Match the words to the sentences
beautiful, boats, gift, home, key, kill, listen, sleeps, stone, young |
NICODEMUS: Come closer, my child. Don't be frightened.
MRS BRISBY: Sir...uh...the Great Owl sent me to you.
NICODEMUS: Oh, did he? He is a dear comrade... Closer. Ahhh, Misses Jonathan Brisby. What an honor this is.
MRS BRISBY: How...how is it that everyone kn-knows Jonathan?
NICODEMUS: He was a great friend to the Rats of NIMH. He himself came from NIMH.
MRS BRISBY: Your majesty, my family is...
NICODEMUS: I know of your needs. There is a book there. Read the words.
MRS BRISBY: I can read, a little. Jonathan taught me. The children are better...than...than I am...
NICODEMUS: Read.
MRS BRISBY: "Jonathan...Brisby...made...possible...the rats' escape...from the t...terrible cruelty of NIMH" Jonathan? "He was ki...killed to-today...while drugging the farmer's cat, Dragon." Oh, I...I never knew...just what happened. Why did he never tell me about any of you? Why?
NICODEMUS: To answer that, I must tell you about NIMH, and our Plan. Go! Look there! In the beginning, we were ordinary street rats, stealing our daily bread and living off the efforts of man's work. We were captured, put in cages, and sent to a place called NIMH. There were many animals there...in cages. They were put through the most unspeakable tortures to satisfy some scientific curiosity. Often at night I could hear them, crying out in anguish. Twenty rats and eleven mice were given injections...our world began changing...Then one night I looked upon the words under the cage door...and understood them. We had become intelligent. We could read. The miracle was kept secret from the scientists, and in the quiet of the night, we escaped through the ventilation system. The mice were blown away, sucked down dark air-shafts to their deaths. All except two...Jonathan and Mister Ages. We were trapped by a locked door on the roof. It was Jonathan who made possible the unlocking of the door. I have a (1)______________. Come. Jonathan meant it for you.
MRS BRISBY: Oh...It's so (2)______________!
NICODEMUS: It sleeps.
MRS BRISBY: (3)______________?
NICODEMUS: Yes. When worn by one with a courageous heart, the Stone glows red. It becomes a blinding radiance. Courage of the heart is very rare. The Stone has a power when it's there.
MRS BRISBY: Look! An inscription. "You can...unlock any door...if you only have the (4)______________." Oh, oh thank you. I will treasure it, always.
NICODEMUS: Jonathan couldn’t tell you about NIMH because the injections slowed the aging process. You see, you would have grown old while he remained (5)______________.
JUSTIN: Nicodemus? The (6)______________ are ready and waiting. We can leave any time.
NICODEMUS: Good. My child, shall we journey to your (7)______________?
MRS BRISBY: Sir?
NICODEMUS: Tonight we must move your house to the protected side of the stone.
MRS BRISBY: The lee of the (8)______________!
NICODEMUS: Yes.
SULLIVAN: I don't get it, Jenner.
JENNER: With Nicodemus out of the way, what's to stop us from taking over?
SULLIVAN: Jenner, you can't (9)______________ Nicodemus!
JENNER: No taste for blood, huh? They've taken the animal out of you.
SULLIVAN: What if we're discovered?
JENNER: Ach, (10)______________. The Brisby house is a large cement block. In the moving, what if it should fall?
SULLIVAN: An accident?
JENNER: Of course! Cut the lines, and the weight of it will crush his bones!
SULLIVAN: It's risky...
JENNER: Once rid of Nicodemus, the Plan will die. We can stay here as long as we like!
SULLIVAN: What...what about Justin?
JENNER: Leave him to me…(to me...to me…)
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answers:
NICODEMUS: Come closer, my child. Don't be frightened.
MRS BRISBY: Sir...uh...the Great Owl sent me to you.
NICODEMUS: Oh, did he? He is a dear comrade... Closer. Ahhh, Misses Jonathan Brisby. What an honor this is.
MRS BRISBY: How...how is it that everyone kn-knows Jonathan?
NICODEMUS: He was a great friend to the Rats of NIMH. He himself came from NIMH.
MRS BRISBY: Your majesty, my family is...
NICODEMUS: I know of your needs. There is a book there. Read the words.
MRS BRISBY: I can read, a little. Jonathan taught me. The children are better...than...than I am...
NICODEMUS: Read.
MRS BRISBY: "Jonathan...Brisby...made...possible...the rats' escape...from the t...terrible cruelty of NIMH" Jonathan? "He was ki...killed to-today...while drugging the farmer's cat, Dragon." Oh, I...I never knew...just what happened. Why did he never tell me about any of you? Why?
NICODEMUS: To answer that, I must tell you about NIMH, and our Plan. Go! Look there! In the beginning, we were ordinary street rats, stealing our daily bread and living off the efforts of man's work. We were captured, put in cages, and sent to a place called NIMH. There were many animals there...in cages. They were put through the most unspeakable tortures to satisfy some scientific curiosity. Often at night I could hear them, crying out in anguish. Twenty rats and eleven mice were given injections...our world began changing...Then one night I looked upon the words under the cage door...and understood them. We had become intelligent. We could read. The miracle was kept secret from the scientists, and in the quiet of the night, we escaped through the ventilation system. The mice were blown away, sucked down dark air-shafts to their deaths. All except two...Jonathan and Mister Ages. We were trapped by a locked door on the roof. It was Jonathan who made possible the unlocking of the door. I have a (1)gift. Come. Jonathan meant it for you.
MRS BRISBY: Oh...It's so (2)beautiful!
NICODEMUS: It sleeps.
MRS BRISBY: (3)Sleeps?
NICODEMUS: Yes. When worn by one with a courageous heart, the Stone glows red. It becomes a blinding radiance. Courage of the heart is very rare. The Stone has a power when it's there.
MRS BRISBY: Look! An inscription. "You can...unlock any door...if you only have the (4)key." Oh, oh thank you. I will treasure it, always.
NICODEMUS: Jonathan couldn’t tell you about NIMH because the injections slowed the aging process. You see, you would have grown old while he remained (5)young.
JUSTIN: Nicodemus? The (6)boats are ready and waiting. We can leave any time.
NICODEMUS: Good. My child, shall we journey to your (7)home?
MRS BRISBY: Sir?
NICODEMUS: Tonight we must move your house to the protected side of the stone.
MRS BRISBY: The lee of the (8)stone!
NICODEMUS: Yes.
SULLIVAN: I don't get it, Jenner.
JENNER: With Nicodemus out of the way, what's to stop us from taking over?
SULLIVAN: Jenner, you can't (9)kill Nicodemus!
JENNER: No taste for blood, huh? They've taken the animal out of you.
SULLIVAN: What if we're discovered?
JENNER: Ach, (10)listen. The Brisby house is a large cement block. In the moving, what if it should fall?
SULLIVAN: An accident?
JENNER: Of course! Cut the lines, and the weight of it will crush his bones!
SULLIVAN: It's risky...
JENNER: Once rid of Nicodemus, the Plan will die. We can stay here as long as we like!
SULLIVAN: What...what about Justin?
JENNER: Leave him to me…(to me...to me…)