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1. O’Henry was a famous American writer who wrote short stories. His characters were ordinary people struggling with everyday problems, but his stories are sure to cheer you up. He wrote about millionaires who 1___________ away their money, criminals who broke 2_________ , young girls who went 3__________ to a big city hoping to fulfil their dreams.

2. O’Henry was a famous American writer who wrote short stories. His characters were ordinary people struggling with everyday problems, but his stories are sure to cheer you up. He wrote about millionaires who 1___________ away their money, criminals who broke 2_________ , young girls who went 3__________ to a big city hoping to fulfil their dreams.

3. O’Henry was a famous American writer who wrote short stories. His characters were ordinary people struggling with everyday problems, but his stories are sure to cheer you up. He wrote about millionaires who 1___________ away their money, criminals who broke 2_________ , young girls who went 3__________ to a big city hoping to fulfil their dreams.

4 All his characters had to go 4__________ a lot.

5. Some managed to change their life for the better, some had to give 5________ , but they did not lose their passion for life and demonstrated the best human qualities.

My favourite story is about Jimmy Valentine, who used to be a burglar and went to prison for breaking 6_________ bank safes.

7. Having been released, he went 7________ doing the same thing.

8. The police started looking 8_________ him again.

9. However, by the time they found him, Jimmy had already given 9_______ his dangerous business.

10. He had fallen in love and was going 10____________ with a girl from a noble and respected family

11.When he met her, Jimmy promised himself that he would make her happy and look 11__________ her for the rest of his life.

12. One day, his fiancée’s niece locked herself up in a safe. Nobody could help her and the girl was running of air. Jimmy broke into the safe and saved the girl. He knew he was 12______ himself away, but he did not care – the life of the little girl was more important. Then Jimmy saw a police detective who, he knew, had come to arrest him. However, the detective did not do what he had planned. He pretended that he did not recognize Jimmy and went away.