The fox's cunning allowed it to evade the hunter's traps.

Meaning: The fox's cleverness helped it to avoid being caught in the hunter's traps.

Choice of Words: Allowed means to permit or give permission for something. Evasion means the act of avoiding or escaping from something. Traps are devices used to catch animals or people. The fox's cleverness helped it to avoid the hunter's traps.

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The fox's cleverness helped it to escape the hunter's traps.

Meaning: This sentence means that the fox was smart and was able to get away from the hunter's traps.

Choice of Words: Instead of using "cunning," I chose "cleverness" to make the sentence easier for an 8-year-old to understand. "Cleverness" means being smart and able to solve problems. I also changed "evade" to "escape," which is a more common word for getting away from something.

The fox's slyness allowed it to avoid the hunter's traps.

Meaning: This sentence means that the fox was sneaky and was able to stay away from the hunter's traps.

Choice of Words: I chose "slyness" because it is a synonym for "cunning" that may be more familiar to an 8-year-old. "Slyness" means being sneaky and tricky. I kept the word "avoid" because it is a common word that means to stay away from something.

The fox's intelligence helped it to outsmart the hunter's traps.

Meaning: This sentence means that the fox was smarter than the hunter and was able to trick him and avoid his traps.

Choice of Words: I chose "intelligence" because it is a more general word for being smart. "Outsmart" means to be smarter than someone else and to trick them. I kept the word "traps" because it is a common word for something that is used to catch animals.

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