Nomen: Dies: Manus: Teacher: Ceres et Proserpina Which is the longest word in the dictionary? Smiles. Because there is a mile between each s! A number of words have been removed from the text and placed in a word bank. Use the words from the word bank to fill in the blanks in the text. Write the words in the blanks provided.

Ceres, the [1]______of grain, and her [2]______Proserpina [3]______in Sicily. Once Proserpina and other [4]______were in the [5]______. They [6]______a [7]______place and picked [8]______flowers. The [9]______was [10]______; the [11]______of the girls was great.

Pluto, [12]______of those below, [13]______Proserpina and [14]______her. He [15]______on his horses and [16]______the place [17]______the girls were. The girls [18]______. Proserpina [19]______to [20]______, but Pluto was [21]______and [22]______her, [23]______her in the [24]______, [25]______her to the underworld.

Ceres [26]______out of the [27]______at night. She [28]______her daughter, but Proserpina did not [29]______. Great was the [30]______of the [31]______. Ceres [32]______many [33]______, to the [34]______of the earth. She did not find [35]______.

[36]______Ceres did not [37]______Proserpina, she did not [38]______in the [39]______. There [40]______no flowers, there was no [41]______in the fields. The people lived a [42]______life and blamed the [43]______because the [44]______of [45]______was great. Many [46]______said:

"What [47]______we [48]______? We [49]______in the fields but [50]______do not have [51]______. We are not [52]______. The [53]______are not [54]______; they do not do their [55]______."

Jupiter, who [56]______gods and [57]______, saw the [58]______of the people

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"Proserpina is [60]______but Pluto [61]______her. I will [62]______Mercury the [63]______to the underworld. Mercury will [64]______your daughter to you. But Proserpina will not [65]______remain on the [66]______. So it will be [67]______: she will spend part of the [68]______on the earth, part [69]______the earth."

[70]______Jupiter brought about [71]______. Ceres [72]______her daughter. Proserpina [73]______part of the year on the earth, part under the earth. Whenever she is [74]______on the earth, we [75]______many flowers and a great [76]______of grain, [77]______Ceres is [78]______in the fields and great is the [79]______of the goddess. But whenever Proserpina [80]______to the underworld, Ceres is [81]______, and there are not [82]______flowers.

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