A pet parrot
From early (16) …childhood. Jane had always wanted a pet parrot. CHILD
Her parents told her that a parrot was an (17)……..……….. pet, but Jane SUIT
insisted. She was worried about the (18) ………..…….. of the DESTROY
rainforests where parrots live, and she felt that parrots needed more
(19) ………..…….. Her father argued that a parrot would suffer from PROTECT
(20) ………..…….. if it lived in a house. He also explained that pet LONELY
parrots are caught by (21) ………..…….. , who need money and don't HUNT
care about protecting species. 'They catch the parrots and send them to
Europe in (22) ……………….. boxes,' he told her. 'And in any case, WOOD
parrots are very (23) ……..……….. and don't make good pets .'Jane soon OBEY
made an interesting (24) …………..….. , however. She found a pet DISCOVER
shop which bred parrots instead of importing them. So she took all her
(25) ………..…….. and bought a tiny parrot, which she called 'Pixie'. SAVE
1. childhood
2. unsuitable
3. destruction
4. protections
5. loneliness
6. hunters
7. wooden
8. disobedient
9. discovery
10. saving
