original: months pass , and tod and copper reach adulthood .
simplifications: months pass , and tod and copper become adults . months pass , and tod and copper grow up . ater months go by , both tod and cooper reach adulthood . as the months pass , tod and cooper become adults . months pass , and tod and copper are adults now . months pass , and tod and copper reach adulthood . months pass , as tod and copper reach adulthood . months pass , and tod and copper reach adulthood .