学进去

It was Sunday morning. Peter, a seven-year-old boy, 1． TV in the room while his brother was doing his homework. Their father 2． the flowers in the garden and their mother was going out to do some shopping.

At ten, their mother 3． back with a heavy basket. Peter ran up to her. He wanted 4． what his mother bought. He found a bag of oranges in it. He liked them very much and wanted to eat them. His mother stopped him. She gave five to each son and went to the kitchen.

Peter ate up his oranges but his brother was busy 5． his homework and didn’t eat them. Suddenly the telephone rang and his brother Bill ran to answer it. Bill’s friend asked him 6． football with them. And when Bill talked with his friend, Peter took two oranges away and 7． them. Bill found it, called Peter out and beat him behind the house. He didn’t 8． his parents about it.

The next morning, Miss Ball taught the students subtraction (减法). She asked Peter a question. Peter didn’t listen to the lesson carefully and couldn’t 9． it. Miss Ball began to give him an example, “If your brother has five oranges and you take two away from him, what 10．?” Peter thought for a moment and said, “I’ll be beaten.”

All his classmates began to laugh.