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　　After her husband had gone to work, Mrs．Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom．She was too 　　1　　 to do any housework that morning, 　　2　　 in the evening she was going to an interesting fancy dress party with her husband．What she 　　3　　 was a terrible genie(妖怪)and as she had made that special dress of hers the night before, she was anxious to try it on．　　4　　 the dress was just a big piece of old cloth which was red, green, black and white, it would be very effective to make her like a red genie．After putting it on, Mrs．Richards went downstairs happily．She wanted to find out 　　5　　 it would be comfortable to wear．

　　Just as Mrs．Richards was entering the dining-room there was a 　　6　　 at the door．She thought that it 　　7　　 be the baker．She had told him to come straight in if she 　　8　　 to open the door and leave the bread on the kitchen table．Now not wanting to 　　9　　 the poor man, Mrs．Richards quickly 　　10　　 in the small storeroom under the stairs．She heard the front door open and a man came in．When Mrs．Richards 　　11　　 that it was the man from the electricity board(供电局)who had come to read the meter, she walked out of the hiding-place on a sudden and tried to explain the matter, saying with a smile, “It's only 　　12　　! It is not 　　13　　 for you to be　　14　　!” But it was too late．The man let out a sharp cry and jumped back several paces．Then he ran away, 　　15　　 the door behind him with great force and noise．