Once there was a terrible fire in a forest. A group of monkeys escaped into a river. The water in the river ran so fast that it swept the monkeys downstream. ________, after several minutes all the monkeys were able to climb onto a big piece of wood. They were so ________ that they soon fell asleep on the wood. When they ________, they found themselves on an island.

They were happy to find that there were plenty of trees and large amounts of food to eat. Soon all the monkeys came to ________ their new home, except one named Reggie. Reggie missed his old ________. He wanted to go back, but there was no way to do that.

As time passed, Reggie became ________. He spent his days sleeping in the shade. The other monkeys tried to get Reggie to play with them.

“Reggie, come and swing in the trees with us. Exercise, and you’ll feel better,” they would shout to Reggie.

“Why should I? Life is uninteresting, especially on this ________ island. Just leave me alone. I’m still young. I have the rest of my life to do those kinds of things. Maybe I’ll feel like doing that tomorrow,” Reggie always replied like this.

One day while Reggie was sleeping, a trapper (捕猎者) came to the island to catch ________ for his small zoo in a nearby country. The other monkeys saw the trapper and ________ Reggie. Reggie got up to run, but he had grown fat and slow. The trapper ________ caught Reggie and put him in a net. It was too late for him to regret not beginning doing those kinds of things.