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This happened in a third-grade classroom. Jim sat 1 his desk and all of a sudden, there was a
puddle(一滩水) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet. He felt his heart was going to
stop. He knew 2 would happen when his classmates found out. He looked up and there came the
teacher with 3 look in her eyes that said he 4 (discover).
As the teacher was walking towards 5 , a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full
of water to her desk. Suddenly, Susie tripped (绊倒) and, 6 (strange), dumped the whole bowl of
water in Jim's lap. He pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his heart, "Thank
you!"
Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule (嘲笑). The teacher brought him gym shorts to
put on. All the others crawled(爬) on their hands and knees, 7 (clean) up around his desk. But 8
life would have it, the ridicule that should have been his had been transferred (转移) to Susie. She tried
to help, 9 they told her to leave the room 10 school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and
whispered, "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"
Susie whispered back, "I wet my trousers once, too!"
