One very cold morning, my father and I were working on the farm. I asked him how long I must stay in the       .
“About an hour.” he answered.
“I wish I could go home now—my     aches.”
“I am sorry, but can’t you stay till lunch time?” said my father.
“But my headache is getting     .”
“Well,” said him,“ you may go home. I don’t want you to work if you are sick. Go straight home       tell your mother to give you some rhubarb(大黄，一种苦药). It will     you a lot.”
I went back home. However, I told my mother that my head was better, hoping not to     the terrible medicine. But it was too    . She understood my     as well as my father. So she prepared the rhubarb.
I had to swallow(吞) all of the rhubarb. Dear me! How bitter(苦) it was! I would rather    all day in the field. But it cured(治愈) my laziness, and I learned that it is important to be     .
Friends, keep it, though there is another and a better reason.
A. field                B. hospital              C. factory
A. tooth               B. head                 C. stomach
A. better               B. worse                C. less
A. but                 B. or                   C. and
A. hurt                B. worry                C. help
A. take                B. buy                  C. make
A. early               B. late                  C. easy
A. joke                B. duty                 C. problem
A. work               B. play                 C. study
A. kind               B. honest               C. helpful