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One Sunday, a mother took her son and little daughter to watch a circus. In the    1    of the circus, the little girl, Jenny, fell    2    in her mother’s lap. The brother, Jack, who was six, stayed awake, and    3    the latter half with his mother. When it was over, the mother      4      Jenny in her arms and carried her to the bus station. It was    5    that night, so she took off her scarf and gently     6     Jenny’s head with it.

When they arrived home, the mother    7    carried Jenny into the bedroom and    8    her to sleep. After Jack had changed his clothes, his mother lay down next to him to talk about the evening together.    9   , when the mother asked what he liked most, there was no    10    on his part. She was a little    11   . He used to speak non-stop whenever something exciting happened.