Friends from the Dining Republic
Spork, Chopsticks, Knork, ____, and Ms. Disher are close friends in the Dining Republic.
Spork, Chopsticks, Knork, and Barehands travel a lot with their families, but Ms. Disher’s ____ does not travel much.
She ____ up for this by hosting a dinner for her friends coming back from their trips.
She is always eager to listen to their ____.
They often talk ____ what they learned from their recent trips.
The most recent topic was about the best ____ to eat and Ms. Disher’s guests began to argue.
On a recent trip
On a recent trip, I have found that it is ____ to use a spoon and fork.
A ____ is best for grains and soup, and a fork is good for eating meat.
No! It is much better to use a knife and a ____ instead.
Don’t you think it is easier for you to hold a fork in one ____ and a knife in the other?
What can be more elegant than using them to cut meat on a ____!
Why do you use two different kinds of utensils when you can use two of the ____ utensil?
Plus, you can use ____ with just one hand!
No way! When I eat with my hands, of course I can see and smell the ____, but I can also touch it.
Because I use my sense of touch when I ____, I get to enjoy my food more.
They raised and argued
They raised and ____ many points, and nobody wanted to give up.
It was not easy for their ____, Ms. Disher, to listen to their arguments patiently.
So, she hurriedly, ____ quietly, left.
____ is Ms. Disher? She has disappeared.
____ should we do?
Without Ms. Disher, this dinner is ____ complete.
Where ____ she go?
Let’s go out to ____ her!
After hours of searching
After ____ of searching all over the Dining Republic, they finally found Ms. Disher sitting under a huge tree.
We’re sorry we became boastful and ____ you.
Please forgive us and ____ back and join us.
It’s okay. I forgive you. Let’s go ____ to my home.
Since then, every time they meet, they allow one another to ____ in the manner that they please.
In their hearts they now know that food ____ always be delicious regardless of which utensils they use to eat it.