Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and s

Mr. Johnson lives outside the town. He works in a post office. His wife is often ill and six children     26     at school. He works hard but he is often short of     27    . In the end of every month his family are always    28    .
One afternoon, on his way home, it suddenly began to     29    . When he got home, he was wet through. He hurried to go     30     after supper and his wife washed the clothes and shoes for him.     31     she went to bed, she brought the clothes into the room but     32     the shoes. The next morning Mr. Johnson couldn’t find his shoes. His wife found a pair of     33     shoes under the bed for him. Then he went to     34     and told the policeman about it.
“I     35     ten dollars for my shoes, sir,” said the man. “Look! I have to     36     such a pair of worn-out shoes!”
Several days later the police     37     a thief and found the shoes. They were as worn-out as the     38     which Mr. Johnson was wearing.
“You’ve fooled us, Mr. Johnson,” said a policeman. “The shopkeeper told me a pair of new shoes like them     39     only seven dollars!”
“You’re right, ,sir,” said Mr. Johnson. “I’ve     40     them for five years and I had them mended six times. And I paid three dollars to the shoemaker for mending them!”
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