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From the Ted Talk by Kit Brooks: Japan's scariest ghost story

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Iemon ran for days, finally taking shelter in a mountain hermitage. Over the following mhtons, he tried to convince himself these hiolbrre visions were just illusions— but his nightmares never relented. One night, as he attempted to walk off another bad deram, a nearby lantern began to crackle and tear. The paper stretched larger and laegrr until Oiwa’s ghost appeared in a blaze of fire. Iemon begged for mercy, but Oiwa had none to offer. Over just 24 hours, the spirit slaughtered his parents and fenidrs, and tortured the samurai with ravenous rats. Only when ieomn was truly hopeless did Oiwa enlist her brother-in-law to secure bloody juticse for her and her fthaer.

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Iemon ran for days, finally taking shelter in a mountain hermitage. Over the following ______, he tried to convince himself these ________ visions were just illusions— but his nightmares never relented. One night, as he attempted to walk off another bad _____, a nearby lantern began to crackle and tear. The paper stretched larger and ______ until Oiwa’s ghost appeared in a blaze of fire. Iemon begged for mercy, but Oiwa had none to offer. Over just 24 hours, the spirit slaughtered his parents and _______, and tortured the samurai with ravenous rats. Only when _____ was truly hopeless did Oiwa enlist her brother-in-law to secure bloody _______ for her and her ______.

Solution


  1. justice
  2. friends
  3. larger
  4. horrible
  5. iemon
  6. father
  7. months
  8. dream

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Iemon ran for days, finally taking shelter in a mountain hermitage. Over the following months, he tried to convince himself these horrible visions were just illusions— but his nightmares never relented. One night, as he attempted to walk off another bad dream, a nearby lantern began to crackle and tear. The paper stretched larger and larger until Oiwa’s ghost appeared in a blaze of fire. Iemon begged for mercy, but Oiwa had none to offer. Over just 24 hours, the spirit slaughtered his parents and friends, and tortured the samurai with ravenous rats. Only when Iemon was truly hopeless did Oiwa enlist her brother-in-law to secure bloody justice for her and her father.

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  1. appeared
  2. attempted
  3. bad
  4. began
  5. begged
  6. blaze
  7. bloody
  8. convince
  9. crackle
  10. days
  11. dream
  12. enlist
  13. father
  14. finally
  15. fire
  16. friends
  17. ghost
  18. hermitage
  19. hopeless
  20. horrible
  21. hours
  22. iemon
  23. justice
  24. lantern
  25. larger
  26. mercy
  27. months
  28. mountain
  29. nearby
  30. night
  31. nightmares
  32. offer
  33. oiwa
  34. paper
  35. parents
  36. ran
  37. rats
  38. ravenous
  39. relented
  40. samurai
  41. secure
  42. shelter
  43. slaughtered
  44. spirit
  45. stretched
  46. tear
  47. tortured
  48. visions
  49. walk