Years ago, when my granddaughter Taylor turned 12 and her primary interests turned to the outside world, I feared she would forget me one day. I needed something to_________our relationship. I searched my mind, and then my house, for a_________.

What I found was a(n)_________young-adult novel sitting on my shelf. The story was based on an experience I had as a child, but the old-fashioned language needed an_________and the story needed an ending.

So I wanted to_________Taylor to help me._________a novel together would mean spending more time with her. I emailed her to ask and_________she’d say yes.

That same day, I received her reply: “Of course, I will_________you!”

Our emails flew back and forth throughout the fall and early winter. I emailed drafts (草稿) of each part to her. She made_________after reviewing them__________and emailed them back. For example, she__________to make the preteen dialogue more authentic (真实的) by changing some expressions. She also noticed the weak areas in the plot and suggested how to__________them.

At that time, the only__________I set for Taylor was to see it through, and she__________it. Finally, we finished the novel together in mid-January.

And we both__________doing this. I succeeded in leaving her with wonderful memories of me, and she developed a lifelong interest in writing.

The goal of the Egg Drop Challenge was simple -- you built a __________container to keep an egg from breaking when __________over the stadium wall.

We worked alone or with a(n) __________. My best friend, Cassie, and I always worked on projects together. She is_________; I'm brainy. We are the perfect__________.

I made my sandwich while waiting for Cassie to come and __________the container. Spreading the marshmallow (棉花软糖) cream __________me an idea -- cushion the egg with some marshmallow creams to __________ the shock of the impact (撞击力). I told Cassie my brilliant__________when she arrived. Then, Cassie said,“You’ve got to be kidding? Actually, I have a __________idea. We put the egg in a basket with a parachute (降落伞)___________. It will simply float to safety.” “ It’s easy for something to go wrong.” I disagreed. Neither was_________ and Cassie stormed out.

This is how the__________ worked: all the kids carried their egg containers up three stairs and dropped them. If your egg broke, you were out. If the egg _________, you walked up three more_________and dropped it again. This went on until the last egg broke.

Finally, only Cassie and I were left.

“Good luck, Laura.” Cassie said, turning to me. I didn’t __________, figuring winning would be sweeter revenge(复仇). The class called out the count of three and I let go of my box. I _________down the steps. The sidewalk was already_________ with egg shells from previous failed drops. I found my brave egg broken. I looked at Cassie’s basket, Empty. Cassie looked at me __________and we laughed. The competition ended in a _________. But we had won something more important. Our friendship can survive a little bouncing.