Word Collector

CHAPTER 7

Fill in the blanks with the correct word

She made him turn his face ________. Then she came near. Her

breath moved his hair as she said, “I—love—you!”

Then she ________ away from him and ran around the seats, with

Tom running after her. He caught her in a corner, with her hands over

her face. But her hands _________. Tom kissed her and said, “Now it is

all finished, Becky. And always after this you can’t love any boy except

me or _______ any boy except me.”

“And you can’t marry any girl but me.”

“Certainly. That is part of it. And we will walk to ________ together.

Because we are engaged.”

“It is nice. I never ________ of it before.”

“Oh, it is fine. Me and Amy Lawrence—”

The big eyes told him that he had said the ________ thing.

“Oh, Tom! I am not the first that you were engaged to!” She

began to _________.

“I do not love her now. I do not love any girl except you.”

More __________.

Tom took from his pocket the thing he valued most. It was a

ball­shaped object, of no _________, but as bright as gold.

“Becky, take this.”

She hit it from his __________ to the floor.

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