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Frindle
Nick ____ was in the fifth grade.
One ____ in English class, he asked his teacher,
“How do words get their ____?
____ does the word dog mean a dog?
Why can’t it ____ a book?”
____. Granger answered,
“People give ____ to words.”
Nick ____, “How?”
Mrs. Granger said, “You, me, and ____ 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 the ____.
He picked up the ____.
He had an ____.
“From today, your new name is ____.”
The next day, he told his ____ about his new word.
By the end of the week, all his classmates were ____ it.
“____ I borrow your frindle?”
“I ____ that your red frindle is pretty.”
One day after class,
____ day after class, Mrs. Granger called Nick.
She said, “Frindle is not a ____ 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.”
____. Granger took out a letter.
She ____, “I wrote this letter for you.
But I’m not going to give it to ____ today.
I will send ____ this letter some day.”
The next morning,
The next morning, Mrs. Granger told the ____,
“____ using Frindle!
Frindle is not a ____ word.”
But more and more ____ used it.
____ in other schools started using it.
Soon, students in the whole country were ____ it.
Time passed and Nick graduated.
He ____ about frindle.
When he turned 21, he received a ____ from Mrs. Granger.
It had a pen, a letter, and a ____.
There was a note on the ____.
“____ page 541.”
____ couldn’t believe his eyes.
On that ____, he found the word frindle!
Dear Nick,
Congratulations! Frindle is ____ a real word.
I was on your side ____ the beginning.
But every good story ____ a “bad guy.”
I played that ____.
I ____ that you understand...