Direction: Read the passage and fill up the blanks. I have __ (21) __ horse of my own. I call her pretty girl. She is __(22)__ intelligent animal, but she is not __(23)__thoroughbred horse. I could never enter her in __(24)__ race, even if I wanted to. But I do not want to. She is __ (25) __companion, for my own pleasure. I took her swimming __ (26) __day or two ago.

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