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“Do you remember when Sean used to tell me that I was the best dad ____ the world?” Ethan asked his wife, Grace.

“Yes, I ____ I always envied your relationship with Sean,” she replied.

Ethan ____ shared how things had changed since his son started middle school.

Grace had noticed Ethan often pushing ____ to study harder.

“Maybe he isn’t ____ into school right now. How about going hiking, just the two of you?” she suggested.

He agreed, and realizing that both his and Sean’s hiking jackets were still at the laundry, he asked his wife to go and pick them up ____ him.

“When did you bring ____ jackets in?” the clerk at the laundry asked.

“Maybe two ____ ago,” Ethan replied.

Then, Grace quickly reminded him, “Honey, ____ actually left them here a month ago.”

The clerk went into the storage ____ to look for the clothes.

Finally, he returned with the jackets and handed ____ to Ethan.

The clerk politely said, “I am sorry, but please ____ your items earlier next time.

Our storage is too full.” Ethan felt embarrassed for ____ late collection and apologized.

Ethan and Grace came ____ home with the jackets and checked if Sean had everything else he needed for hiking.

Luckily, ____ his drawers they found his hat, shoes, sunglasses, and hiking sticks.

When Sean returned from school, Ethan softly said, “Sean, let’s go hiking this ____ just the two of us.”

Though Sean thanked him for the suggestion, he said he had ____ go to the library.

Grace stepped in, “You know, the weather this weekend will be the best of the ____

Why not enjoy it?” After ____ moment’s hesitation, he agreed.

The weather was perfect. Ethan and Sean set off hiking along the valley by ____ Mountain.

They walked in silence until Sean fell over a rock ____ twisted his ankle.

Realizing he couldn’t walk, ____ carried his son down on his back.

He felt Sean’s heartbeat, something he hadn’t ____ since Sean was a baby.

Suddenly, Sean ____ “Dad, I’m sorry. At some point, I started to become afraid of disappointing you.

But you are still the best dad.” Energized, he felt no weight on his back and replied, “You are the best son, no ____ what.”

When Felix was a young elementary ____ boy in Colorado, Mr. Evans, his teacher said, “Take your coats with you to recess. You won’t be allowed to return to get them.”

Felix thought, “No problem, I won’t be ____

Once ____ however, he was getting very cold.

He was really afraid to go back to the room, but ____ it was better to risk his teacher’s anger than to freeze to death, and he was clearly freezing to death.

So he sneaked back into ____ classroom.

Back in the closet where the coats were hung Felix grabbed his coat and ____ it down.

Along with the coat came a box of brand-new microscope slides crashing down and breaking into pieces ____ over the floor.

He quickly ran back outside. Once ____ students came inside, Mr. Evans said, “Somebody knows who broke those slides. Can anyone tell me who it was?”

Felix just hung his head and kept his mouth shut for the rest ____ the day.

Returning home, ____ felt really bad and his mother knew something was wrong, but he said nothing.

Finally, he could stand ____ no longer and blurted out the story to her.

She said, “It’s okay. Just tell your teacher what happened and offer ____ pay for the slides.”

At the time he was only getting twenty-five cents a week for allowance and figured he would ____ thirty-seven by the time he finished paying.

The ____ day, Felix went to tell Mr. Evans what had happened.

He said, “I was just freezing and tried to get my coat and I didn’t mean for the slides to break, and was too ____ to tell you, but I will pay my whole allowance of twenty-five cents a week.”

At that point the teacher stretched the ____ considerably.

He said, “I noticed that only two slides were broken, so you can pay fifty cents and that will ____ the damage.”

Felix had exactly fifty cents in ____ piggy bank, so he was extremely relieved.

I was deeply engaged in practicing my singing, hitting some challenging high notes, when I suddenly heard an off-pitch ____ outside.

Is that a dog trying ____ imitate my singing?

Annoyed, I stomped to the window, preparing to give the ____ a piece of my mind.

My new neighbor, Rober, was lounging on his swing chair, and next to him was a massive ____ head thrown back, belting out his version of my song.

____ excuse me?” I called out. “Your dog seems to think he’s the next big thing in opera?”

Rober looked up, surprised, ____ then said.

“Oh! ____ so sorry. That’s Thunder. He gets a little carried away when he hears music. Thinks he’s a canine Pavarotti or something. My apologies for his... performance.”

I took a ____ breath and forced a smile.

“Tell Thunder he might need a few more lessons before his big debut,” I teased, trying to hide ____ annoyance.

We shared ____ friendly wave, and I returned to practice, hoping for a more peaceful practice session next time.

The following day, sunlight filtered through the curtains ____ I started my vocal warm- ups.

The notes flew smoothly, and ____ rhythm was right on point.

