March 31, 2009

The Dead Return


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424 [80 words each]     POINTS: Japanese annual festival - cheerful occasion - Dead said to return home - Food laid out - Lanterns lit - guide them - People dance & sing all night - Uneaten food - thrown - sea - river - next morning - Some places near the sea: the lanterns - placed into the water - People watch - shore - Drift out of sight.

424.1   1. This Japanese ... occasion. 2. As the dead are ... , ... for them and ... to guide them. 3. People ... and uneaten food ... morning. 4. In some places ... and people ... until they ... .

424.2   1. This Japanese ... is ... for the dead ... home. 2. Food is not only ... for them, but ... to guide them as well, while ... all night. 3. The uneaten ... 4. In some places ... water. 5. People ... as ... .

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