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The sentences have been taken from the lesson "Who Owns the Water?". Fill in the blanks with the correct conjunction:
 
1. The eggs hatched __________ the good mother protected and fed her babies until they were big enough to fly away.
   
 
2. I was not there to see, __________ I am told that many afternoons did the buffaloes gather.
   
 
3. I do not need to tell you how soon news travels in a little village and __________ it was quite a crowd that gathered by the side of the pond.