The Wise Old Woman Vocab
Across
- 3. The young lord __________ the farmer for his wise answers and for saving the village.
- 4. There was a great __________ (noise and chaos) when Lord Higa's men came to threaten to overthrow the village if they could to solve the riddle.
- 7. When they were given the riddle(s), the wise men of the village looked at the lord in __________ and did not have any answers.
- 8. The young lord looked _________ at the older people and said they had no value as they were too old and could not contribute.
- 10. Lord Higa was __________ that the villagers were able to solve the riddles and therefore let them live freely at the end of the story.
- 11. In the village anyone over the age of 71 was __________ to the woods to die.
Down
- 1. __________, the farmer's willingness to break the law in saving his mother also ended up saving the village.
- 2. It is through the _________ that older people have that that we can learn how to be wise.
- 5. My students are always __________.
- 6. In this story we learned that there is a lot of __________ to be found in older people, they know things younger people do not.
- 9. the young farmed worked hard to __________ everyone so that they would not know his mother was still alive and hiding in the house.