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(1)‘I want this rabbit, Mum!’ – Andy pointed to a cage with white, black, and grey rabbits. (2)It was a large pet shop and there were cages with birds, hamsters, (MOUSE), and rats.
(3)The aquariums along the walls (DECORATE) with stones, shells and real and artificial plants. (4)Lots of bright fish made them look very colourful.
(5)‘No, Andy, we can’t take it now. (6)I don’t think our flat is big enough to house all the animals you want to have. (7)We (BUY) you a tortoise a year ago. (8)Isn’t that enough?’
(9)‘But the tortoise is boring! (10)It (SLEEP) twenty hours a day.
(11)And it (NOT/WANT) to play with me.’ (12)Andy was very upset.
(13)‘And the rabbit is cute. (14)Look, it (EAT) the grass! (15)It’s funny, isn’t it?
(16)If you let me have this rabbit, I (GIVE) my tortoise to Tom.’
(17)‘I don’t think it’s a good idea,’ replied his mother. (18)‘Pets are not toys. (19)They are alive and you can’t give them to another person that easily. (20)Your tortoise has got used to living with (WE).’
(21)‘OK. (22)Fine.’ (23)Five-year-old Andy thought that his mother (BE) probably right. (24)The tortoise could not compete with the rabbit but it was his tortoise after all.
By that time people didn't know, that the planet was round. He decided to sail west and find the misterious land - India. He was very interested in it. So he started to sail west but didn't reach India. Instead of it he arrived in central part of the continent which was later called America. Now we all know that he discovered America - the continent which was called after him.