There is a girl living in London. 1 name is Alice. She starts painting when she is three 2 old, and when she is five years old, she is already very 3 at it. She paints many beautiful and interesting flowers, and a lot of people buy her 4 . They say, "This girl is going to be a great painter when she grows up, and then we're going to 5 these pictures for a lot of money. "
Alice's pictures are different from other people's 6 she never paints on the whole of the paper. She only paints on half of the paper, and the other half is always empty(空的).
"That's very 7 , " people say. "No other painters have done that!"
One day, someone asks Alice, "Please tell me, Alice. 8 do you paint on the bottom(底) half of the paper, but not on the top half!"
"Because I'm 9 , " Alice says, "and my brushes can't reach very 10 . "
