Danish was a very lazy girl. Her mother always asked her to learn to read, 1she didn’t.It was disappointing.Her mother was 2 about that.
One morning，Dinah just 3 and was looking through the window.She saw her cousin skating on the 4.He was wearing a pair of shoes she had never 5 before.It was a pair of roller-skates(旱冰鞋).Dinah thought it was interesting to 6 on the street.She got up quickly and went outside.She asked her cousin if she 7 try his shoes on.Her cousin said to her，”I know that your 8 has been asking you to learn to read，but you haven’t learned.It is just because you are 9.If you can read by New Year’s Day，1 will send you a pair of 10 like this.”
From then on，Dinah read every day and began to like reading.On New Year’s Day she received a pair of roller—skates from her cousin.

1She had to sell the house even though it was her own wish.