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As I went home (1) ______ the bus I thought of the strange situation I was in. My
boss, (2) ______ was famous for going out with beautiful women, had told me I
was beautiful and (3) _______ asked me out! But I know I am just ordinary looking
and not his usual type at all. (4) _______ I got home my Momma was in the sitting
room talking to my Aunt Mimi.
Aunt Mimi. I like my Aunt Mimi, but she simply can’t mind her (5) ______ business.
She has wanted me to find a husband for (6) ______. She didn’t like the thought of
me being single and having a career. She thought it wasn’t natural for a twenty-
seven-year-old woman like me (7) ______ to be married. Aunt Mimi thought that
the least she could do for me was to find me a husband. I was (8) ______ to this
by now, but it was still embarrassing.
The video showed Max three years earlier, before Gina had begun to work on him
(9) ______ he was still a normal monkey. Then three months after her work had
begun, Max (10) ______ seen drawing simple pictures with a pencil. After a year
he was spelling simple words. After two years he (11) ______ add and take away
simple numbers. After three years he could read, write and (12) ______ basic
mathematics. He also understood everything Gina said to him. Max (13) ______
come to see Gina as his mother and he loved her. The video finished with Max
putting his arms around Gina (14) ______ Gina laughed.
Sometimes the university sent him to places where old pottery had (15) ______
discovered. It was his job to sort out these things. The university would then put
the things (16) ______ were interesting in a museum where they could (17)
______ shown to the public. But Harry Chen had his own private museum that
nobody else knew (18)______. He hated the idea of not keeping some of the old
and, sometimes, beautiful things he found. And, if those beautiful things were only
small things that nobody but he (19) ______ seen, who would ever know if they
were gone? So he kept them.
He had quite a collection of stolen things now, all carefully hidden in his home.
They were mostly small, broken things (20) ______ were not of much value. Even
(21) ______, he did have some pots, rings and other favourite things that were
extraordinary and lovely to see. He loved them so much he (22) ______
sometimes, during the warm evenings, lay them all out on the floor to look at. He
would examine each piece with love and care. Only he, he (23) ______ sure, could
understand their true value.
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