However, as I hit a high note, I was rudely interrupted by ____ series of loud deep barks.

I tried to ____ hoping the source, Thunder, would stop, but his barks grew louder and more insistent, matching my pitch and rhythm.

My concert ____ just around the corner, and every practice counted.

Marching to the window to assert that Rober needed to control his dog, I saw ____ smiling at Thunder lovingly while putting a finger to his lips, signaling him to be quiet.

When our eyes met, Rober motioned for me ____ come outside with an apologetic look.

I went out and approached him. He hesitated, “Well, I was a military dog trainer, and there was my partner dog named ____ back then.”

____ they had navigated dangerous areas in Afghanistan until Alice died facing hostile forces.

Rober added that Thunder is her young, ____ reminds him of Alice’s brave eyes.

Tears welled up in ____ eyes. I wrapped my arms around the massive dog, feeling the warmth of this living connection to Rober’s past.

The Lenape, an indigenous tribe, had three ____

These were the Turkey, Turtle, and Wolf clans. Tamanend became the Chief ____ the Turtle Clan.

He earned respect with his honorable behavior, resulting in him gaining ____ power.

Through the reputation he built as an honorable individual and chief of the Turtle Clan, Tamanend ____ chosen as the representative of all three clans when dealing with Europeans.

Eventually, ____ land on which the Lenape lived was granted to a white man named William Penn by the King of England.

The ____ did not actually have a right to give the land to him, but he acted as if the land was his anyway.

This action disregarded the sovereignty of the Lenape people and their ____ claim to the land, which naturally led the Lenape to mistrust William Penn.

So, to prevent serious conflict, William Penn and Chief Tamanend had many discussions with the Lenape ____ their representatives.

After a long period, the two ____ a treaty. William Penn was also known as a man of honor.

He sought to build a common understanding with the ____ Americans on the land the English King gave him.

He tried to learn Unami, ____ language of Chief Tamanend.

William did not intend to interfere with the way Native ____ governed their tribes.

William’s intention was to create an ____ agreement where he would gain permanent ownership of the land.

This attitude helped when forming the peace treaty, because Tamanend could see he ____ a man to be trusted.

The treaty would guarantee that there would be peace between the people represented by William Penn and the ____ represented by Chief Tamanend.

The treaty meant that William Penn had to give things like blankets and kettles to the Lenape so that he ____ take and sell their land.

Chief Tamanend said that the Lenape would live in love with William and his descendants while the water runs, and the ____ moon, and stars shine.

This treaty was honored by both individuals ____ the people they represented.

Peace reigned in the land for more than 75 years. This was thanks to the wisdom ____ hospitality of Chief Tamanend and his people.

He did not ____ to cause fighting, but rather to create peace.

Because of his wisdom, many ____ him as the patron saint of America.

Tom ____ on the living room floor, watching his father, Jack, fine-tune the dial on their old tabletop radio.

The sound of static gave way to a crisp British voice saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are moments away from Roger Bannister’s attempt at ____ the four-minute mile.”

“Sit still, Tommy. You’ll want to remember this,” Jack advised, his eyes narrowing as if trying to see the event through ____ radio itself.

Tom adjusted his sitting posture and looked at ____ black-and-white photo of his dad in a track uniform, placed prominently on the mantelpiece.

He had been a decent ____ in his day, but nothing close to what they were about to hear.

Finally, the announcer’s ____ broke the silence, “And he’s off!”

For the next few minutes, the small living room ____ filled with the play-by-play of Roger Bannister running the laps.

Each description of his pace, his form, his determination was like a brushstroke painting an invisible image in the air — Jack and Tom leaning in as if they could will Bannister ____ go faster.

“Final stretch!” the announcer practically screamed. “He’s done it! Three ____ fifty-nine point four seconds!”

____ grabbed Tom’s shoulder, giving it a joyous squeeze.

“He broke it, Tommy! Broke it!” A week later, Tom found himself in the backyard wearing his father’s old track shoes, which ____ a few sizes too big.

His course was nothing more than a circle around their property, marked by garden stones ____ an apple tree.

Jack ____ with a stopwatch, a smile covering his face.

____ set, go!” Jack shouted. Tom’s initial steps were awkward in the oversized shoes, but he soon found his rhythm.

Tom rounded the apple tree, his lungs burning ____ his heart upbeat.

When he crossed his finish line, Jack clicked the stopwatch. “Five minutes and twenty-one seconds,” he announced, but the numbers ____ matter.

That evening, Tom placed the stopwatch on the mantelpiece, next to ____ dad’s old track photo.

Neither ____ them spoke about it, but both understood.

It wasn’t just a moment in history they had listened to; it was a moment ____ had dashed through their living room, laced up its shoes, and sprinted right into their lives.