通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

    Mary's birthday is coming. Her uncle told her that he would send some1to her as a present. Mary likes chickens very much, 2she was very happy. "I'll keep the chickens for eggs," she thought.

    Then the chickens arrived on3birthday. They were put in a4. Mary carried the box to the garden, but it was so5. She dropped the box onto the ground and it was broken. All the chickens went out and6here and there. Mary spent hours trying to7them that morning.

    A few days later, her8came. He asked Mary, "Where are the chickens? Do you like them?"

    "Of course, though I dropped them and had some9finding them. Anyway, I caught ten of them," Mary said.

    "That's very10. But I only sent you six," Her uncle said with a laugh.