Billy's mom had been asking him to clean the attic 小阁楼） for months. One Saturday, Billy was bored and decided it was1 to get the job done. He walked up the dirty stairs, 2 the old door, and got right to work.
As Billy looked through boxes, walked through papers 3 did some cleaning, he found all kinds of little treasures. He found old toys, many books and funny pictures of his parents. The pictures were taken 4 they were younger. Billy found some of his own toys and clothes from when he was much 5 .
He smiled. The attic certainly had lots of stories to 6 about his family. A small wooden box, lying in the far corner of the attic, caught Billy's 7 . He went over and opened it. In it he found some old papers. One looked like a 8 . He took it out. As he looked 9 at it, Billy discovered that the map showed a house—his house! Then Billy searched for where the map 10 …and realized it was to his own bedroom!
He ran back down the stairs with the map 11 his hand. He was very excited now and sped into his room to find what he was sure would be a wonderful surprise. As he opened the door to his room, he smelled his 12 thing in the world：banana nut cakes. There, on the corner of his desk, was a plate of warm cakes and a tall glass of cold milk. Beside the plate was a 13 from his mom.
"Thank you for 14 the attic, " it said. "I hope you enjoy this little 15 too! Love, Mom. "
