Here is the student paragraph that served as the basis for the sentence combining exercise on page one.

Rolling Along with Mr. Bill (original paragraph)

Mr. William Herring, who has been affectionately dubbed "Mr. Bill" by his music students, is the jolliest man I know. His outward features, which are often hidden behind a grand piano, reflect the delightful character within. His hair is red and frizzy, like Orphan Annie's, and his head is fat and round.

He has small, dark, hamster-like eyes, which peer inquisitively from behind metal-rimmed glasses. His small mouth is always formed into a friendly grin. His thick neck connects this funny head to an egg-shaped torso, from which stretch two fat arms with plump hands and fingers shaped like hot dogs. On one of these fingers is a diamond-studded gold ring, the gleam of which matches the brilliance of Mr. Bill's smile. His Santa Claus belly, girded by a cowboy belt, hangs over the sort of baggy trousers that went out with leisure suits and platform shoes. Mr. Bill's shoes, however, are invisible beneath his trousers, yet his walk is distinctive. In fact, he seems to roll rather than walk. He rolls to the rhythm of his own laughter, and his students roll right along with him.

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