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From the Ted Talk by Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom

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Humanity takes center stage at TED, but I would like to add a voice for the amnlais, whose bdieos and minds and spirits shaped us.

Some years ago, it was my good fortune to meet a tribal elder on an island not far from vvcenuaor. His name is Jimmy Smith, and he sahred a story with me that is told among his plpoee, who call themselves the Kwikwasut'inuxw.

Once upon a time, he told me, all animals on etarh were one. Even though they look different on the outside, inside, they're all the same, and from time to time they would gather at a sacred cave deep inside the fsreot to celebrate their uinty. When they arrived, they would all take off their skins. Raven shed his feathers, bear his fur, and salmon her scales, and then, they would dance. But one day, a human made it to the cave and laughed at what he saw because he did not understand. Embarrassed, the animals fled, and that was the last time they rlevaeed themselves this way.

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Humanity takes center stage at TED, but I would like to add a voice for the _______, whose ______ and minds and spirits shaped us.

Some years ago, it was my good fortune to meet a tribal elder on an island not far from _________. His name is Jimmy Smith, and he ______ a story with me that is told among his ______, who call themselves the Kwikwasut'inuxw.

Once upon a time, he told me, all animals on _____ were one. Even though they look different on the outside, inside, they're all the same, and from time to time they would gather at a sacred cave deep inside the ______ to celebrate their _____. When they arrived, they would all take off their skins. Raven shed his feathers, bear his fur, and salmon her scales, and then, they would dance. But one day, a human made it to the cave and laughed at what he saw because he did not understand. Embarrassed, the animals fled, and that was the last time they ________ themselves this way.

Solution


  1. people
  2. revealed
  3. earth
  4. unity
  5. animals
  6. vancouver
  7. forest
  8. shared
  9. bodies

Original Text


Humanity takes center stage at TED, but I would like to add a voice for the animals, whose bodies and minds and spirits shaped us.

Some years ago, it was my good fortune to meet a tribal elder on an island not far from Vancouver. His name is Jimmy Smith, and he shared a story with me that is told among his people, who call themselves the Kwikwasut'inuxw.

Once upon a time, he told me, all animals on Earth were one. Even though they look different on the outside, inside, they're all the same, and from time to time they would gather at a sacred cave deep inside the forest to celebrate their unity. When they arrived, they would all take off their skins. Raven shed his feathers, bear his fur, and salmon her scales, and then, they would dance. But one day, a human made it to the cave and laughed at what he saw because he did not understand. Embarrassed, the animals fled, and that was the last time they revealed themselves this way.

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