The Father

2. The father's self-__________ was immense when Mui Mui died.
5. __________, aged eight, was a source of irritation to the father.
6. Most of the food was __________ by the rain, but the children ate what they could anyway.
8. The father's __________ decided to take him back after the child's death.
9. The father sometimes came home with large packets of steaming hot __________.
10. The children __________ their father at the graveyard, hidden by some bushes.
11. The father was in a very bad mood when he was __________ from his work.
13. The father, when drunk, would sometimes __________ them and the mother.
14. The father brought a large __________ bag to the graveyard for the late Mui Mui.

1. When the father left the bag, the children swarmed upon the __________.
3. The mother had __________ handed the employer's money back to the father.
4. There were a total of __________ children in the family.
7. The children considered themselves fortunate if the father did not come home __________.
8. The children always waited for their father with a mixture of fear and __________.
10. The most annoying thing about Mui Mui was her __________.
12. The __________ has to intervene to ensure that every child gets to eat the food.