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My little brother is fond of instruments. Recently, our father has bought him a toy tool kit. There were [a|—]nice red scissors and [—|a]amusing blue pliers in the set. When I was a child, I loved getting [a|—]toy furniture as a present. All my furniture [were|was]made of wood because my parents were aware of the harm of plastic. Every time I asked for [a|—]plastic chair or bed in the toy shop, they refused to buy them. They said that when I grew up and could earn my own money, I would spend[them|it]on whatever I wanted.

I was angry and upset, but when I grew older, I read [—|a]something that changed my attitude towards my parents' position. There [were|was]some news in a newspaper with pictures of the ocean polluted with many plastic things. They wrote that today, no [equipment|equipments]can recycle all types of plastic. Toys [is|are]made of mixed plastics that are non-recyclable.

That is why I was so happy my little brother got such a useful wooden tool kit as a present.