The sun had not yet _______.

Gradually as the sky whitened a dark line lay on the horizon
dividing the sea from the sky and the grey cloth became barred
with thick strokes moving, one after another, beneath the surface,
following each other, pursuing each other, _______.

As they neared the shore each bar rose, heaped itself, 
broke and swept a thin veil of white water across the ______.

The wave paused, and then drew out again, sighing
like a sleeper whose breath comes and goes _______.

Gradually the dark bar on the horizon became clear as if the
sediment in an old wine-bottle had sunk and left the glass _______.

Behind it, too, the sky cleared as if the white sediment there
had sunk, or as if the arm of a woman couched beneath the horizon had
raised a lamp and flat bars of white, green and yellow spread across
the sky like the blades of a _______.

Then she raised her lamp higher and the air seemed to become
fibrous and to tear away from the green surface flickering and
flaming in red and yellow fibres like the smoky fire that roars from a
_______.

Gradually the fibres of the burning bonfire were fused into one
haze, one incandescence which lifted the weight of the woollen
grey sky on top of it and turned it to a million atoms of soft _______.

Slowly the arm that held the lamp raised it higher and then
higher until a broad flame became visible; an arc of fire burnt
on the rim of the horizon, and all round it the sea blazed _______.

The light struck upon the trees in the garden,
making one leaf transparent and then _______.

One bird chirped high up; there was a pause;
 another chirped lower _______.

The sun sharpened the walls of the house, and rested like
the tip of a fan upon a white blind and made a blue finger-print of
shadow under the leaf by the bedroom _______.

The blind stirred slightly, but all within was dim and _______.  

The birds sang their blank melody _______.

'I see a ring,' said Bernard, 'hanging above me.  It quivers
and hangs in a loop of _______.'

'I see a slab of pale yellow,' said Susan, 'spreading away until it meets
a purple _______.'

'I hear a sound,' said Rhoda, 'cheep, chirp; cheep
chirp; going up and _______.'

'I see a globe,' said Neville, 'hanging down in a drop
against the enormous flanks of some _______.'

'I see a crimson tassel,' said Jinny, 'twisted with gold _______.'

'I hear something stamping,' said Louis.  'A great beast's foot is
chained.  It stamps, and stamps, and _______.'

'Look at the spider's web on the corner of the balcony,' said Bernard. 
'It has beads of water on it, drops of white _______.'

'The leaves are gathered round the window like
pointed _______,' said Susan.

'A shadow falls on the path,' said Louis, 'like an elbow _______.'

'Islands of light are swimming on the grass,' said Rhoda. 
'They have fallen through the _______.'

Halfway there!

'The birds' eyes are bright in the tunnels between the
_______,' said Neville.

'A caterpillar is curled in a green ring,' said Susan,
'notched with blunt _______.'

'And burning lights from the window-panes flash
in and out on the _______,' said Louis.

'Stones are cold to my feet,' said Neville.  'I feel each
one, round or pointed, _______.'

'The back of my hand burns,' said Jinny, 'but the palm
is clammy and damp with _______.'

'Now the cock crows like a spurt of hard, red
water in the white _______,' said Bernard.

'The beast stamps; the elephant with its foot chained;
the great brute on the beach _______,' said Louis.

'Look at the house,' said Jinny, 'with all its windows
white with _______.'

'Cold water begins to run from the scullery tap,' said
Rhoda, 'over the mackerel in the _______.'

'The walls are cracked with gold cracks,' said Bernard, 'and there
are blue, finger-shaped shadows of leaves beneath the _______.'

'Now Mrs Constable pulls up her thick black _______,'
said Susan.

'When the smoke rises, sleep curls off the roof like a
_______,' said Louis.

'The birds sang in chorus first,' said Rhoda.  'Now the scullery
door is unbarred.  Off they fly.  Off they fly like a fling of seed. 
But one sings by the bedroom window _______.'

'Bubbles form on the floor of the saucepan,' said Jinny.  'Then they rise,
quicker and quicker, in a silver chain to the _______.'

'Now Billy scrapes the fish-scales with a jagged knife
on to a wooden _______,' said Neville.

'The dining-room window is dark blue now,' said Bernard,
'and the air ripples above the _______.'

