Ma sighed a great deal, an impatient noise usually accompanied with a frown at their rough clothes, rundown house, or __________ food.

She was very proud of her power and of the ___________ the people of earth paid her.

They were horrified at the __________ and misery on earth.

It was planting season, which was especially ____________.

All feared his ___________, and when he roared his orders the people trembled.

"You can answer any question in the world?" the magistrate _________.

“I do,” Minli said, __________ and eager.

Now that his son has married the king's daughter, Magistrate Tiger will do anything to _________ his power and overstretch his authority.

"May I present this, which I humbly painted in _________ to the great magistrate's rule."

I saw the magistrate's fat face ________ over me as he reached over and dotted in my other eye.

The goldfish man’s eyes also flashed as he looked at Ma and Ba and their dust-covered clothes and _________, tired faces.

Before the aromas of the _________ were captured in our most ornate box, they floated in the air, causing all the neighborhood animals to whine at our door.

"Yes," I said, and I came closer as he __________.