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Frindle
Nick ____ was in the fifth grade.
One day in English class, he ____ his teacher,
“____ do words get their meanings?
Why ____ the word dog mean a dog?
____ can’t it mean a book?”
Mrs. Granger ____,
“People give ____ to words.”
Nick ____, “How?”
Mrs. Granger said, “____, me, and everyone in the country agreed on the meaning.”
Nick thought, “Really? I didn’t ____.”
On the way home,
On the way home, Nick ____ a pen on the street.
He ____ up the pen.
He ____ an idea.
“From ____, your new name is frindle.”
The next day, he ____ his friends about his new word.
By the end of the week, all his ____ were using it.
“Can I ____ your frindle?”
“I think that your red frindle is ____.”
One day after class,
One day after class, ____. Granger called Nick.
She said, “Frindle is ____ a real word.
You and your classmates ____ stop using it.”
Nick said, “I know that ____ not happy.
I’m ____ sorry, but it’s too late.
Everyone is ____ it now.”
Mrs. Granger ____ out a letter.
She said, “I ____ this letter for you.
But I’m ____ going to give it to you today.
I will send ____ this letter some day.”
The next morning,
The next morning, Mrs. ____ told the class,
“____ using Frindle!
Frindle is ____ a real word.”
But ____ and more students used it.
Students in other ____ started using it.
Soon, ____ in the whole country were using it.
Time passed and Nick graduated.
He ____ about frindle.
When he turned 21, he ____ a package from Mrs. Granger.
It ____ a pen, a letter, and a dictionary.
There was a ____ on the dictionary.
“See page ____.”
____ couldn’t believe his eyes.
On that ____, he found the word frindle!
Dear Nick,
Congratulations! Frindle is now a ____ word.
I was on your side ____ the beginning.
But every good story ____ a “bad guy.”
I ____ that role.
I ____ that you understand...