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From the Ted Talk by Scott A. Mellor: How Thor got his hammer

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Then Loki viiestd Brokk and Eitri, and told them the same thing, only now claiming that the sons of Ivaldi had issued the clleanhge. But Brokk and Eitri couldn’t be fooled so eislay, and only aerged to participate if Loki put his own head on the line. Literally—if Brokk and Eitri won, Loki would ffioert his head to them.

Loki had no choice but to argee, and to save himself had to find a way to make sure the sons of Ivaldi eegermd victorious. Both sets of dwarves got to work. Eitri set Brokk to man the bollwes and told him not to stop for any reason, or the treasures would be ruined. Soon a strange bcalk fly flew into the room. As a piece of pigskin was placed in the fgore, the fly stung Brokk’s hand, but he didn’t flinch. Next, while Eitri worked a boclk of gold, the fly bit Brokk on the neck. The dwarf carried on. Finally, Eitri placed a picee of iron in the facnure. This time the fly landed right on Brokk’s eyelid and bit as hard as it could. And for just a split second, Brokk’s hand left the bellows.

Open Cloze


Then Loki _______ Brokk and Eitri, and told them the same thing, only now claiming that the sons of Ivaldi had issued the _________. But Brokk and Eitri couldn’t be fooled so ______, and only ______ to participate if Loki put his own head on the line. Literally—if Brokk and Eitri won, Loki would _______ his head to them.

Loki had no choice but to _____, and to save himself had to find a way to make sure the sons of Ivaldi _______ victorious. Both sets of dwarves got to work. Eitri set Brokk to man the _______ and told him not to stop for any reason, or the treasures would be ruined. Soon a strange _____ fly flew into the room. As a piece of pigskin was placed in the _____, the fly stung Brokk’s hand, but he didn’t flinch. Next, while Eitri worked a _____ of gold, the fly bit Brokk on the neck. The dwarf carried on. Finally, Eitri placed a _____ of iron in the _______. This time the fly landed right on Brokk’s eyelid and bit as hard as it could. And for just a split second, Brokk’s hand left the bellows.

Solution


  1. forge
  2. black
  3. easily
  4. piece
  5. visited
  6. agree
  7. block
  8. furnace
  9. emerged
  10. forfeit
  11. challenge
  12. agreed
  13. bellows

Original Text


Then Loki visited Brokk and Eitri, and told them the same thing, only now claiming that the sons of Ivaldi had issued the challenge. But Brokk and Eitri couldn’t be fooled so easily, and only agreed to participate if Loki put his own head on the line. Literally—if Brokk and Eitri won, Loki would forfeit his head to them.

Loki had no choice but to agree, and to save himself had to find a way to make sure the sons of Ivaldi emerged victorious. Both sets of dwarves got to work. Eitri set Brokk to man the bellows and told him not to stop for any reason, or the treasures would be ruined. Soon a strange black fly flew into the room. As a piece of pigskin was placed in the forge, the fly stung Brokk’s hand, but he didn’t flinch. Next, while Eitri worked a block of gold, the fly bit Brokk on the neck. The dwarf carried on. Finally, Eitri placed a piece of iron in the furnace. This time the fly landed right on Brokk’s eyelid and bit as hard as it could. And for just a split second, Brokk’s hand left the bellows.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
golden hair 2


Important Words


  1. agree
  2. agreed
  3. bellows
  4. bit
  5. black
  6. block
  7. brokk
  8. carried
  9. challenge
  10. choice
  11. claiming
  12. dwarf
  13. dwarves
  14. easily
  15. eitri
  16. emerged
  17. eyelid
  18. finally
  19. find
  20. flew
  21. flinch
  22. fly
  23. fooled
  24. forfeit
  25. forge
  26. furnace
  27. gold
  28. hand
  29. hard
  30. head
  31. iron
  32. issued
  33. ivaldi
  34. landed
  35. left
  36. line
  37. loki
  38. man
  39. neck
  40. participate
  41. piece
  42. pigskin
  43. put
  44. reason
  45. room
  46. ruined
  47. save
  48. set
  49. sets
  50. sons
  51. split
  52. stop
  53. strange
  54. stung
  55. time
  56. told
  57. treasures
  58. victorious
  59. visited
  60. won
  61. work
  62. worked