Farmer ____ and his wife, _____, don't have a ___ __ _____. The summer is very ___ and ___. Most of their corn is _____. But Mabel wants a ___ ___.
"We don't have ______ money," Farmer John says.
"You could sell your old _______," Mabel says.
"I need that old tractor to ____ the _____, Mabel," Farmer John says. "Maybe we can get a new car ____ ____."
"But I need a new car now!" Mabel says.
"Sorry," Farmer John says.
They are both _____. It's getting late.
"We need eggs for _________ tomorrow," Mabel says. "Go get some for me, John." Farmer John goes outside.
There are only three eggs in the _______ ____. But one is different. "Oh my goodness!" Farmer John yells. "Mabel! Come here!"
Mabel enters the chicken coop. "What is it, John?" she asks. "Why are you yelling?"
"I think this egg is ____ __ ____," Farmer John says. He _____ it to her.
"Oh my!" Mabel says. "It's so _____." She taps the egg hard on the chicken coop wall. It doesn't _____. "I think you're right, John. This is a ______ ___. Now we can buy a very ____ ___!"
"We have to __ _______, Mabel," Farmer John says. "Let's go in the _____."
Mabel and Farmer John sit down. The ______ ___ is on the table.
"Let's wait until tomorrow before we do anything," Farmer John says. "I want to see if that chicken lays another golden egg." They go to bed.
In the morning, there is _______ golden egg in the chicken coop.
"Oh, John!" Mabel screams. "We could move to a much nicer house with this chicken." She picks up the chicken and ______ it. "We could be ____________, John!"
"Just think," Farmer John says. "We will be rich by the end of the week."
"John!" Mabel whispers. "I know how we can get all the eggs right ___! We don't have to wait."
"How?" Farmer John asks.
"We can ____ the chicken," Mabel says. "Then, we can take all the ______ ____ at once!"
So Farmer John _____ the chicken. But there are no golden eggs inside it.
"Oh no!" Mabel _______. "Where are all the golden eggs?"
"I guess we should have waited," Farmer John says. "Now, we won't get _______ golden eggs."
Mabel starts to cry. "We'll never be ____________," she says. "Why do bad things always happen to us?"
"Bad things happen when people are ______," Farmer John says.