Onceafarmerhadsomepuppiestosell.Hepainteda(n) 1 advertisingthepupsandsetaboutnailing
ittoapostontheedgeofhis
yard. 2 hewasdrivingthelastnailintotheposthefeltasuddenpullonhistrousers.He_3_downinto
theeyesofalittleboy.
"Mister"hesaid"Iwanttobuyoneofyourpuppies."
"Well"saidthefarmerasherubbedthesweatoffthebackofhis 4 "thesepuppiescomefromfine
parentsand 5 agooddealofmoney."
Theboy 6 hisheadforamoment.Thenreachingdeepintohispockethepulledoutahandfulof
7 andheldituptothefarmer."I'vegotthirtyninecents.Isthatenoughtotakealook?"
"Sure"saidthefarmer.
Andwiththathe 8 awhistle"HereDolly!"hecalled.
9 fromthedoghouseanddowntheroadranDolly 10 byfourlittleballsoffur.Asthedogsmade
their 11 tothefencethelittleboynoticedsomethingelsemovinginsidethedoghouse. 12 another
littleballappearedthisonenoticeablysmaller.Thelittlepupbeganwalkingunsteadilytowardtheothers
doingitsbestto 13 .
"Iwantthatone"thelittleboysaid 14 attherunt(矮个子).
Thefarmerkneltdownattheboy'ssideandsaid"Sonyou 15 wantthatpuppy.Hewillneverbe
ableto 16 andplaywithyouasotherdogswould."
Withthatthelittleboy 17 backfromthefencereacheddownandbeganrollinguponelegofhis
18 .Indoingsoheshowedasteelbrace(支柱)runningdownbothsidesofhislegattachingitselftoa
19 madeshoe.Lookingbackupatthefarmerhesa
