Farmer Pitt met Jane when they were both young. He determined to ask Jane (1. marry)
___________________ him. After getting married, Pitt tried (2. get) _________________ up early every
morning to milk the cow so that Jane could sleep late. Everything went smoothly until they decided (3. increase)
____________________ their profits by buying some hens. A fox came and tried to eat their hens. Jane
persuaded her husband (4. buy) _____________________ a gun, but this couldn't (5. help) ________________,
for the fox was so fast. They even let the fox (6. eat) ________________________ other foods, but this didn't
seem (7. work) _____________________. Eventually, they asked around for help, and one of the neighbors
advised them (8. try) ________________________ putting tiger dung on the ground. They hoped that tiger
dung would make the fox (9. stay) _______________________ away from their only chicken left. Pitt had his
wife (10. buy) _____________________ some tiger dung at a nearby shop, and they never saw the fox again.