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A young soldier, ___1___ plane was shot at during the war, ___2___ his plane in a forest and escaped ___3___ minor injuries. He tried to make his way out of the forest but ___4___ up walking deeper and deeper ___5___ it. ___6___ he wandered around, he came to an old cottage. It seemed strange ___7___ him that a solitary cottage should exist ___8___ the heart of the forest. All the ___9___ , he thanked Fortune for ___10___ pity on him.

An elderly couple ___11___ in the cottage. They took the soldier in and nursed him carefully ___12___ to health. They treated him as if he ___13___ their own son. When he was fully ___14___ , they gave him precise directions to get ___15___ of the forest. He was grateful to them and ___16___ to visit them again.

The soldier reported___17___ to camp and told his captain of the old couple's hospitality. The soldier was shocked when the captain revealed that the forest bad been ___18___ by bombs much earlier in the war. The elderly couple, ___19___ were officially listed as dead in their records, were the parents ___20___ one of their young soldiers who had died in the war.

 

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1. whose   2. landed   3. with   4. ended   5. into   6. As   7. to   8. in   9. same   10. taking   11. lived   12. back   13. was   14. recovered   15. out   16. promised   17. back   18. destroyed   19. who   20. of
 

A young soldier, whose plane was shot at during the war, landed his plane in a forest and escaped with minor injuries. He tried to make his way out of the forest but ended up walking deeper and deeper into it. As he wandered around, he came to an old cottage. It seemed strange to him that a solitary cottage should exist in the heart of the forest. All the same, he thanked Fortune for taking pity on him.

An elderly couple lived in the cottage. They took the soldier in and nursed him carefully back to health. They treated him as if he was their own son. When he was fully recovered, they gave him precise directions to get out of the forest. He was grateful to them and promised to visit them again.

The soldier reported back to camp and told his captain of the old couple's hospitality. The soldier was shocked when the captain revealed that the forest bad been destroyed by bombs much earlier in the war. The elderly couple, who were officially listed as dead in their records, were the parents of one of their young soldiers who had died in the war.

 
 

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