_____ _____ the circles reach the shore will they stop ____ die out.

_____ long the ripples caused by one plop will expand ____ they can be felt ___________ along the mirrored surface ___ the water.

A circle will form _____ the stone hit the water, and ___ a flash that circle will multiply into another, ____ another.

___ a stone hits a river, the river will treat it ___ yet another commotion in its already tumultuous course. Nothing unusual. Nothing unmanageable.

________ your fingers you hold a stone and throw it _____ flowing water. The effect might not be easy to see.

___ a stone hits a lake, _______, the lake will never be the same again.

She had always known ____ they did not connect on any deep level, ___ connecting emotionally need not to be a priority ___ a married couple's list, she thought, especially for a man and a woman who had been married ___ so long.

Throw a stone into a lake. The effect will be not ____ visible but _____ far more lasting. The stone will disrupt the still waters.

There will be a small ripple _____ the stone breaks the surface and _____ a splash, muffled by the rush of the surrounding river. That's all.

_____ it was monotonous ____ ordinary in many ways, she had not found it tiresome.