B4

Many people think that they can write ...................... They would like to be writers.

 STORY

B5

Then they send ..................... to magazines.

 THEY

B6

When the magazines ..................... to publish their works, these people become angry.

 NOT WAIT

B7

A lady once ..................... a long story. She sent it to a famous editor.  

 WRITE

B8

After a few weeks the story ..................... to her. The lady was angry. That was her letter to the editor:

 RETURN

B9

'Dear Sir: Yesterday you sent back my story. How do you know that the story ..................... good? You did not read it.

 NOT BE

B10

Before I sent you the story, I ..................... together pages 18, 19 and 20.

 PASTE

B11

This was a test to see if you ..................... the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were still pasted together.

 READ

B12

Do you read all the stories that ..................... to you in such a way?'

The editor answered: 'Dear Madam: At breakfast when I open an egg I don't have to eat all the egg to understand that it is bad.'

 SEND