Many years ago, there was a family (call) Franklin. They lived America. There (be) seventeen children in the family. One of the children was born on a January day in 1706. The boy's mother and her husband gave the boy name-Benjamin.
Benjamin was the (clever) of all the (children). He could read when he was five and he could write the age of seven. When he was eight, he was sent to school.
In school Benjamin had been good at(read) and writing but not good at Maths. He read all of his (father) books. And whenever he (have) a little money, he bought a book with it. He liked books. They told him how(do) something. At that time he invented the paddles（脚蹼） for swimming.
