Question

I'm sitting outside grandpa's pigeon loft（鸽子房）and waiting for Goldie to come home. I'm really nervous about it because I1.____(ask) to do an important job.

Goldie is grandpa's champion（冠军）racing pigeon. She's famous because she 2.____(win)lots of cups. This morning she had a race-flew two hundred miles away with lots of other pigeons. And now she 3.___(race) back home.

¨Come on, Goldie. Come on. Goldie!" That's me, calling Goldie back home. But l can't see her yet.

I really want Goldie to win this race.1 want to give grandpa the good news when I 4.___(see) him tonight in hospital. My eyes search the blue sky. Still no sign of Goldie.

“Calm（镇静）down, Danny!” I tell myself.

But it's hard to be calm. This job is very important. I'll tell you why.

Before the race, they 5.____(put)a ring on every pigeon's leg. When Goldie comes back, I've got to catch her6.___(take)her ring off, as fast as I can, and put it in a little metal tube(管子）,then put that tube in grandpa's special clock. That records the time that Goldie finished the race. It should be grandpa's job. But while he 7. (prepare) for the race, he fell ill suddenly and was sent to the hospital. So that's why I'm nervous, waiting for Goldie. I'm getting more nervous every minute, because Goldie 8.___ (be)here by now. But the sky is blue and empty.

“9.____(not worry)”I tell myself. “Goldie always comes back. ”But where is she? What 10. I____(tell)grandpa?

1 wait until it's nearly dark.1 give up！ Then l lock the other pigeons in the loft. I've got to see grandpa tonight at the hospital.

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