Folytatódik a Sandman-történet, az utolsó előtti részt olvashatják a kitartóbbak. Vegyes felvágottat csináltam a feladatból, most már így, a végére. A vastagon szedett szavak, kifejezések szokás szerint az extra szókincset hivatottak jelölni.
On another occasion Nigbur hid in a deep chasm and made noises (1) ________ (as/like/with) a crying baby. When the Sandman came to investigate, Nigbur set off an earthquake so that the chasm filled with huge stones.
But (2) ________ (even/not/so) that didn't work. ____________ (at that time he hadn't yet moved into the castle).
Nigbur took the (3) ________ (shape/image/form) of an old tramp with a long beard. He banged on the door and asked to come in from the cold. But the Sandman had been (4) __________ (said/warned/foretold) by the stormy petrels. ____________. Nigbur had hidden his face under the rim of an old weather-beaten hat (5) ________ (well/so/that) he did not see the sack or the rope that would pull it open.
The Sandman tugged at the rope, and the sack emptied all its sand over Nigbur at once. Before he had time to change out of his disguise, he fell (6) _________ (in/to/ --) asleep.
The stupor would not last long since Nigbur (7) __________ (is/was/were) so powerful. But it was long enough to drag him into a cave and cover him entirely with sleeping sand. _____________, and he would be taking in sleeping sand day (8) _________ (over/by/after) night. And there he still lies.
At the moment when his evil spirit was disabled (9) __________ sleep (from/with/by), all the Keep-awakes in the world were immediately robbed of their worst venom. __________________. They can imitate all sorts of noises, from knocking to mosquito buzzing.
They can (10) _________ (send/give/share) frightening shadows chasing across the wall; they can take the shape of black spiders or bats; they can get in under the door. And their worst trick of all is (11) _________ (taken/done/given) with the small problems that are dealt with during the day: ______________________.
I. at night the Keep-awakes make them grow into immense worries
II. but they did not die or lose the power to keep living beings awake
III. he had hung a large sack of sand of the best sleep inducing quality above the door.
IV. it was clearly what the Sandman wanted, for why else would he have allowed everything to be revealed
V. only his hands and the top of his head showed
VI. so Nigbur decided to visit the Sandman in his cave
VII. the back of the building was deserted
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