Many years ago, there was a family {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five girls and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1706, another baby was born. The boy's mother and her husband{#blank#}2{#/blank#} the boy a name—Benjamin.

    Benjamin was the cleverest of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write when he was seven. The next year his parents {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him to school.

    At school Benjamin was good at reading and writing, but not good at maths. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}all of his father's books, and when he had money, he always went {#blank#}5{#/blank#}books. He liked books. The books told him how {#blank#}6{#/blank#} something. The boy liked to use his head and tried to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} ways to help people enjoy life more. For example, he tried to know if there was some way {#blank#}8{#/blank#}farther, maybe with something on his hands or feet. Slowly a picture of swimming shoes, or paddles(划桨)， grew in his mind. The paddles must {#blank#}9{#/blank#}neither too big nor too small. And they must be neither too heavy nor too light. At last he {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the paddle for swimming.