WORD PUZZLE #10 from THE TIMEDOOR
NOV/DEC 2007 Chapter One: A Visitor In the Barn
Read the story passage at the bottom and try to find the twelve underlined words or phrases in
the letter grid below. The answers can be up, down, left, right or diagonal. Good luck!
W T F I I B T A X R Q P G H L
D E T R E S E D D G V S T J M
B Z L I G H T B R O W N A I L
W E T O A O B T I D U L L P S
X E A G R H H A I N A L E S Y
N R O B D R W H J Z I S O R R
G B N D E D C T Y O W A H A S
O L B M N D M R N G S R T E K
D O T A I Q T Y E R Q M K P D
D O I F N S E M D G U C N L T
E C C Y G A O B E L I E V E L
R I I S R T K B E U S T V E D
I T N S T G N G Q L H N A B H
T D B P F I N O I C E G E E L
A B P V X N W A L E D I S O O
Christopher Jordan ran as fast as a tiger through the frosty autumn leaves. He had to tell somebody what he had
just seen, though he could hardly believe it himself.
The eleven-year-old boy raced through a field of tall dry grass as he hurried away from the deserted barn on
Mrs. Halloway’s property. A cool breeze whistled by, whipping up falling leaves from nearby trees into mini cyclones.
The setting sun cast thin wobbly shadows across the landscape.
Christopher dashed across the road to his house where he spotted his younger sister Molly playing harvester on
the side lawn as she always did in October. He thought himself too old for that game now, but Molly was only eight
and still enjoyed it.
“Molly! You’ll never guess what I just saw. Never in a million years!” he said, panting like a tired dog. He pulled
off a ski cap, revealing a mop of light brown hair that nearly matched the color of his eyes.
Molly frowned at her brother. “I won’t guess until you stop walking all over my tomato plants. You’re squishing
them, Chris. How can I harvest squished tomatoes?”
Christopher took a quick step to one side. “Better?”
“Now you’re in the squash patch! I’ll never finish my gardening with you around.” Molly took her brother by the
hand and led him where it was safer to stand.
“If you can’t harvest squished tomatoes, you’ll never be able to pick squished squash,” Christopher joked.
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