Henry was about 10 years old when his father died in an accident. His mother found it ________ to support a large family. But she did her best to send Henry, the oldest, to school and buy him many books he needed.

However, Henry once wanted a grammar book in order to join a new class. But his mother could not provide money ________ him to buy it, so he was very ________ about it and went to bed with a heavy heart, thinking about how to ________ the book.

The next morning, he found that a deep snow had fallen, and the cold wind was blowing hard. “Ah,” said he, “it’s a good chance for me to ________. ”

He got up ________, ran to the house of a neighbour, and offered his service to clean a ________ covered with deep snow around his neighbour’s house. At first, his neighbour—a young couple were surprised at his offering.   They didn’t know ________ Henry wanted to do this for them, because they usually cleaned the snow themselves. Thinking for a while, they understood and smiled at Henry. Henry worked very hard and carefully. About half an hour later, he ________ the work and received his pay from the couple. ________ he went to another place for the same purpose. He went to another and another, until he had enough money to buy the ________. When the new school year began, Henry went to school with the new book, ________ happily with his deskmate—Millie about his life in the holiday. They share different stories about themselves. Later, ________ students join them too. It’s really fun. When their teacher Stephen heard about Henry’s story, he ________ him and encouraged him to study hard.

From that time on, Henry was ________ the first in all his lessons. Because he had the will, he always found the way.