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to find a rose, for
it was the middle of winter.
By the side of a wood, in a
country a long one way off,
ran a fine stream of water
and upon the stream there
stood a mill.
(the Brothers Grimm,
"Rumpelstiltskin“)
They journeyed on till it
began to be dusky, and
then the little man said,
"Let me get down,
I'm tired,"
(the Brothers Grimm,
"Tom Thumb")
(the Brothers Grimm,
"Lily and the Lion")
Soon after, the goblin
was waked by a
terrible noise and
knocking against the
window butters and
the house doors and by
the sound of the
watchman's horn. A great
fire had broken out, and
the whole street seemed
full of flames.
(Hans Christian Andersen,
By a great forest dwelt a
poor woodcutter with his
wife and his two children.
(the Brothers Grimm,
"Hansel and Gretel")
Is this this story time or mood soon after the goblin was waked by the mouse and knocking against the window shutters and the house doors and by the sound of the watchman shorn a great fire had broken out and the whole street seemed full of flames

The “big dig” the “big dig” (the central artery/tunnel project) has been complex and challenging. located in boston, massachusetts, this tunnel is eight lanes wide and three-and-a-half miles long. what is most amazing about this tunnel is that it is constructed under a major highway and skyscrapers located in boston’s financial district. construction crews used “clamshell excavators” during this dig. these machines carved narrow trenches, and then a special substance was pumped into the trench to keep the dirt from caving in. finally, steel beams were lowered into the trench and concrete was pumped in. one problem that engineers faced while constructing the tunnel is the fact that the soil beneath boston is extremely loose and soggy. engineers solved this dilemma by freezing the soil and pumping very cold water into pipes beneath the city. to strengthen the soil even further, a special type of glue was injected into the ground to with the consolidation of the soil. 23 which phrase best defines the word excavator as used in the passage? a. a device used to measure underground temperatures b. a device used to level uneven surfaces c. a device used to move heavy objects d. a device used to dig holes