Maria taught her children the three v (a)   s of patience, hope and love. They needed all three in Nome.

Einar's new job involved w------g the gold to see how pure it was, so he had a set of scales on his desk.

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S.W. Warning felt o (a)   d by the amount of homework and tasks he had to finish in just one week.

In the distance there were o (a)   s clouds gathering, threatening heavy rain or worse for the afternoon.

Several nights without sleep had left Maria looking h (a)   d and exhausted.

Finally, the raging waves and hurling winds s (a)   d, giving way to calmer, more clement weather.

The army's o (a)   e division sent the required weapons and ammunition.

All the b (a)   s had fallen out of Milo's toothbrush so that every morning he was basically just hitting his teeth with a plastic stick.

Upon arriving in Nome, one despairing prospector committed s (a)   e on the beach.

8V enjoyed a rather c (a)   l moment when Robbo slid down the chute but left his bathing suit at the top...

Sig performed his task with the same s (a)   y as he would have lit the candles at church service.

One of the prospectors, b (a)   g a pickaxe and shovel, ran up and down the beach as if he were searching for a place to start diggin up the gold.

There were several ships m (a)   d at Nome's small harbour.

One p (a)   r, exhausted by the journey and the disappointment of arriving in Nome, collapsed on the sand. He has given up everything for the promise of a beach brimming with gold!

Sig stood on the beach and gazed out at the icy, grey s (a)   s that reached the horizon. Nothing moved.

The ice had frozen in u (a)   l, twisted shapes thanks to the violence of the sea at the point of freezing.

As prices went up and the food supply dwindled, Einar feared his family would die of s (a)   n.

Radu's clothes and toys were s (a)   n across the bedroom floor.

The r (a)   d dog had to be captured and kept away from both people and animals.