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Question
Write words from the poem that describe the following.
- sky ____________
- heart ____________
- hand ____________
- beginning ____________
- surprises ____________
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Solution
- sky - stardust
- heart - nurturing
- hand - Aging
- beginning - new
- surprises - wonderful
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