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. "
