A. happiest B. make a fire C. leaped D. belonged E. in search of F. paws G. hunting H. lay I. mantle J. grown That summer Maheegun and I became__1__ partners. We hunted the grasshoppers that__2___ about like little rockets. And in the fall, after the first snow our games took us to the nearest meadows __3___field mice. By then, Maheegun was half __4___. Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black __5___. The winter months that came soon after were the __6___ I could remember. They __7__ only to Maheegun and myself. Often we would __8___ in the bushes. Maheegun would __9___ his head between his front __10___, with his eyes on me as I told him stories.