Fill in the Blanks The Oak and the ReedsOnline version FILL IN THE BLANK TO COMPLETE THE STATEMENT by Linda Elliott 1 groaned tall rattled aggressive weak crack fierce slender blew puny pain reeds boomed mighty The tree , a sound made by . The , leaves of the bowed to the wind . The and wind was so it made the tree . The oak tree called the reeds and thought they were and small . " Timber ! " the oak and fell down among the reeds . The oak's branches and its leaves off .