Childhood is a time when there are few responsibil...

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, what he may do, It is __1__improbable that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in turn. In addition, __2__life is always presenting new things to the child—things that have lost their interesting for older people because __3__they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snow.His first visit to the seaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains:He is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks old people do; he is continually being told not to do things, __4__or being punished for that he has done wrong. __5__

His life is therefore not longer perfectly happy.__6__When the young man starts to earn his own living, he becomes free from the discipline of school and parents;but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities.He can not longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortable. If he spends most of his time playing about in __7__the way that he used to as a child, he will suffer hungry. __8__And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, therefore, __9__he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health,he can have the great happiness of seeing himself making __10__steady progress in his job and of building up for himself his own position in society