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BATHING
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A long time ago, people did ___________________ take baths very much. They ___________________ they were bad. In the 1500�s, most people bathed three times in their ___________________.
��As the years passed, we ______________ that baths were good for us.
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Baths helped us to stay _________. Not all the people believed this.
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Some states had to pass laws so people would take a bath.
�Here are two ________________ 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 __________ one bath a week� on Saturday night.
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Kentucky said everyone __________ to take a bath at least once a year.
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Questions on the text
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1. What does Vermont law say about baths?
2. The Kentucky law says what about baths?
3. Why do you think these laws were never changed?
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