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A few weeks ago, I found a perfect pair of shoes waiting for me at the store. They were green, blue, red and white, with just the right style. I could actually hear them calling ____— “Leila, Leila, Leila!”

“Mom!” I pointed at the ____ shoes. “Those are exactly the ones I need! Can I have them? Please?”

“Let’s see how ____ they are,” said Mom.

My heart broke when we saw the price —$ 100! I knew Mom would ____ buy them.

“I only have $25,” I ____ what I was going to do.

Autumn was surely here. The days were ____, and the leaves were falling from the trees. I was looking out of the window one afternoon, watching the leaves falling in the yard. Suddenly I got a(n) ____. I rushed downstairs.

“Mom,” I called into the living room. “I think I know ____ I can make money to buy those shoes!”

Mom looked up from her book. “And how’s that, Leila?”

“People want their ____ clean and tidy. I can rake(耙) leaves for them.”

A smile slowly spread across Mom’s face. “Now that’s a good idea!”

Each week, I ____ leaves in people’s yards and put them in waste bins. It took five ____ of hard work. I raked leaves until I got blisters(水疱) on my hands. My coats and trousers got dirty, but I didn’t ____. As time went by, I was getting closer to my goal. In the end, I got enough ____.

The big day finally came. Mom drove me to the store, and I walked ____ into the shoe store. I found the shoes I’d wanted so much and tried them on in my size. They ____ me perfectly! I finally had the exact shoes I wanted!