It was one of the hottest summers in     16     in the state of Victoria, Australia. Bush fires were burning very     17     to people’s homes and they were in danger. In every town, volunteers were fighting the fires. David Tree was one of these     18     firefighters.

One day, Mr. Tree was working with his team near his home town of Mirboo. They were fighting a bush fire. They were     19     up Samson Road when Mr. Tree saw a koala. It was walking across the burned ground, and it didn’t look happy. There’s a koala, stop the truck. Mr. Tree shouted and jumped out “I videoed the koala for my daughter Cheyenne and shouted for a bottle of water.”

Firefighter Mark Pardew took the photo while the koala was drinking from a bottle. “Koalas are     20     friendly to people but this one took David’s hand,” said Mr. Pardew. “She was     21     tired and thirsty.”

A friend took the     22     animal to a wildlife centre. At the centre, they named her Sam after Samson Road.

Later Mr. Pardew emailed the photo to friends and someone sent it to the     23     newspaper. From there it went around the world and David Tree became a celebrity.

Bush fires=fast and dangeous fires that happen in the countryside in Australia.

Adapted from the Guardian newspaper