. She hardly
had time to 9)____ it when 10)____ came up and asked her to
do the 11)____ Trot. He 12)_________while they danced,
"I thought you would be 13)____ing about in your uniform and
14)____." "I am sure I'll feel a 15)____ when I wear it"
Jenny said.
"You look 16)_____," John said, as he came 17)____ up the
path. "The car ran out of l8)____ and I had to walk" he
19)_____ed. He went 20)____ly to the barbeque. "He is
such a 21)____" Jenny said "I think his only 22)____ is
eating." "Your steak is 23) " John called. While
24)____ her steak John drank 25) s of 26)____ larger and
asked Jenny if she was looking forward to tomorrow. "The
thought of a 27)____ sea makes me 28) " he said. "I
wonder if you will learn to tie 29)____s, it would be a
bit of a 30)____ if you do. Ah well back to another 31)___
at the barbeque, will you hand me that 34)______?"
"You know you will have to learn to be a 33)____," someone
told Jenny. "No she won't" said John "you're having
34)____!" "It is time I was going" Jenny told John "I don't
want Aunt 35)_____ing up and wondering where I am."
36)"____s Ladies and Gentlemen"called John banging on the
table with a 37)____" A toast to Jenny. May she take to
her new career like "a 38)____ to water and let us hope
that the Officers don't 39)____ too much!
Judith Boniface
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