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"Let me out," the explorer said, "or I'll make the
sun go away. Right here in the ___1___
of the day I'll make something eat up your ___2___."
The jungle people did not believe him. They laughed
and ___3___
sticks at him through the bars of the ___4___.
"All right," he said, "you'll see. My magic is ___5___.
Now I'll make the sun go away in the middle ___6___
the day." And the sun did go away ! At ___7___
it seemed to. Something seemed to eat up the sun ___8___
little at a time until it was all ___9___
and the day was as dark as midnight. ___10___
jungle people moaned and cried. They were very
afraid ___11___
this explorer whose magic was strong enough to take ___12___
sun away. "Make the sun come back," they cried, " ___13___
we'll do anything you say. We'll set you free and ___14___
you food and great treasures." "All right," the
explorer ___15___,
"I'll make the sun come back." And the sun ___16___
come back after a while.
What the jungle ___17___
did not know was that day, the sun ___18___
eclipsed by the moon. Eclipse means to hide
___19___ by
coming in front of it. When this happens, ___20___
can turn as dark as night right in the middle of the
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"Let me out," the explorer said, "or I'll make the sun go away.
Right here in the ___middle___
of the day I'll make something eat up your ___sun___."
The jungle people did not believe him. They laughed and ___poked___
sticks at him through the bars of the ___cage___.
"All right," he said, "you'll see. My magic is ___strong___.
Now I'll make the sun go away in the middle ___of___
the day." And the sun did go away ! At ___least___
it seemed to. Something seemed to eat up the sun ___a___
little at a time until it was all ___gone___
and the day was as dark as midnight. ___The___
jungle people moaned and cried. They were very
afraid ___of___ this
explorer whose magic was strong enough to take ___their___
sun away. "Make the sun come back," they cried, " ___and___
we'll do anything you say. We'll set you free and ___give___
you food and great treasures." "All right," the
explorer ___said___, "I'll
make the sun come back." And the sun ___did___
come back after a while.
What the jungle ___people___
did not know was that day, the sun ___was___
eclipsed by the moon. Eclipse means to hide
___something___
by coming in front of it. When this happens, ___it___
can turn as dark as night right in the middle of the day. |
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