Given the task definition, example input & output, solve the new input case.
You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
Example: The kid on the street is ____ soccer
Output: playing
This is the original sentence 'The kid on the street is playing soccer' So, we have correctly predicted the missing word to be 'soccer'

New input case for you: ____ marilla as if getting boys from orphan asylums in nova scotia were part of the usual spring work on any well regulated avonlea farm instead of being an unheard of innovation missus rachel felt that she had received a severe mental jolt she thought in exclamation points
Output:
said