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Beauty fades, but kindness ____?

A 45-second story with a big lesson. Bella was beautiful. Ella was kind. When a storm hit their village, only one of them helped. New words: prized, hollow, ravaged, endure (= last for a long time). "Beauty fades, but kindness endures."

What it means

  • Beauty fades, but kindness... endures
  • endure = to last for a long time
  • ravage = to destroy badly (a storm ravaged the village)
  • hollow = empty inside (she felt hollow)

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Quick quiz

  1. Question 1 of 2

    What did Ella do after the storm?

  2. Question 2 of 2

    What does "endure" mean?

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