Once there was a king. He often asked some ________ and difficult questions. It often ________ the courtiers (大臣) a lot of time to answer these questions.

One day, the king asked such a questions again. All the courtiers didn’t know how to ________ it. When the king looked at his courtiers, they were all ________ the answer in silence.

At that moment, a ________ man named Birbal walked into the palace. Birbal knew ________ the king liked to asked such questions. He then asked, “May I know the question, please?”

The king said, “How many birds are there in this city?” ________ even a minute, Birbal answered, “There are 45, 489 birds.”

“How can you be so ________?” asked the king.

Birbal said, “You can ask someone to count. If he finds more birds, it ________ some birds have come to visit the friends here. If he finds ________, some have gone to visit their friends in other places.”

The king was very satisfied with Birbal’s clever answer.

Now many students want to have more money to take part in other activities. But how do they make ________?

Well, in many countries, the law says you can’t have a full-time job ________ you are 16 years old. You can work part-time after ________ or on weekends at the age of 14 or 15. And during the summer holiday, you can work 40 hours each week.

Does it mean that if you are ________ than 14, you can’t get money on your own? Of course not! Let’s see how some children ________ their piggy banks with extra (额外的) money.

Valarie, 11, told us that she made money by ________ her neighbors’ yards. And sometimes she helped her parents do some chores to get money.

Lena, 13, said, “When I started taking ________ classes and showing my dog sweaters to people, they said they would ________ me to draw something for them. So I decided to make art pieces and ________ them to my neighbors to make money.”

Crystal, 13, made business a family thing. She said, “My father has ________ started his own company. My sister and I got ten to twenty dollars for cleaning his office once a week.”