Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would1soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days2the doctor came and looked over the sick man. 3asked for a pen and a piece of paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen4paper in the village, because no one could write.

    The doctor5 up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the6 of the house. " Get this medicine for him, " he said, "and he will soon get 7. "Mark's family and friends did not know 8 to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man 9an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest 10. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.