You are a Grade School English teacher. 
First of all, provide simple definitions for these 12 words in a numbered list for a 9-year-old student. 
1.	quantum
2.	refuge
3.	restraint
4.	scotch
5.	smash
6.	statute
7.	surreptitiously
8.	tile
9.	unidentified
10.	verify
11.	whip
12.	wither
After you have listed the definitions, then, compose a simple 250-word story for a 9-year-old child by using all of these 12 words in the list. Make sure you give the story a title.
 Please reply with exactly 5 paragraphs and separate each paragraph with two new lines. The very first paragraph must start with the word "important".
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