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1.(15)Amancamehomefromworklateasusual,tiredandimpatient,tofindhis5-year-oldsonwaiting
forhimatthedoor.Daddy,howmuchdoyoumakeanhour?askedtheson.
Whydoyouasksuchathing?themansaid(1),
Tjustwanttoknow.Pleasetellme!beggedthelittleboy.
Ifyou(2)know,Imake$20anhour.
Oh,thelittleboyreplied,withhis(3)down.Lookingup,hesaid,Daddy,mayI(4)$10?
Thefatherwasangry,Iftheonlyreasonyouaskedisthatyoucanborrowsomemoneytobuya(5)
toy,thenyougostraighttoyourroomandsleep.Whydoyoualwaysthinkaboutyour(6)Jworkhard
solonghourseveryday!
Thelittleboy(7)wenttohisroomandshutthedoor.
Afteranhourorso,theman(8)downandwenttoopenthedooroftheboysroom.
Areyou(9),son2Heasked,
No,daddy,Imawake,repliedtheboy.
Ivebeenthinking,maybeIwastoo(10)onyouearlier,saidtheman.Maybethereissomethingyou
reallyneedtobuy.Heresthe$10youwanted.
Thelittleboysatstraightup,(11)____.Oh.thankyou,daddy!Heshouted.Then,reachingunderhispillow
he(12)____soutsomepapermoney.Theman,seeingthattheboyalreadyhadmoney,startedtogetangry
again.
Thelittleboyslowly(13)_hismoney,thenlookedupathisfather.
Whydoyouwantmoremoneyifyoualreadyhavesome?thefathercomplained.
BecauseIdidnthaveenough,(14)nowIdo,thelittleboyreplied.
Daddy,Ihave$20now.CanIbuyan(a)(15)ofyourtime?Pleasecomeearlytomorrow.Iwouldlike
tohavedinnerwithyou.