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From the Ted Talk by Willard Wigan: Hold your breath for micro-sculpture

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(Laughter)

Gone. So I'm thnkiing, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I ddecied to, sort of, construct it very, very swlloy, holding my breath, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a small sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I decided to bilud it up. Then I used fibers out of my jmuepr, which I held and stretched. And made the beams going around the hosue. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a mneoy spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I manegad to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I noticed that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his family moved in.

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Gone. So I'm ________, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I _______ to, sort of, construct it very, very ______, holding my breath, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a small sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I decided to _____ it up. Then I used fibers out of my ______, which I held and stretched. And made the beams going around the _____. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a _____ spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I _______ to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I noticed that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his family moved in.

Solution


  1. jumper
  2. build
  3. decided
  4. slowly
  5. money
  6. house
  7. managed
  8. thinking

Original Text


(Laughter)

Gone. So I'm thinking, "Mr. Huf isn't going to be very happy when I told him his house has gone to another, into the atmosphere somewhere." So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it. So I found some more. And I decided to, sort of, construct it very, very slowly, holding my breath, working between my heartbeat, and making sure everything is leveled. Because it's such a small sculpture, nothing can go wrong. And I decided to build it up. Then I used fibers out of my jumper, which I held and stretched. And made the beams going around the house. And the actual windows and the balcony had to be sort of constructed. I used a money spider's web to actually attach certain things, which sent me insane. But I managed to do it. And when I finished it, I came back the next day. I noticed that the house was occupied. Have we ever heard of a dust mite? Darren dust mite and his family moved in.

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