

Read the following passage and fill in the blank with a suitable word.
When I was (1) .................... three years old, I went to the post office with my mother (2) .................... she was going to buy some stamps. While she was (3) .................... served, I happened to see a stocking (4) .................... was hanging (5) .................... the counter. It was there (6) .................... collect contributions for charity for (7) .................... blind, while my mother turned her (8) .................... to me, I (9) .................... the stocking and emptied (10) .................... contents into my coat pocket. Of course, I was (11) .................... young to know any better. When everybody realized (12) .................... I had done. They laughed loudly. My mother (13) .................... emptied the money back into the stocking. One of the clerks (14) .................... was an amateur cartoonist drew a picture of me robbing an old lady. They hang the picture in the post office (15) .................... the next few years.
When I was (1) .................... three years old, I went to the post office with my mother (2) .................... she was going to buy some stamps. While she was (3) .................... served, I happened to see a stocking (4) .................... was hanging (5) .................... the counter. It was there (6) .................... collect contributions for charity for (7) .................... blind, while my mother turned her (8) .................... to me, I (9) .................... the stocking and emptied (10) .................... contents into my coat pocket. Of course, I was (11) .................... young to know any better. When everybody realized (12) .................... I had done. They laughed loudly. My mother (13) .................... emptied the money back into the stocking. One of the clerks (14) .................... was an amateur cartoonist drew a picture of me robbing an old lady. They hang the picture in the post office (15) .................... the next few years.