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"Oh ___1___
goodness ! The only way to see my son ___2___
all that grime is to soak him in a tub of soapy
water !" yelled my mother.
I had just returned from a ___3___
match. The weather had been great. It had rained
cats and dogs two hours before our match and thus it
was a cool day. The field was soft and squishy. Our
boots ___4___
noisily as we ran all over the field. What was more,
we had finally won the championship for the first
time ! Every one of us was jumping for joy,
splashing more mud onto our already dirty ___5___.
With the bottle of liquid anti-bacterial soap in
hand, I scurried away under my mother's intense
glare ! Her obsession ___6___
soap made me very curious.
While surfing the Internet, I came across a very
interesting Roman ___7___
about how soap was discovered.
At certain times, the Romans sacrificed animals
by burning them as offerings to the gods. Sometimes,
after a ___8___
act, rain would fall and the rainwater would wash
down through the ashes and the animal fat into the
clay banks of the rivers where the local women ___9___
their clothing. To the surprise and delight of these
women they noticed that they clay mixture made their
clothes cleaner. ___10___
every woman used it to wash her clothes. then
someone was struck with the idea that if that
mixture could clean their washing then the ___11___
mixture could be used to clean other things as well
! So the women began to ___12___
with other things including their children !
Interesting story but I did not know whether it
was true. However one thing for certain like every
mother ___13___
the world, they like their sons clean and
sweet-smelling. My mum was ___14___
exception.
A huge smile greeted me when I emerged fresh from
the shower. That was ___15___
she realized that I had forgotten to brush my teeth
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