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Simple program: storyFormat = """ Once upon a time, deep in an ancient jungle, there lived a {animal}. This {animal} liked to eat {food}, but the jungle had very little {food} to offer. One day, an explorer found the {animal} and discovered it liked {food}. The explorer took the {animal} back to {city}, where it could eat as much {food} as it wanted. However, the {animal} became homesick, so the explorer brought it back to the jungle, leaving a large supply of {food}. The End """ def tellStory(): userPicks = dict() addPick('animal', userPicks) addPick('food', userPicks) addPick('city', userPicks) story = storyFormat.format(**userPicks) print(story) def addPick(cue, dictionary): '''Prompt for a user response using the cue string, and place the cue-response pair in the dictionary. ''' prompt = 'Enter an example for ' + cue + ': ' response = input(prompt).strip() # 3.2 Windows bug fix dictionary[cue] = response tellStory() input("Press Enter to end the program.") Focus on this line: story = storyFormat.format(**userPicks) What does the ** mean? Why not just pass a plain userPicks ?

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