Tommy is a shy boy. He 1 in a small village for fifteen years. His father, Mr. Black, was a rich farmer. He 2  a house here in our town several months ago. His family moved to the new house and his son began to study in our class. But he had3 friends here. At first, he often had no one to play with.

    His neighbor Lily is a 4 girl. She finds the boy never talks with anybody and decides to help him. Tommy likes to stay with her and talks to her a lot. Now they are good5. One afternoon, Lily said to Tommy, "It'll be my6birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday party.  Would you like to7 ?"

    "Sure. I'd glad to," the boy answered happily.

    Tommy got home and kept thinking of a gift he could give Lily. He was 8 that he forgot to ask the girl what she liked. He couldn't call her 9  he didn't know her telephone number.    At that time, Mrs. Black came and asked, "What's wrong, dear?"

    "What would you like when it was your sixteen birthday, mummy?" "10," the woman said, "I just hope I were sixteen."