Last summer holiday, Jack, a 16-year-old boy,   1   wanted to have a nice bike. He asked his parents   2   the money and they said he must get it by   3  . But how could he get it?

   On his way home one day, he   4   about this. Not many people wanted to ask children   5   for them. Maybe he could sweep away snow for the neighbors.   6  , it was not winter. He had to wait a long time for that. Grass couldn't   7   for their gardens, because he was not   8   to do such work.

   Just at the moment, he   9   Tom, one of his classmates, selling books in a book shop.