A few days after her mother’s birthday, Allen got a 【小题10】 from her mother, which said, “Dear Allen, thank you for your good presents. But could you tell me why you sent me so many blue umbrellas from different places?”

Mr. White works in a park. He can’t hear or speak. He looks after the 【小题1】 in the park.

Some chairs in the park 【小题2】 very old. Mr. White 【小题3】 to paint (刷漆) them. It is cloudy today. There are few people in the park, 【小题4】 Mr. White starts to paint a chair. After he paints it, he 【小题5】 back to his office and brings a card with “WET PAINT” on it. He wants to put 【小题6】 card near the chair. He takes the card and walks to the chair.

Dave 【小题7】 a walk in the park. He feels a little tired (疲倦的). He wants to sit on a chair. He 【小题8】 the chair. He is walking to it, too.

Mr. White finds someone behind him 【小题9】 to the same chair. He walks quickly. When Dave sees this, he begins to run. Mr. White begins to run, too. Dave runs faster than (比……更快) Mr. White and he sits on the chair. He does not know the paint is wet. Mr. White is not 【小题10】 to see him sitting on the chair. He shows Dave the card. Dave feels very embarrassed (尴尬的).

Long long ago, there 【小题1】 a very rich man named Mike. In his house, he had a very large room. “If anyone can fill my room in a day, I 【小题2】 him 20,000 dollars,” he said. Everyone in the town wanted   【小题3】 a try. John tried to fill the room with stones. At the end of the day, the room was not full. Peter tried to fill the room with wood, but the room was still not full. Alan said, “I can do it. It’s easy.” Everyone laughed. They thought he could not 【小题4】 it. At 8:00 that night, Mike saw him come to the room with a small bag. “That bag is too small. How will you fill the room?” said Mike. Alan took a candle out of the bag. He lighted the candle and said, “You see, the whole room is filled with light! I 【小题5】 it since I was ten years old.”