Joe wants a computer. He asks his parents for the money but they say he must get it himself. But how does he get it? He1 about this when he walks home. Not many people want to ask children to work for them. Maybe he can take away snow for the neighbors. But it is not 2 . He has to3 for a long time. He can't cut grass for their gardens 4 he has no tools to do the work. Then he 5 one of his classmates, Dick. He is delivering(送) 6 "I can do that," he thinks. "Maybe I can even get the computer right away. I can 7 for it a little each week." He8 to catch up with(追上) Dick. Joe asks him a lot of questions. He learns that it is 9 to get twenty-five dollars each week. He also 10 that the job takes about three hours each week. Dick11 him the phone number of the newspaper manager.
Joe almost flies home. After he tells his mother 12 he thinks, she13 . "I think it is a14 idea," she says. "I'll call the newspaper."
"Wait, Mum," Joe says, "I'll call. After that, I'm going to be a businessman." Joe's mother smiles15.
