Ben woke up on Monday morning. He felt1. He always felt sick on Monday mornings. He had to go to school for a whole week. It was so difficult for him to go back to school.
He 2in bed and wondered what excuse he could make this time. He looked at his body, but couldn't find 3wrong. A little headache? No. He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose(松动). Good! He was just going to start groaning(呻吟)when he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would hurt! He looked 4 something else. Suddenly he remembered the doctor said something about a certain problem with toes(脚趾). He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. 5 of the toes was really hurting, and Ben began to groan.
"What's 6with you" Aunt Polly asked "My toe hurts" The old lady fell into a chair, smiling a little. "Ben, you frightened me. Now shut up at once and get out of7".
Ben felt like a thief being caught, "Well, it seemed all right. It hurt so much 8 I forgot my tooth" "tooth, eh? what's wrong with your tooth" "One of them is loose and it hurts 9""No problem", answered Aunt Polly, "I can pull it out" "Please, Aunt! Don't pull it out. It has 10hurting now, Please!" "No way! Well. You'd better go to school or you'll have your tooth out. "
Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body. You don't want to work, you stay in bed, feeling very sad.
What makes us ill? It is germs(细菌). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can't find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing. Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water.
Germs aren't found only in water. They are found in air and dust. If you cut your finger, if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut(伤口), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body, and you would have pain everywhere.
A farmer who lived in a small village had a bad pain in the chest. This never seemed to get any better. The farmer decided that he would go to see a doctor in the nearest town. But as he was a miserly (小气) person, he thought he would find out how much he would have to pay the doctor. He was told that a sick person had to pay three pounds for the first visit and one pound for the second visit. The farmer thought about this for a long time, and then he decided to go to the doctor in the town.
As he came into the doctor's room, he said, "Good morning, doctor. Here I am again. "The doctor was a little surprised. He asked him a few questions, checked his chest and then took the pound which the farmer insisted on giving him. Then the doctor said with a smile, "Well, sir, there's nothing new. Please go on taking the same medicine I gave you the first time you came to see me. "
