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# Proverb
-For want of a horseshoe nail, a kingdom was lost, or so the saying goes. Output
-the full text of this proverbial rhyme:
+For want of a horseshoe nail, a kingdom was lost, or so the saying goes.
-> For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
-> For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
-> For want of a horse the rider was lost.
-> For want of a rider the message was lost.
-> For want of a message the battle was lost.
-> For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
-> And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
+Given a list of inputs, generate the relevant proverb. For example, given the list `["nail", "shoe", "horse", "rider", "message", "battle", "kingdom"]`, you will output the full text of this proverbial rhyme:
+```text
+For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
+For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
+For want of a horse the rider was lost.
+For want of a rider the message was lost.
+For want of a message the battle was lost.
+For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
+And all for the want of a nail.
+```
+
+Note that the list of inputs may vary; your solution should be able to handle lists of arbitrary length and content. No line of the output text should be a static, unchanging string; all should vary according to the input given.
+
## Setup
-Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to
-install the necessary dependencies:
+Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to install the
+ necessary dependencies:
http://exercism.io/languages/javascript/installation
-## Making the Test Suite Pass
+## Running the test suite
-Execute the tests with:
+The provided test suite uses [Jasmine](https://jasmine.github.io/).
+You can install it by opening a terminal window and running the
+following command:
- jasmine <exercise-name>.spec.js
+```sh
+npm install -g jasmine
+```
-Replace `<exercise-name>` with the name of the current exercise. E.g., to
-test the Hello World exercise:
+Run the test suite from the exercise directory with:
- jasmine hello-world.spec.js
+```sh
+jasmine proverb.spec.js
+```
-In many test suites all but the first test have been skipped.
-
-Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by
-changing `xit` to `it`.
+In many test suites all but the first test have been marked "pending".
+Once you get a test passing, activate the next one by changing `xit` to `it`.
## Source
Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Want_of_a_Nail)