The children (1) (did not go) to school, and Mother spent every day in her room writing stories. Sometimes she managed to sell a story to a magazine, and there (2) __ (were) cakes for tea. The children did not forget the father but they (3)_ (did not talk) about him much as they (4) ( knew) that Mother was unhappy. She (5) (told) them they were poor now. But it (6) (was) difficult to believe as there was enough to eat and they (7) _ ( wore) the same nice clothes. But then there were three wet days, it was very cold. “Can we (8)_ _ ( light) a fire?” asked Bobbie.
“We can’t have fires in June,” said Mother. “Coal (9)_ _ (is) very expensive.”
After tea, Peter told his sisters, “I have an idea. I (10) (will tell) you about it