Mr. Smith is not old, ______ he has ittle hair (头发). Mrs. Smith has ______ and beautiful hair. They have one ______. She is four years old. ______ name is Jane. She ______ asks her parents lots of questions.

There is a photo ______ Mr. Smith in their room. Today, Jane looks at the ______ for a long time and then ______ to her mother, "Why does ______ have very little hair?" Mrs. Smith says, "He ______ very little hair because (因为) he ______ a lot. Jane, he's ______ clever man (聪明的男人)." Jane looks ______ her mother's black hair, and then she   ______ " Mummy, why do you have lots of ______?

A man worked late to collect potatoes. At the end of the day, his wagon (马车) was filled with ________ of potatoes. He decided to go back home, for it was getting late.

He noticed a little boy and stopped ________ for directions(方向).

“Young boy,” he said, “It’s late and I must get home soon. How ________ will it take to get to Parker Village from here?”

The boy answered, “If you go slowly, it’ll take only a short while for you to get home. ________ if you go quickly, it will take a long time and you will not get there until late at night.”

The man thought ________ this answer, but he couldn’t understand. He hit his horse to make it ________. The horse began to run quickly. But soon, potatoes began to fall from the wagon. Each time, the man ________ to get off to collect the potatoes.

The ________ the horse ran, the more potatoes fell down, and it took him the more ________ to pick them up. But if he listened to the boy and traveled slowly, ________ of them would fall, and he could arrive home much earlier.

As the young boy warned, go slowly and it will take only a short while. You have to do it step by step.