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Once upon a time there ____________________ a brave knight ____________________ George . George
____________________ lots of adventures as he ____________________ by horse across many lands .
One day he ____________________ to a small village and ____________________ a man who ____________________ in a cave
next to the village .
The hermit ____________________ the knight about the awful things that were
happening there . A terrible dragon had come to ____________________ in the lake and ____________________ the village every day .
The villagers didn't know what to ____________________ . First , they ____________________ the dragon all their food , but the dragon just
____________________ the food and still attacked the village .
So then the villagers ____________________ the dragon all the ____________________ from their farms . The dragon took all the
animals , but ____________________ to attack the villagers .
So then they gave the dragon all their gold and ____________________ . The dragon took all their money , but still was
not satisfied .
The king ____________________ his army to try and capture the dragon , but the dragon ____________________ too strong and the
knights of the army were too scared and they ____________________ away .
With nothing ____________________ to give , the king could only think of one thing to help protect his people . He ____________________ his
only daughter , the ____________________ , to the lake to wait for the dragon .
When George heard this he ____________________ as fast as he ____________________ to the lake . Just then the dragon ____________________ out
from the lake and was going to eat the princess .
George attacked the dragon . He ____________________ very bravely , won the fight and ____________________ the dragon . George and
the princess returned to the village and everyone was very pleased that they would have no more
problems with the ____________________ .
Today , the story of George's bravery is remembered and George is known as the patron saint of
many ____________________ .

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