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

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

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

____ had noticed Ethan often pushing Sean to study harder.

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

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

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

“____ two weeks ago,” Ethan replied.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Suddenly, ____ said, “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, “____ are the best son, no matter what.”

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

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 reasoned it was better to risk his teacher’s anger than to freeze to death, and he was clearly ____ to death.

So he sneaked back into the ____.

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 ____ down and breaking into pieces all over the floor.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The next day, Felix ____ 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 ____ embarrassed 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 ____ slides were broken, so you can pay fifty cents and that will cover the damage.”

Felix had exactly fifty cents in his ____ 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 cry ____.

Is that a dog ____ to imitate my singing?

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

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

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

Rober ____ up, surprised, and then said.

“Oh! I’m so sorry. That’s Thunder. He gets a little ____ 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 my ____.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Lenape, an ____ tribe, had three clans.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The treaty meant that William Penn had to give ____ like blankets and kettles to the Lenape so that he could 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 sun, ____, and stars shine.

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

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

He did ____ desire to cause fighting, but rather to create peace.

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

Tom sat on the ____ 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 ____ attempt at breaking the four-minute mile.”

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

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

He had been a decent runner in his ____, 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 ____, the small living room was 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 — ____ and Tom leaning in as if they could will Bannister to go faster.

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

Jack grabbed ____ shoulder, giving it a joyous squeeze.

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

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

Jack stood with a stopwatch, a smile ____ 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 but his heart ____.

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 his dad’s old ____ photo.

Neither of them ____ about it, but both understood.

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