¡¡¡¡Little Tom is only five years old£®It was ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ yesterday and his father, Mr£®Read, didn¡¯t go to work£®Tom ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ a few picture-books and asked his father to ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ some for him£®The bookshop is only one hundred and twenty metres from their house and they went there ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡£®There were a lot of books in the shop£®Tom ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ some and his father bought them for him£®Then they went home£®And they ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ Mr£®Brown, one of Mr£®Read¡¯s friends£®
¡¡¡¡How are you Mr£®Brown?¡± said Tom£®
¡¡¡¡Fine, thanks,¡± answered Mr£®Brown,¡±¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡were you just now?¡±
¡¡¡¡In the bookshop£®Dad bought me some books£®¡±
¡¡¡¡When Mr£®Brown ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡, Tom said to his father,¡±Mr£®Brown gave me an apple£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Did you thank him?¡±
¡¡¡¡Oh, I ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ it!¡±
¡¡¡¡Go to thank him,¡± said Mr£®Read£®¡±You ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ be a polite boy!¡±
¡¡¡¡After a while, Tom came back and said,¡±I thanked him but it¡¯s no use£®He said to me¡¯Not at all¡¯£®¡±