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BATHING   Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks.     laws   lives   had   thought  healthy  least  not    learned   A long time ago, people did ___________lawsliveshadthoughthealthynotlearnedleast________ take baths very much. They _________livesthoughtlawshadhealthyleastnotlearned__________ they were bad. In the 1500’s, most people bathed three times in their __________lawsthoughthadlawsleastnotlearnedlives_________.   As the years passed, we _________learnednotleasthealthythoughthadlawslives_____ that baths were good for us.   Baths helped us to stay ____hadlawsliveslearnedhealthyleastnotthought_____. Not all the people believed this.   Some states had to pass laws so people would take a bath.  Here are two ___________learnednotliveslawshadthoughthealthyleast_____ that we passed more than a hundred years ago. They have not been changed. Do you think they worked?  Vermont said everyone had to take at _______healthylawsliveshadnotleastlearnedthought___ one bath a week— on Saturday night.   Kentucky said everyone ______liveslawsthoughthealthyleastnothadlearned____ to take a bath at least once a year.     Questions on the text   1. What does Vermont law say about baths? Everyone must take a bath at least once a year.Everyone has to take a bath at least once a week, on Saturday night. 2. The Kentucky law says what about baths? Everyone must take a bath at least once a year.Everyone has to take a bath at least once a week. 3. Why do you think these laws were never changed? People probably forgot these laws existedPeople didn’t want to go to the trouble of changing them.Your own answerAll of the above