Simple sentences

When did they do it, and why/how?

In cold winters the Queen does revert to knitted woollen hose for warmth.

Shakespeare's London on 5 Groats a Day(2009)

This snippet has two new elements.

  • It has a time.
  • It also has a quality—in this instance a quality that explains 'why', but it could equally have one that explained 'how'. 

Let's write our own versions!

Every morning Jamie ate canned tuna happily.

After sunset the owls open their eyes one by one.

Write your own variation using a time and a quality (the quality can answer the question 'why' or 'how').
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