David is a middle school student. He had lived in a small 1 for fifteen years. It was a small place with only five families living there. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and later on he 2a shop in our town. He bought a house here last month. His3moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had 4 friends here. At first he often played by 5 .
His neighbor Cathy is a kind girl. She has many friends. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. David 6to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they're good friends.
One afternoon, Cathy told David, "It'll be my sixteenth birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party. Would you like to come?" " 7. I'm glad to," the boy said happily.
David got home and thought of a 8he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he 9 to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't telephone her because he didn't know her 10 . At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, "What's the matter, dear?"
"What would you like if it was your sixteenth birthday, Mom?"
"Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were sixteen."
