It was Mary's birthday. She received a l  1   from her uncle.  "Dear Mary." he w  2  .  "Happy
Birthday. I'm sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you'll like them.  Uncle
Toby. "
      Mary was very e  3  .  She liked eating eggs and chicken.  "I can f  4   the chickens for their eggs
or cal them. " she through.
      When the chickens arrived the next day. they were put in a box.  Mary was very happy. She took
the box o 5   the truck anti began to carry it into her garden, but the box of chickens was so heavy that
she d  6   it.
      The box fell onto the g  7   and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran here and there. It took
Mary hours to try to find them.
      A few days liner her uncle came.  He asked. "Did the chickens arrive s  8  ?" "Yes. but I broke the
box. It was o  9   and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole  morning, to look for them.
"Mary said.
      "Did you find them all?" asked her uncle. "I hope so. " Mary answered. "But I only caught eleven
of them " "That's very interesting.  I only sent you six. " her uncle 1 10  .