Madlibs for Kids Story: The Man Who Knew Better Slots filled: 0 / 0 Name of the village place e.g. Little Grumbling, Broken Hill The man's name name e.g. Bartholomew, Kev The one word everybody in the village used about him adjective e.g. right, thrifty, absolutely certain What the dog looks like adjective e.g. lopsided, enormous, moth-eaten The dog's name name e.g. Sausage, Admiral Pickles The man's most treasured possession noun e.g. brass compass, good hat, grandfather clock What the man had loud opinions about plural noun e.g. neighbours, weather forecasts, chickens An hour of the day number e.g. 4, 11 Something standing at the far edge of the man's land noun e.g. old well, letterbox, dead apple tree What the dog does there each morning — plain form, as in "would ___" verb e.g. dig beside it, bark at it, sleep under it What the man shouts when the dog does it again exclamation e.g. Blast it!, Strewth! What the man's voice sounds like adjective e.g. flat, thunderous, wounded What the man thinks of the dog's morning habit adjective e.g. pointless, embarrassing, deranged What kind of creature the dog is — or is often mistaken for animal e.g. greyhound, wombat, mop The job of the oldest person in the village occupation e.g. blacksmith, dentist, tax collector How many years the old villager watched before saying anything number e.g. 12, 3 How the man laughed adverb e.g. politely, cruelly, nervously What the man built the fence out of noun e.g. corrugated iron, regret, chicken wire How the man felt about his fence emotion e.g. pride, relief, spite How many seasons the drought lasted number e.g. 2, 7 The colour the creek turned colour e.g. bone-white, rust, green What the village grew, and lost plural noun e.g. potatoes, orchids, promises What the neighbours piled onto their carts when they left plural noun e.g. mattresses, children, grudges Where people go when they give up place e.g. Sydney, anywhere at all What the drought had made of the man adjective e.g. thin, humble, unrecognisable Who the man traded his treasure to occupation e.g. peddler, cousin, tax collector How many cups of water the treasure turned out to be worth number e.g. 2, 1 The colour of the water he got for it colour e.g. brown, cloudy, green What had happened to the fence while he was gone — past tense verb e.g. flattened, eaten, stolen What the ground there was like adjective e.g. dark, damp, cold What the man did then — past tense verb e.g. knelt, wept, started digging How many feet down he struck water number e.g. 3, 40 How the old villager said nothing adverb e.g. loudly, generously, smugly How many years the man lived after that number e.g. 20, 2 What the man did out there every morning for the rest of his life — past tense verb e.g. waited, said nothing, apologised The word for what the dog was all along, and the man never was adjective e.g. patient, right, curious Create Story! Story: The Man Who Knew Better Play Again Print Story Copy Text Email Story Save Story Share Your Story Send To (Email) Your Name Message (optional) Send Email Cancel Save Your Story Author Name Author Email Save to Gallery Cancel Parable: Sour Anyway Kids Play Now Story: The Round One and the Long One Kids Play Now Story: The Man Who Knew Better Kids Play Now Story: Evil Rabbit Kids Play Now Story: The Birthday Party Disaster Kids Play Now Story: Pet From Outer Space Kids Play Now Story: Silly School Day Kids Play Now