It was already after lunchtime and there were few people in the restaurant.A young waiter was busy （1）

cleaning

cleaning

（clean） a table in the restaurant when a good-looking man went in with a little boy.
    The man asked the waiter to （2）

prepare

prepare

/pr??pe?（r）/ lunch for them.They seemed so hungry（3）

that

that

the waiter did it at once.Very soon，eggs，meat，chicken and other food were put on the table before them. "Help yourselves，please." said the waiter （4）

politely

politely

（polite）.
   They had almost eaten up all the things when the man told the waiter that he would like to go to the shop nearby to buy him a present to show his （5）

thanks

thanks

（thank）.And the man told the boy that he would be back in ten minutes.The waiter kept bringing dishes on the table while the boy still sat there eating.Ten minutes passed and （6）

another

another

ten minutes passed.But the man didn't （7）

return

return

/r??t??n/.
   The waiter could not keep quiet any longer by this time and asked the boy（8）

why

why

his father did not come back.The small boy （9）

stopped

stopped

/st?pt/ and answered， "He is not my father at all.I happened to meet him on the street and he asked me whether I'd like to have a rich lunch.I agreed and followed him here（10）

for

for

a meal without pay."