Jack was a fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, Linda. Their parents had passed 1 long ago. Jack had taken care of Linda by himself.
One day, Jack woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Linda was sleeping 2 , Jack left their little house to 3 newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in front of their house, Jack was so surprised that he stopped to look at him 4 . It was a(n) 5 morning and he looked very cold.
The poor old man didn"t have 6 to cover himself with. Jack went into his house to get the old man a blanket. 7 , there were no 8 blankets, so Jack thought hard and took his father"s coat. It was the 9 thing of his father"s that he had left. Jack wrote a short 10 . "Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father"s coat. I hope it fits you well. "He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man 11 the coat. Then he went to work. When he 12 three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Jack 13 that it was the best thing he could have done with his father"s coat.
That afternoon, Jack hurried home after school because Linda was at home alone. However, Linda and the old man were 14 in front of the house, and Linda shouted to Jack, "Brother! He"s our grandfather!"
The grandfather smiled and said, "Jack. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. This coat was the 15 I gave my son a long time ago!"