Right after breakfast, Nana and her father put on their warm clothes and went into the yard. There were few cars on the road because of the snow. Many people chose to work at home but Nana’s mother ___1___ - she had to work the night before at the local hospital.

Nana made a small snow ball and rolled it on the ground happily. The ball soon turned into the size of a big snowman’s ___2___. Now Father joined in and together they began rolling another much bigger one for the snowman’s body. When the  ___3___ became almost half as tall as Nana’s dad, they rolled it to the middle of the yard. Father helped Nana to ___4___ the snowman’s head on its body and made the snowman’s eyes and nose. Finally, they went to get two branches ___5___the snowman still needed two arms. They also made sure the branches were___6___ enough so that birds could stand on them to sing their cheerful songs. Suddenly, Nana seemed that she had forgotten ___7___! She rushed into the house and then out she came with a hat and a scarf in her hand. Father knew what Nana ___8___ and he held her up to let her dress the snowman up.

___9___ of them went inside after everything was done. Then Nana sat by the window and looked out at the snowman and the gate of the yard. She was waiting for the return of her ___10___ from work to see the great piece of artwork that she and her father had created!