One day, it was raining heavily and I didn't have an umbrella I had just ________ a bus and had to walk back to my house. I ________ walking in that direction, when 1 heard somebody shouting, “Sister, sister.” I looked back and saw the stationery shopkeeper. I went to him and asked what was the ________. He said that ________ it was raining heavily, I could take a seat in his shop, have a look at his new ________ and go home when the rain stopped.

I ________ for a moment, but the idea of getting to have a look at the pens made me nod.

To my ________ I found that the shop was larger than I thought. The stationery shopkeeper offered me a chair and took out the pens for me. I ________ a beautiful Parker (派克) pen and had a try. It wrote so ________ that I wanted to buy it with all my heart, ________ as expected it was very expensive. The shopkeeper said, “I can give you the pen for ninety-five dollars ________ one hundred.” I looked up and thanked him for the ________ but refused politely as it was still quite expensive for me. By that time, the rain had stopped, and after ________ his kindness, I quickly walked back to my house.

After that day, the shop became my favourite place to ________. Although both of us knew nothing about each other, we had a deep friendship based on our ________ interests.