It was Mary's birthday. She received a l 1 from her uncle. "Dear Mary." he w 2 . "Happy Birthday. I'm sending you some chickens. They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you'll like them. Uncle Toby. " Mary was very e 3 . She liked eating eggs and chicken. "I can f 4 the chickens for their eggs or cal them. " she through. When the chickens arrived the next day. they were put in a box. Mary was very happy. She took the box o 5 the truck anti began to carry it into her garden, but the box of chickens was so heavy that she d 6 it. The box fell onto the g 7 and broke. The chickens all ran out. They ran here and there. It took Mary hours to try to find them. A few days liner her uncle came. He asked. "Did the chickens arrive s 8 ?" "Yes. but I broke the box. It was o 9 and the chickens ran everywhere. It took me the whole morning, to look for them. "Mary said. "Did you find them all?" asked her uncle. "I hope so. " Mary answered. "But I only caught eleven of them " "That's very interesting. I only sent you six. " her uncle 1 10 .
