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There once lived a poor tailor who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy (21) would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that (22) died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not (23) his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger (24) him if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin, "but he died a (25) while ago." On this the stranger, who was a (26) magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and (27) you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his newly (28) uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father had a (29) , but I always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, a
A. mend 
B. work 
C. make 
D. change

There once lived a poor tailor who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy (21) would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that (22) died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not (23) his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger (24) him if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin, "but he died a (25) while ago." On this the stranger, who was a (26) magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and (27) you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his newly (28) uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father had a (29) , but I always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, and told Aladdin
A. happy
B. surprised
C. thoughtful
D. upset