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Ella Fant was a middle-aged lady who lived with her only son John in a small house.She 1 John very much.In her 2 he couldnt do anything 3 .Every morning she would give him breakfast 4 bed and bring him the papers to 5 .It isnt really true that he was too 6 to work—in fact he had tried a few 7 .First of all he was a window-cleaner and in his first week he managed to 8 at least six windows.Then he 9 a bus conductor and on his second 10 a passenger stole his bag with all the fares (车费) collected.He 11 lost his job as a postman because he sent off all the letters when he should have taken them to peoples houses.It seemed that there was 12 suitable work for him.So he 13 to join the army.Mrs Fant was so 14 about this that she told the news to all her neighbours.“My John is going to be a soldier,” she said.“He is going to be the best soldier there 15 was. I can tell you!”
