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Frindle
Nick Allen was in the ____ grade.
One day ____ English class, he asked his teacher,
“How do words get their ____
Why does the ____ dog mean a dog?
Why ____ it mean a book?”
____ Granger answered,
“People give ____ to words.”
Nick ____ “How?”
____ Granger said, “You, me, and everyone in the country agreed on the meaning.”
____ thought, “Really? I didn’t agree.”
On the way home,
On the way home, Nick saw a pen on ____ street.
He picked ____ the pen.
He had ____ idea.
“From ____ your new name is frindle.”
The next day, ____ told his friends about his new word.
By the end of the week, all his ____ were using it.
“Can ____ borrow your frindle?”
“I think ____ your red frindle is pretty.”
One day after class,
One day ____ class, Mrs. Granger called Nick.
She said, ____ is not a real word.
____ and your classmates should stop using it.”
Nick said, “I know that you’re ____ happy.
I’m really ____ but it’s too late.
____ is using it now.”
Mrs. Granger took out a ____
She said, ____ wrote this letter for you.
But I’m not going to give it to ____ today.
I will send you this ____ some day.”
The next morning,
The next morning, Mrs. Granger told ____ class,
“Stop using ____
Frindle ____ not a real word.”
But more and more ____ used it.
____ in other schools started using it.
Soon, students in the whole ____ were using it.
Time passed and Nick graduated.
____ forgot about frindle.
When he turned 21, he received a package ____ Mrs. Granger.
It had a ____ a letter, and a dictionary.
There was a note ____ the dictionary.
“See ____ 541.”
Nick ____ believe his eyes.
On that ____ he found the word frindle!
Dear Nick,
Congratulations! Frindle is ____ a real word.
____ was on your side from the beginning.
But ____ good story needs a “bad guy.”
____ played that role.
I hope ____ you understand...