One afternoon just before Christmas an old man was walking through the city center. The _1 _ were all filled with good things and crowded with 2 shoppers. Suddenly he saw a dirty boy sitting on the ground crying sadly. When the kind old man asked him why he was crying, the little boy told him that he _ 3 _ the ten penny piece that his uncle _ 4 _ him. At once the old man took out a handful of _ 5_. He _6_ out a shiny new ten penny piece and handed it to the child. “Thank you very much,” said the little boy, drying his 7 _. He was happy at once.
