WORD PUZZLE #11 from THE SAVING LIGHT
JAN/FEB 2008 Chapter Ten: Dinner At Rupert's Place
Read the story passage at the bottom to find the ten clues to the puzzle below. Good luck!
ACROSS DOWN
3. prehistoric beast 1. calm
4. December 25th 2. light providers
6. keep these away from pins 4. vanilla’s pal
7. enthusiastically 5. giving off water vapor
8. movie snack
9. this has cones
The New Year’s Eve bonfire gushed with warmth and light during the final chilly hours of the year, casting a ruddy
glow upon the swirl of faces gathered nearby in the city park. Children drank hot chocolate from foam cups as parents
sipped steaming coffee and strolled about. Helium-filled balloons swayed in the brisk air and glass bead necklaces
sparkled in anticipation of a brand new year. Food vendors sold grilled burgers and hotdogs as folksingers, acrobats
and storytellers performed to applause. Light posts resembling nineteenth century gas lamps were scattered
throughout the park, softly illuminating the gentle waves of snow along the walks.
Near one large pine tree still adorned with Christmas lights, a face painter catered to a line of eagerly waiting
children. One child sat proudly on a bale of straw while having a butterfly applied to her left cheek and a frog to the
right. Others gawked and chattered as they waited their turn, discussing what color paint went best with a particular
shade of glitter.
“So how do we look?” Molly asked as she and Vergil marched past the popcorn seller’s tent. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan
were talking to Artemas nearby.
“One dinosaur here and another one here!” Vergil exclaimed as he turned his face from side to side to display the
fresh face painting to Artemas and his parents. “And look at this!” he added, pulling off his hat and raising the hair
over his forehead. “A third eye! How’s it look?”
© 2008 Thomas J. Prestopnik All rights reserved. www.TomPresto.com
JAN/FEB 2008 Chapter Ten: Dinner At Rupert's Place
Read the story passage at the bottom to find the ten clues to the puzzle below. Good luck!
ACROSS DOWN
3. prehistoric beast 1. calm
4. December 25th 2. light providers
6. keep these away from pins 4. vanilla’s pal
7. enthusiastically 5. giving off water vapor
8. movie snack
9. this has cones
The New Year’s Eve bonfire gushed with warmth and light during the final chilly hours of the year, casting a ruddy
glow upon the swirl of faces gathered nearby in the city park. Children drank hot chocolate from foam cups as parents
sipped steaming coffee and strolled about. Helium-filled balloons swayed in the brisk air and glass bead necklaces
sparkled in anticipation of a brand new year. Food vendors sold grilled burgers and hotdogs as folksingers, acrobats
and storytellers performed to applause. Light posts resembling nineteenth century gas lamps were scattered
throughout the park, softly illuminating the gentle waves of snow along the walks.
Near one large pine tree still adorned with Christmas lights, a face painter catered to a line of eagerly waiting
children. One child sat proudly on a bale of straw while having a butterfly applied to her left cheek and a frog to the
right. Others gawked and chattered as they waited their turn, discussing what color paint went best with a particular
shade of glitter.
“So how do we look?” Molly asked as she and Vergil marched past the popcorn seller’s tent. Mr. and Mrs. Jordan
were talking to Artemas nearby.
“One dinosaur here and another one here!” Vergil exclaimed as he turned his face from side to side to display the
fresh face painting to Artemas and his parents. “And look at this!” he added, pulling off his hat and raising the hair
over his forehead. “A third eye! How’s it look?”
© 2008 Thomas J. Prestopnik All rights reserved. www.TomPresto.com
