Leslie reread the note, _______________  approval.  "Good. You misspelled 'believe' and 'two."

He nodded, and without speaking, they went back to the creek bank where they shared together a ____________   meal of crackers and dried fruit. 

"Sure." She was  ________________________. "Why not?"

Leslie liked to make up stories about the giants that _____________ the peace of Terabithia, but they both knew that the real giant in their lives was Janice.

At the stronghold he tied the ribbon around the puppy's neck, laughing as it backed out of the loop and chewed at the ends of the ribbon. It was a clever, lively little thing - a present Jess could be ______________ of.  

"What little girl?" He _______________  it, knowing it was the wrong thing to ask.

Maybe that was why his stomach felt so ________.  He hadn't had anything to eat since the ice cream Miss Edmunds had bought them at Millsburg on the way home.

“___________ junk." His father kicked at the floor dangerously near the track. "Don't get nothing for your money these days."

Suddenly his mother let out a great shuddering _______________. "O my God. O my God."