Mr. and Mrs. Crum lived in a quiet place. They kept animals and grew vegetables to make a living. Though they were rich, they were 1 . Why? They didn't have a 2 . This summer they grew pumpkins(南瓜). 3 , there was hardly any 4 the whole(整个的) summer. They had to water them twice a week.
When autumn came, they started to 5 the pumpkins. When Mrs. Crum picked a large pumpkin, she heard a voice. "I have grown up. It's time 6 out. " Mr. and Mrs. Crum were 7 . They looked around but found 8 . After a while, a baby jumped 9 the pumpkin. Their dream came true!
The woman took some water to wash it. 10 the drops(滴) of water fell off the baby's body, they changed (变成) into gold(金子). So the woman gave 11 another bath, and again she got some 12 . Then the baby said, "Don't do that again. You have 13 money. " But the couple didn't listen to the baby. When they began to give it a 14 bath, the baby became sad and 15 . And all the gold was gone, too.