(This is the same person that answered above, just different account)
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Billy. He lived in the royal village of Scotland under King Richard. One day, the king decided to call all the children in the valley to his presents. He gave each of them a flower seed, and said that whoever grew the most beautiful flower would be the new king. Billy was so excited and rushed home right away to plant the seed. He watered it every day, but nothing ever came up. His neaighbor already had a beautiful flower growing, along with most of the other kids in the valley, but Billy never did. On the date the king said to come back, everyone had flowers of all sorts. There were magnificant sunflowers, and daisies, and roses, and every other type of flower you could think of. The king had them all line up with their flowers, but Billy's pot was still empty. He was embarrased and ashamed. However, when the king reached Billy, he smiled and grabbed Billy's arm and rasied it high in the air. He announced Billy as Scotland's new king. He explained that every seed he gave the children, had all been roasted and cooked, so there would be no plant to ever come up. This proved that everyone in the whole valley cheated and replaced seeds when nothing came up, all except for Billy. He was testing the people in his valley to see which kid was honest, and trustworthy. Becuase Billy did not cheat and replace the seed like everyone else did, the king trusted him, and made him the new king of Scotland. The End
1. a map on the wall
2. helping
3. linking
4. unrealistic
5. garbage and slush
Answer:
This excerpt is taken from <em>The Fall of the House of Usher</em> by Edgar Allan Poe.
Explanation:
Poe is considered by many critics as being in his element when he wrote this in 1839. His penchant for building structure echoing emotions of fear, guilt and shame, are very evident in the way Roderick and Madeline interacted. Like the <em>Tell-Tale Heart</em>, Roderick is eaten by guilt and fear at burying his sister alive. This brings upon the fall of Roderick Usher's home.
Genius: A genius is showing great intelligence skill in a particular area of activity. For example, a mathematical genius.
Gifted: Having outstanding talent. For example, a gifted dancer.
Prodigy: A young person who is unusually intelligent for their age. For example, a child prodigy on the piano.
Savant: a person with great knowledge in a particular subject for example, a computer savant.
It could mean that he wants to prevent his son from seeing the monkey's paw.
