"The Wise Old Woman" SS pp23 - 28

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  1. 2. When the young lord's wise men could not solve the puzzles, he called them "_____".
  2. 7. As they walked in the mountains, the mother broke off small ___,so her son could find his way back home.
  3. 8. The only person in the village who could solve Lord Higa's puzzles was the farmer's ____.
  4. 13. Vocabulary: term meaning "noisy disturbance"
  5. 15. The young lord first asked his ___ ___ for help with the puzzles, but none knew how to solve them!
  6. 17. Yoshiko Uchida hopes that "all ____ ... have the same love of fun and a good story."
  7. 18. "The Wise Old Woman" is a ______ (country/ethnicity) folktale.
  8. 20. Lord Higa's first puzzle: a box containing one thousand ropes of ____
  9. 22. Those who were banished were sent to the _____ to die.
  10. 24. Vocabulary: term meaning "an official order"
  11. 25. After learning that the old woman's wisdom had saved the village, the young lord withdrew his dreaded ____.
  12. 28. Vocabulary: term meaning "having an exaggerated view of yourself", "conceited"
  13. 29. Lord Higa's third puzzle: to make a drum make ____ without beating on it
  14. 30. The young farmer hid his mother for almost ___ years!
  15. 32. Vocabulary: term meaning "to praise"
  16. 34. Anyone who disobeyed the young lord's decree was ____ (disciplined harshly).
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  1. 1. _____ _____ did not write but retold the story of "The Wise Old Woman".
  2. 3. The young farmer hid his mother in a small room beneath his _____.
  3. 4. The young lord wanted a village of "young, healthy, and ___-___ people..."
  4. 5. Lord Higa commended the village saying, "Even in such a small village there is much ____..."
  5. 6. The young farmer could not bear to leave his ____ in the mountains.
  6. 9. Setting: The story takes place a long time ago in the ____ hills of Japan.
  7. 10. Yoshiko Uchida's ______ taught her to appreciate the customs and folktales of Japan.
  8. 11. The young lord posted a ___ in the village square, hoping a village would know how to solve the puzzles.
  9. 12. the solution to Lord Higa's third puzzle: a _____ was placed inside a paper drum
  10. 14. Vocabulary: term meaning "to force to leave a place or country"
  11. 16. Because of the ____ in the village books, the young farmer could not lie about the age of his mother.
  12. 19. The old woman's son commended her, saying, "Mother, you are wonderfully ____!"
  13. 21. Once someone reached the age of _____, they were banished to the mountains.
  14. 23. Lord Higa's second puzzle: to _____ a silken thread through a hole in a twisted log
  15. 26. the solution to Lord Higa's first puzzle: rope was soaked in ____ water, dried, then burned
  16. 27. the solution to Lord Higa's second puzzle: a thread was tied to an ant searching for ____ at the end of the hole
  17. 31. the leader of a neighboring village who threatened to conquer the village
  18. 33. Vocabulary: term meaning "to lead someone to believe something that is not true"; "to lie"; "to trick"