Задание

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Andrew Brown loves horses. He loves cowboy boots and red bandannas, and he especially 20.___________ (ADORE) stories about the Old West and cowboys named Dusty and Smokey Joe. Andrew has always wanted to become a cowboy. Instead, he 21.___________ (BE) a librarian.

He thinks about how unlucky he is every morning, while he 22.___________ (DRESS UP) and putting on his polka-dot bow tie and spectacles. Then, he picks up a bag and umbrella and drives a little grey car to the Mayfair Public Library on Azalea Street. Here he spends his days among quiet voices and books, thinking "I wish I 23.___________ (RIDE) horses in the West…"

It isn't that Andrew doesn't love books, he surely does. He thinks the smell of books is very pleasant, and he loves to see how the books 24.___________ (PLACE) on the shelves in a rainbow of colours. But more than anything, he loves what 25.___________ (THIS) books hold between their covers, especially when just turning a page can take him to Dodge City or the plains of Wyoming.

Andrew often wonders what life 26.___________ (LOOK) like if he weren't a librarian, if he were a cowboy. He wouldn't drive a small, grey car to Azalea Street from Monday to Friday; he would ride 27.___________ (HE) horse to feed cattle on the field. He wouldn't see dull 28.___________ (PERSON) and listen to their whispering voices, he would be free and alone with horses, cattle and the nature of the West!

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