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Vocabulary in Context Letter to a Faraway Friend
  Dear Joshua,    I have just finished helping
Papa _____ mangoes.  Our mangoes are ready to
pick when the skin turns orange and the soft ____
inside is sweet and juicy.  Papa cuts the mangoes
off the tree with his sharp _______.    Soon the
______ ship from your country will be here.  I
love to watch the _______ with its tall sails
coming into the bay.    My family trades our
mangoes for cloth and other things we need.  We
pile the mangoes into our canoe in small loads. 
The canoe is small and light.  It can only ______
a few sacks of mangoes at a time.  We paddle the
canoe to the port.    There, Papa will talk with
the trader.  Papa always tries to get the best
price for our mangoes.  He will _______ until he
is sure he is getting a good trade.    I will
give this letter to a sailor on the ship.  I'll
give him a bag of mangoes for you, too.   
                             Your Friend,   
                             Enrique   
                                         from
Santo Domingo