Uncle Tom lived in a small log cabin near his master’s house with his wife, Aunt Chloe, and their three children. There was a _________ in front where Aunt Chloe grew fruit, vegetables and flowers.

Inside there was only _________ room(s). In one corner there was a bed covered with a white sheet, and a rug on the floor. This _________ was the living room. In the other corner was another bed. This corner was the _________. There was also a fireplace and a table in the room: this was the kitchen.

Aunt Chloe was baking _________ on the fire.

Two young boys, Mose and Pete, were playing with their _________, Polly. Uncle Tom was sitting at the table. He was a large, strong man with a kind sensible face.

He was very _________. He was trying to write the alphabet on a small _________. Mr. Shelby’s son, young Master George, was _________ him beside the blackboard.

“This is wonderful!” said Aunt Chloe. “This boy’s only thirteen, __________ he can read and write! And then he comes here and teaches us!”

“Aunt Chloe, I’m __________,” said George. “Is that cake ready?”

“It is now, dear,” said Aunt Chloe. She gave __________ a piece of cake, and all of them enjoyed the delicious food.

Uncle Tom picked up Polly and began __________ with her. Soon Master George and the boys were dancing with them, too.

“Stop,” said Aunt Chloe. “The people for the __________ will be here soon.”

And they started to get the room ready for the religious meeting they had at Uncle Tom’s cabin every __________. Soon the cabin was full of people of all ages. They sang beautiful songs, they read from the Bible and they prayed together on Sundays.

—Taken from Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The doctor was very _______, when he arrived later that morning. Colin was sitting on the sofa looking at one of his books. He was talking to Mary.

“So, you were _______ last night, Colin,” he said.

“I’m better now—much better,” Colin answered. “I’m _______ out in my wheelchair soon if it is fine. I want some fresh air.”

The doctor left without saying anything else. That night Colin slept well. He _______ about the garden again, and Dickon and his animals.

Colin looked very _______ when Dickon gave him the new-born lamb early the next morning.

“What does it want?” cried Colin. “It wants its mother,” said Dickon, smiling.

He _______ a baby’s bottle from his pocket. He pushed the bottle into the lamb’s mouth. The lamb drank the milk, then it fell asleep.

Colin and Mary asked Dickon questions about the names of flowers. He knew _______ which ones were already growing in the secret garden.

“I’m going to see them,” cried Colin. “I can’t _______ it!”

The next day a strong servant _______ Colin downstairs and put him in his wheelchair. Dickon was waiting for him outside.

“You can go,” Colin said to the nurse and the servant, and they ________ disappeared. Dickon pushed the wheelchair ________ and carefully. Mary walked next to it. They went across the lawn to the long path near the wall.

“This is where I walked up and down ________ the door,” whispered Mary.

They walked a bit further, “The robin (知更鸟) flew over the wall here. And there,” Mary said, pointing under a big bush in the flower bed, “is where I found the ________.”

Then Dickon stopped pushing the chair.

“And look!” Mary moved the ivy branch. “Here is the door. Dickon push him in quickly!”

When they were inside the garden, Colin looked round and round. He saw the walls and the earth and the trees ________ their new green leaves. In the grass under the trees there were flowers. The sun was warm on his face. Mary and Dickon stared at him. He looked different. His face was ________, not white.

“Mary! Dickon! I’m going to get well!” he cried. “And I’m going to live forever and ever!”

——Taken from The Secret Garden