Writing Better English for ESL Learners

“Then we shall have a test,” the judge said

. He placed the child in a ring of stones and told

the two women. Each

took the child by one hand, and.

They pulled to the right and then ,

and the child began.

The women pulled again, but.

Finally the first woman saw her chance and

. The child fell forward and
. The first woman laughed and proclaimed,

“ .” The second woman

began to sob, because.

And the child sat on the ground, shaking and.

The judge stood up and said, “ ,

because the second woman would not harm the child. Therefore I am

certain that .”

He gave the child to the second woman and sent the first woman

. The child had been reunited

with its rightful mother, who.

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