Two days after Simon's{#blank#}1{#/blank#}birthday, he went to school for the first time. The school was a long way from his home, so Simon's mother{#blank#}2{#/blank#}him to school in the morning, and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}him at the school gate.

    "{#blank#}4{#/blank#} yourself, Simon," she said, "and be good !"

    At half past three she went back to school to pick him up. Simon said to his mother, "I'm never going back{#blank#}5{#/blank#}again."

    His mother asked him, "Why don't you want to go to school again?"

    "I can't read. I can't write. I can't spell. I can't do{#blank#}6{#/blank#}and the teacher didn't let me talk. Why{#blank#}7{#/blank#}I go to school when I can't do anything there?"