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FILLIN                                         DREAMING GREEN                    Play more Funny Fill-In!


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                                                                     BY MARGARET J. KRAUSS


























            My family joined a tree planting in honor            . Grabbin                     ,   alked  to
                                                    planet                        tool, plural
            the park.“Whatever you do,don’t                   when you’re planting,” the leader said. With our arms full
                                                verb
            of                  , mysisterandIran               down the path to dig our first hole. As we got started,
                  noun, plural                   adverb ending in -ly
            I did exactly what the leader told me not to do: I  . Suddenly, a(n)
                                                   past-tense verb             adjective        noun
            burst from the tree! I stared at it for  seconds and watched it turn a deep shade of      . I was
                                           number                                           color
            so surprised I             like a(n)                . AsmysisterandIstarted               down
                         past-tense verb            animal                             verb ending in -ing
            the path deeper into the woods,             started springing from everywhere. Then the whole forest filled
                                          noun, plural
            with                                       and                    . That’s when I tripped over a root—
                      adjective          noun, plural           noun, plural
            and woke up facedown on my                    . I must love the Earth. Even my dreams are green!
                                        piece of furniture



















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