“We’d (a)   ourselves with our handiwork and loll about thus beautified, beyond the touch of the everyday world” (172).

“It was covered with a film of (a)   sprinkled to kill the rats…” (172).

“‘I won’t touch it’ he said (a)   ” (172). 

"With success so (a)   , we decided not to tell anyone until he could actually walk” (174).  

“... for weeks ahead we (a)   around the house, promising everybody a most spectacular surprise” (174-175).

“Aunt Nicey said that, after so much talk, if we produced anything less tremendous than the (a)   , she was going to be disappointed” (175). 

“We danced together quite well until she came down on my big toe with her (a)   , hurting me so badly I thought I was crippled for life” (175).

“... the peacock spread his magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously iridescent, rustling (a)   ” (176). 

“... the peacock spread his magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously (a)   , rustling vortex” (176). 

“... I was old enough to know this wouldn’t work out, but the picture he painted was so beautiful and (a)   that all I could do was whisper yes, yes” (176).