The Carpenter's Gift Vocabulary Practice

Nearly a lifetime had passed, but Henry could still remember what it felt like to wake up in the old _________,

especially during the wintertime.

For the rest of the afternoon, Henry and his father sold trees to _________.

They decorated the tree with whatever they could _________ together: paper garlands, cranberries

threaded onto a string, and even a few shiny tin cans.

His _________ fell on a pinecone lying on the ground.

“You must be _________,” his mother said, slipping off his

boots. “Straight to bed with you.”

“We mill the tree and use the _________ to help a family

in need build a new home.”

They hugged him and thanked him many times for his

_________.

They drove to a nearby _________ of evergreens.

Henry planted the pinecone beside his new house. In time, a _________ emerged.

Henry especially liked to hammer away in its shade, and he became quite a good _________.