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