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The Family Puzzle
There once was a lovely family with ____ children.
The children were ____ close.
But as they got older, they ____ grew apart.
One ____, the parents called the children together.
“Do you remember this ____?
You ____ to play here.
It was always filled with ____,” said the father.
The mother continued, “But now, you don’t ____ talk to each other.
So, we made a ____ for you.
Here are three ____ coins.
Go to the market and buy something to fill this ____ completely.
If you ____, you will get a big reward.”
Ethan, the eldest
Ethan, the eldest child, said, “We will do our ____.”
The youngest of the family, Annie, was ____.
“Three silver coins aren’t enough to fill this ____!”
The father replied, “If you work together, you can ____ it out.
Three heads are ____ than one.”
Patrick, the middle child, ____, “I know the answer!”
He grabbed a ____ coin and ran out the door.
____ returned after he bought two bags of feathers from the market.
He ____ to fill the room with feathers, but they barely covered the floor.
Ethan ____ to Patrick, “Why did you act on your own?”
Patrick dropped his head. “I’m ____. I thought I knew the answer.”
Annie sighed. “Now we only have two ____ left.”
The ____ went to the market together.
Patrick had another ____.
“How about straw? It’s cheaper than feathers, but it takes up more ____.”
Ethan ____, “Great idea! But let’s only use one coin for now.”
“Good thinking! That way, we can ____ it safe,” said Annie.
Ethan continued, “If straw is not the answer, we will have one more ____ with the last coin.”
They returned home
They returned ____ with six bundles of straw.
The ____ came up to their knees, but it wasn’t enough.
Ethan said, “We need to ____ differently. How about water?”
Patrick said, “The water would just leak ____ of the room.
Perhaps the answer ____ something physical after all.”
Annie yelled, “That’s it! I know the ____.
Let’s go to the ____ again.”
When they got back home, ____ took a candle out of her bag.
The ____ was lit by Patrick, and the entire room was filled with light.
The mother yelled excitedly, “You ____ the puzzle!”
____, they could see drawings on the wall.
“Look! That’s us! Our family,” ____ Annie.
Patrick said, “I remember these ____.
They were drawn by us when we were ____.”
Ethan ____ to his parents.
“Now I understand. The ____ reward in the world is my family.”