'A swallow is perched on the lightning-conductor,' said Susan.
'And Biddy has smacked down the bucket on the kitchen _______.'

'That is the first stroke of the church bell,' said Louis. 
'Then the others follow; one, two; one, two; one, _______.'

'Look at the table-cloth, flying white along the table,' said
Rhoda.  'Now there are rounds of white china, and silver streaks
beside each _______.'

'Suddenly a bee booms in my ear,' said Neville. 
'It is here; it is _______.'

'I burn, I shiver,' said Jinny, 'out of this sun, into
this _______.'

The sun had not yet _______.

As dawn broke the horizon became visible and waves like dark stripes
could be seen following each  _______.

As they neared the shore each bar rose, heaped itself, broke and swept
a thin veil of white water across the  ______.

The wave paused, and then drew out again, sighing like a sleeper whose
breath comes and goes _______.

Gradually the horizon became clear as if the sediment in an old
wine-bottle had sunk and left the glass _______.

Then the sky turned bright in patches of red and _______.

Gradually the patches fused and turned  _______.

The sun breached the horizon and the sea blazed _______.

The light struck upon the trees in the garden, making one leaf
transparent and then _______.

One bird chirped high up; there was a pause; another
chirped lower  _______. 

The sun shone upon the house and cast the
shadow of a leaf on the  _______.

The blind stirred but it remained dim inside the _______.

The birds sang their blank melody _______.  

'I see the sun,' said Bernard, 'hanging above me. It is round and _______.'

'I see the morning light,' said Susan, 'spreading away to the west
until it meets the retreating _______.'

'I hear a sound,' said Rhoda, 'cheep, chirp; cheep chirp; going up and _______.'

'I see the sun,' said Neville, 'hanging like a drop over the  _______.'

'I see a crimson tassel,' said Jinny, 'twisted with gold _______.'

'I hear the waves breaking,' said Louis. 'It is like a chained beast  _______.'

'Look at the spider's web on the corner of the balcony,' said Bernard. 'It has beads of
water on it, drops of white  _______.'

'The leaves are gathered round the window like pointed _______,' said Susan. 

'A shadow falls on the path,' said Louis, 'like an elbow _______.'

'Islands of light are swimming on the grass,' said Rhoda. 'They have fallen through the _______.'

'The birds are lively on the _______,' said Neville.

Halfway there!

'A caterpillar is curled in a ring,' said Susan, 'with lots of small _______.'

'The opening windows cast reflections on the _______,' said Louis.

'Stones are cold to my feet,' said Neville. 'I feel each one, round
or pointed, _______.'

'The back of my hand burns,' said Jinny, 'but the palm is clammy and
damp with _______.'

'Now the cock crows very _______,' said Bernard.

'The waves break like an elephant _______,' said Louis.

'Look at the house,' said Jinny, 'with all its windows white with _______.'

'Cold water begins to run from the scullery tap,' said Rhoda, 'over
the mackerel in the _______.'

'The sun shining through the branches leaves gold cracks on the wall,' said Bernard,
'and there are shadows of leaves beneath the _______.'

'Now Mrs Constable pulls up her thick black _______,' said Susan.

'When the fire is lit, everyone is _______,' said Louis.

'The birds sang together at dawn,' said Rhoda. 'Now it they have flown away.
But one sings by the bedroom window _______.'

'Bubbles form on the floor of the saucepan,' said Jinny.
'Then they rise, quicker and quicker, in a silver chain to the _______.'

'Now Billy scrapes the fish-scales with a jagged knife on to a wooden _______,' said Neville.

'The dining-room window is less dark now,' said Bernard,
'and hot air rises from the _______.'

'A swallow is perched on the roof,' said Susan. 'And Biddy has started
to mop the _______.'

'That is the first stroke of the church bell,' said Louis. 'Then the others follow;
one, two; one, two; one, _______.'

'Look at the table-cloth, flying white along the table,' said Rhoda.
'Now there are rounds of white china, and silver streaks beside each _______.'

'Suddenly a bee flies near,' said Neville. 'It flies away _______.'

'Moving from the sun into the shadow makes me warm
then _______,' said Jinny. 

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