Susan was a woman who didn't like animals at all．She never w{#blank#}1{#/blank#} to keep any pets at home．To her, all pets were very dirty and boring．Susan could never understand w{#blank#}2{#/blank#} people would like to have pets in the house．"It is so stupid(愚蠢的)!"she always said．

    Last month Susan's daughter, Penny,came home from school w{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  a mouse in a box,Susan was very angry．But Penny said that it was her h{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．Her teacher asked each student to take care of an animal and l{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to get along with it．Susan had to say y{#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

    It was fun for Penny at the very beginning, but then she got quite lazy(懒的) and f{#blank#}7{#/blank#}to do her homework．It became Susan's homework．She g{#blank#}8{#/blank#}it food and water every day and found that the mouse was in fact not dirty．She e{#blank#}9{#/blank#} talked to it! It was not boring or stupid!Now Susan is having a good time with"her" mouse．She named it Nini．And she is going to buy a{#blank#}10{#/blank#}one to make a pair．