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Frindle
Nick Allen was in the ____ grade.
One day in English ____ he asked his teacher,
“How ____ words get their meanings?
Why ____ the word dog mean a dog?
Why can’t ____ mean a book?”
Mrs. Granger ____
____ give meanings to words.”
____ asked, “How?”
Mrs. Granger said, “You, me, and everyone in the country agreed ____ the meaning.”
Nick thought, ____ I didn’t agree.”
On the way home,
On the way home, Nick saw ____ pen on the street.
He picked up the ____
He had an ____
“From today, your new name is ____
The next ____ he told his friends about his new word.
By ____ end of the week, all his classmates were using 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 ____ not 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 using it ____
Mrs. Granger ____ out a letter.
____ said, “I wrote this letter for you.
But ____ not going to give it to you today.
I will send you this ____ some day.”
The next morning,
The next morning, Mrs. Granger ____ the class,
____ using Frindle!
Frindle is not a real ____
But more and more students used ____
Students in ____ 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 package from ____ Granger.
It had ____ pen, a letter, and a dictionary.
There ____ a note on the dictionary.
“See ____ 541.”
Nick couldn’t ____ his eyes.
On that page, he found the ____ frindle!
Dear Nick,
Congratulations! Frindle ____ now a real word.
I ____ on your side from the beginning.
But every good story needs a ____ guy.”
I ____ that role.
____ hope that you understand...