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"Can I come along with you on your fishing trip,
please?" asked Millie. Her two
elder brothers ___1___ at her scornfully.
"Fishing is a man's ___2___," said her older brother,
Derek. "Girls are not ___3___ at fishing."
___4___ a while, however, Millie managed to persuade her
brothers to
take her ___5___. When they reached the fishing pond,
the two brothers
wandered ___6___ by themselves.
"We have a secret spot ___7___ the fishes are really
biting," they told
her. "But you can't ___8___ along because we promised
the other guys we
wouldn't show anyone ___9___ the place."
The two boys left Millie on her ___10___. They sat at
their secret spot
___11___ the
next few hours but did not catch anything. They
decided to call it a day ___12___ went to look for Millie.
"I bet she hasn't caught anything ___13___," said her
other brother,
Eric.
___14___ the boys found Millie, they saw something that
made
them ___15___ their eyes wide with amazement. Millie had
___16___ four large fishes!
"I ... I take ___17___ what I said about you this
morning," Derek said when he finally found his
voice.
Millie shrugged her ___18___, smiled and said nothing.
On their way
___19___ by bus, the two brothers did not notice that
they had passed a small
shop with a sign which ___20___ : Fresh fish for sale -
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