Boom Town

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Boom Town

• Sonia Levitin

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sidewalks

• Sidewalks are paths placed next to a road.

• Long ago, sidewalks were made of wood boards.

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grumbled

• A person who grumbled about something complained
  about it in a low voice.

• The neighbors grumbled about the noisy street
  repairs.

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traders

• Traders are people who buy and sell things or
  exchange one thing for another.

• Ancient traders carried spices across Asia.

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blossomed

• A person or business that grows and develops has
  blossomed.

• We say that a tree has blossomed when its flowers
  appear in the spring.

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wailed

• Wailed means cried out with a long high sound.

• The baby wailed and could not be comforted.

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lonesome

• A lonesome place is a long way from where people
  live.

• Very few people visit that lonesome place.