First Trust Portfolios LP – ‘144’ on 12/22/05 re: First Trust Energy Income & Growth Fund

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Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities   —   Form 144
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UNITED STATES 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES 
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either   
        placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
directly with a market maker.                             
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1(a)    NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)                                   

Energy Income and Growth Fund                                   

1(b)    IRS IDENT. NO.                                                          

11-3716544                                                      

1(c)    S.E.C. FILE NO.                                                         

333-114131                                                      

1(d)    ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET                                                

1001 Warrenville Road, Suite 300                                

CITY                    STATE                           ZIP CODE

Lisle                   Illinois                        60532   

1(e)    TELEPHONE NO.                                                           

AREA CODE               NUMBER                                  

630                     241-4141                                

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2(a)    NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD          

First Trust Portfolios, L.P.                                    

2(b)    IRS IDENT. NO.                                                          

36-3768815                                                      

2(c)    RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER                                                  

Affiliate of the Issuer's Advisor                               

2(d)    ADDRESS STREET                                                          

1001 Warrenville Road, Suite 300                                

CITY                    STATE                           ZIP CODE

Lisle                   Illinois                        60532   

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INSTRUCTIONS: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain 
        the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
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3(a)    Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold                             

Common Shares                                                   

3(b)    Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be   
Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities    

Wall Street Access                                              
17 Battery Place                                                
New York, NY  10004                                             

SEC USE ONLY                                                                    
Broker-Dealer File Number                                                       

3(c)    Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See instr. 3(c))            

5,236                                                           

3(d)    Aggregate Market Value (See instr. 3(d))                                

$114,616.04                                                     

3(e)    Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding (See instr. 3(e))           

6,446,995                                                       

3(f)    Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)                

December 28, 2005                                               

3(g)    Name of Each Securities Exchange (See instr. 3(g))                      

American Stock Exchange                                         

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INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                   
1. (a) Name of issuer                                                           
(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number                                 
(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any                                   
(d) Issuer's address, including zip code                                  
(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code                        

2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold           
 (b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
 stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(d) Such person's address, including zip code                             

3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold                              
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are       
intended to be sold                                               
  (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount)                                            
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified 
date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice            
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt  
  securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the issuer                
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold               
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities     
are intended to be sold                                           

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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD 

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the        
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the 
purchase price or other consideration therefor:                                 

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Title of Class                                                                  

Common Shares                                                                   

Date you Acquired                                                               

June 17, 2004                                                                   

Nature of Acquisition Transaction                                               

Private Placement                                                               

Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)      

Energy Income and Growth Fund                                                   

Amount of Securities Acquired                                                   

5,236 shares at $19.10/share for a total of $100,007.60                         

Date of Payment                                                                 

June 17, 2004                                                                   

Nature of Payment                                                               

Wired Cash                                                                      

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INSTRUCTIONS:  If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was   
               not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or
             in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the
            consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if
           payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and
            state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full
or the last installment paid.                     
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TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS 

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during
the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

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Name and Address of Seller                                                      

NOT APPLICABLE                                                                  

Title of Securities Sold                                                        

Date of Sale                                                                    

Amount of Securities Sold                                                       

Gross Proceeds                                                                  

REMARKS:                                                                        

INSTRUCTIONS:                                                                   
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to  
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be   
sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, 
information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required  
by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the 
person filing this notice.                                                      

ATTENTION:                                                                      
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to 
sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material
adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the  
Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.      

December 22, 2005                    /s/ W. Scott Jardine, General Counsel      
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DATE OF NOTICE                       (SIGNATURE)                                

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to
be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies   
not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.                     

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ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute           
Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)        
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Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

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Filed on:		12/22/05		2					144
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