A boy and his family left their country because of war. They lived in a small room. They had no toys or books, and only 1food. One night, Father went to the market to buy 2. When he came home, it was nearly dark. He carried a long roll of paper under his arm.
"I bought a map. " He said happily.
" 3 is the bread?" Mother asked. "I bought a map. " He said again.
Mother and the boy said 4.
"I had enough money to buy only a small piece of bread, and we would still be 5, " Father said, feeling very sorry.
"No dinner tonight, " Mother said 6. "We'll have the map instead. " The boy was very angry, but he had to go to bed hungrily.
The next day, Father7the large map. The map was so large that it took up the whole wall. Their dark room was full of 8.
"What a colorful map!" It surprised the boy and made him very 9 it. So he began to spend long hours looking at it and studying it carefully and drawing on any small piece of paper that he 10 find. He learned many different names of places on the map. He even traveled to faraway countries without 11 the room.
The boy landed in deserts. He ran on beaches. He climbed snowy mountains. He saw birds singing on the top of temples. He went 12 forests with lots of fruit trees, eating as many fruits as he liked. He drank fresh water and 13 under tall trees. He came to a city of tall buildings and counted thousands of windows, falling asleep 14he could finish.
So he spent many hours far, far away from his hunger and 15 days. He understood that his father was right at last.
