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It was Monday.Mrs Smith's dog was 1 , but there was no meat in the house.
Thinking that there was no 2 way, Mrs Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it:“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said,“ 3 this to the butcher, and he's going to give you your lunch today.” 4 the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's shop.It gave the paper to the butcher.The butcher read it 5 , and recognized(辨認(rèn))that it was 6 Mrs Smith's handwriting.So he did 7 he was asked to.The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At midday, the dog came to the shop again.It gave the butcher a piece of paper again.After reading it, he gave half a pound of meat 8 .
The next day, the dog came again just at midday.And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth.This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog 9 meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.But, the dog came again at 4∶00 p. m.And the same thing happened once again.To the butcher's surprise, it came for the third time at 6∶00 p. m.The butcher felt puzzled.He said to himself,“this is a small dog.Why does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”Looking 10 the piece of paper, he found that there were no words there.
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