One day, John and his friend Tom went to the river for fishing．John took his dog Dick with him．But now and then, when the dog saw a small animal or a bird, he would run 1 it and try to catch it．Tom hated the dog very much because the dog frightened the fish away．“Why do you 2 your dog here?” said Tom to John．“He 3 here and there, All the fish are frightened and swim 4 ．”“You are right．”answered John．“Next time, I shall come without Dick． 5 we go home now，Tom?” Just then Tom shouted, “Wait! 6 is biting my line．I can feel it．”Tom was very glad．He forgot the danger．He went 7 the line．The boy fell down in the water．“Help! Help! I can’t swim．”Tom shouted, up and down in the 8 ．
But John could not swim, 9 ．Just then Dick came up．The dog jumped into the water and pulled Tom onto the dry land by biting Tom’s shirt with his 10 ．Tom was saved．He was still holding the line in his hand．On its end was a big fish．