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Dennis wanted to leave but he could not. His mother
was still there. He had to wait for her
___1___ she was
done. She was still sifting ___2___
the racks of clothes. It was the annual Great
Singapore Sale and it felt as if half of the
country's population was there. Dennis had wanted to
stay at home but his mother had insisted that he
went ___3___.
She probably needed him to be her personal
assistant, carrying her bags of shopping. She had
already been shopping ___4___
the past three hours. Each time his mother walked
into a store, ___5___
would groan loudly in agony. Dennis was famished and
his legs were aching from walking and standing too
much. "Mum, can we go yet ? I'm hungry !" Dennis
whined.
"In a minute," she replied as she pulled and
tugged at the clothes.
Dennis sighed and sulked in a corner. As he
busied ___6___
with his phone, he suddenly heard a crash from the
other end of the store. he looked up and saw ___7___
fallen rack and a pile of clothes on the floor.
Someone was underneath that pile and struggling to
get out. He giggled to himself
___8___ the
sight. All he could see was a pair of legs
scrambling to untangle itself from the mountain of
clothes that had fallen on top of the person.
Dennis' eyes opened wide as the person emerged
from the pile. It was his mother ! Apparently, she
had accidentally pulled too hard and ___9___
whole rack had toppled over. Her face was as red as
beetroot. She quickly straightened her dress and
scurried out of the store, pulling Dennis with her.
___10___
outside, Dennis burst into guffaws of laughter. He
could not believe what had just happened. However,
he was glad that it happened because now, they were
finally out of the store. |
