On April 2，1805，a boy Was born to a poor family in centl-a1 Denmark．The boy’s  1  was a shoemaker．The father would read his son a  2  every day．But story-time ended 3  the boy was just 11．His father died．

    At l4．the boy went to the capital city by 4 ．He tried to be a singer and an actor at first．Later he took up writing．He said he  5  because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood like his．He made his words come true．

1．A．father                    B．mother                 C．brother

2．A．shoe                     B．story                   C．word

3．A．when                    B．a(chǎn)fter                    C．before

4．A．herself                   B．himself                C．yourself

5．A．read                      B．wrote                         C．spoke