There was a little boyhis grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot（弹弓）to play with, out in the woods. Hein the woods, but he could never hit the target. Getting a little, he headed back to dinner. Then, he saw Grandma’s pet duck, so he let it fly, hit the duck in the head, andit. He was shocked and upset. In, he hid the dead duck in the woodpile, only to see his sister __ ___.Sally had seen it all,she said nothing.
lunch that day grandma said, “Sally, let’s wash the dishes.” But Sally said, “Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted toin the kitchen today, didn’t you Johnny?” And then she said to him in a(n) _ ___ voice, “Remember, the duck?” So Johnny did the dishes.
Later Grandpa asked ifwanted to go fishing, and Grandma said, “I’m sorry but I need ___ ___ to help make supper.”
Hearing this, Sally said with a smile, “Well, that’sbut Johnny told me he wanted to help.”the duck, Johnny had to stay and Sally went fishing.
After several days of Johnny doing both hisand Sally’s, he finally couldn’tit any longer. He came to Grandma and told her that he __ ___ the duck. She knelt down, gave him a hug（拥抱）,and said,“Sweet heart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and Ithe whole thing. But because I love you, Iyou. But I was justhow long you would let Sally make a slave of you.”
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