Week 3 - Just like those ants.

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
Can we live on a raft in the river, like Huck?

There are no rivers inside the , Gus, you know that.

[Gus] What about out there?

Well, I told you we can't go out there.

Why not?

Because I said so.

You said when I'm old enough, you'll tell me.

I know what I said.

So?

So what?

I'm . So?

[soft music playing]

[Pubba] Once upon a time,

bad people ruled the Earth.

Doing what they wanted, taking from the planet.

[thunder rumbling]

Just like those ants.

They were things,

self-destructive,

only out for themselves.

So Nature made everyone sick,

and wiped away as many as she could.

And then a miracle happened.

Your kind.

They them hybrids.

No one knows where you came from or how.

But the people who were left feared you.

They were meaner now, angrier.

They didn't like you because you were different.

So Nature set the rest of the Earth on fire.

-And now it burns forever. -[indistinct disembodied screaming]

But some bad people are still out there, Gus,

in the , waiting.

It's my job to make sure they never get in.

And it's your job

to live a full life,

and to be , to be kind.

I saw her today.

[somber music playing]

Who?

Mama.

She was pretty, but she didn't have nubbins like me.

Yeah, that wasn't your , Gus.

How do you know?

'Cause your mother's gone, Gus.

That's I know.