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D. holds
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It
was a cold winter's afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the
bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any 1 on the river. 2 the bridge, however, almost direct
below, 3 was a small canoe, with a boy in it. He
was 4 wearing many dothes. Robert 5 . He shivered and walked on.
6 he heard a cry.
"Help! Help!" The cry
7 from the river.
Robert looked down. The boy was
8 the water and his canoe was 9
away."Help! Help! "he called again.
Robert was a good
10 .Taking off his clothes,
he 11 into the river.
The 12 water made him tremble all
over, 13 in
a few seconds he reached the
14 "Don't
be afraid," he said and started to swim towards the river bank, 15 the boy with him. But at that 16 he noticed a large motor boat
under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all 17 in
his direction. Robert 18 to swim towards the boat.
"Give me a hand," he shouted 19 he got near the boat. He 20 up into a row of faces."It's
funny," he thought. "They look so 21 . " Silently they helped
the boy into the boat and
22 him in a blanket. But
they did not move to 23 Robert.
"Aren't you going to pull me
24 too?" Robert asked.
"You!" said one of the man. Robert noticed that he was
standing next to a large 25 .
"You! Why we were making a
film and you spoiled a whole afternoon's work. You can stay in the water!"