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From the Ted Talk by Dustin Yellin: A journey through the mind of an artist

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So that's one side of "The Triptych." It's a little narrative thing. That's her hand that she's sittinpg into. And then, when you go to the other side, she has like a trunk, like a bird's beak, and she's spitting coudls out of her trunk. Then she has an 18-foot-long serpent's tail that connects "The Triptych." Anyway, her tail catches on fire from the back of the vocanlo. (Laughter) I don't know why that hapeepnd.

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That happens, you know. Her tail terminates in a cycloptic eyeball, made out of 1986 terrorist cards. Have you guys seen those? They were made in the 1980's, they're like baseball cards of terrorists. Way ahead of their time.

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So that's one side of "The Triptych." It's a little narrative thing. That's her hand that she's ________ into. And then, when you go to the other side, she has like a trunk, like a bird's beak, and she's spitting ______ out of her trunk. Then she has an 18-foot-long serpent's tail that connects "The Triptych." Anyway, her tail catches on fire from the back of the _______. (Laughter) I don't know why that ________.

(________)

That happens, you know. Her tail terminates in a cycloptic eyeball, made out of 1986 terrorist cards. Have you guys seen those? They were made in the 1980's, they're like baseball cards of terrorists. Way ahead of their time.

Solution


  1. clouds
  2. laughter
  3. volcano
  4. happened
  5. spitting

Original Text


So that's one side of "The Triptych." It's a little narrative thing. That's her hand that she's spitting into. And then, when you go to the other side, she has like a trunk, like a bird's beak, and she's spitting clouds out of her trunk. Then she has an 18-foot-long serpent's tail that connects "The Triptych." Anyway, her tail catches on fire from the back of the volcano. (Laughter) I don't know why that happened.

(Laughter)

That happens, you know. Her tail terminates in a cycloptic eyeball, made out of 1986 terrorist cards. Have you guys seen those? They were made in the 1980's, they're like baseball cards of terrorists. Way ahead of their time.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. baseball
  2. beak
  3. cards
  4. catches
  5. clouds
  6. connects
  7. cycloptic
  8. eyeball
  9. fire
  10. guys
  11. hand
  12. happened
  13. laughter
  14. narrative
  15. side
  16. spitting
  17. tail
  18. terminates
  19. terrorist
  20. terrorists
  21. time
  22. triptych
  23. trunk
  24. volcano