Joe Biggs was a butcher （肉商） in a village．He worked in it for many years while his father was there．Then when his father
(1) the age of 65，he stopped working．Joe was alone in it，so he had to work
(2) Joe worked five and a half days a week．His shop
(3) at one o'clock in Thursday，and it was shut
(4) of Sunday．Saturdays were the
(5) day．
Most of Joe's
(6) came to his shop from the nearest town．However，sometimes he got up earlier
(7) and drove into the city to choose meat．It was cheaper there．
Joe had a big refrigerator in his shop，but he tried not to buy too much meat
(8) ，and to sell it
(9) he bought more．
One day a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one．"I'm
(10) ，I'm late．"she said，"
(11) some people have just phoned to say that they are going to
(12) tonight，and I need some meet．"Joe only had
(13) of good meat He had sold
(14) earlier in the day．He took the piece out and said，"This is 6.5 pounds．"
"That piece is too
(15) ，"the woman said，"Haven't you got anything bigger？"Joe went into the room behind his shop，opened the refrigerator，
(16) the piece of meat into it，took
(17) out again and shut the door of the refrigerator
(18) ．
Then he brought the piece back to the woman and said，"This piece is bigger and
(19) It's 8.75 pounds．"
"Good，"the woman said with a smile，"Give me
(20) of them．"