Long, long ago there 1 ___________ (live) a lot of  mice in an old house. There 2 __________ (live) a cat in that  house too. The mice 3 _____________ (be) afraid of the cat but they 4 _________ (not know) what to do. So one day they  all 5 ________ (come) to an old clever mouse & 6 ________ (begin)  7 ____________ (talk) about the cat.“What 8 __________ (can) we do?” they 9 ___________ (say). “The cat 10 _______ (kill) us all.”Suddenly one  little mouse 11 ___________ (say), “Let`s put a  bell round the cat`s neck & we  12 _________ (hear) it.”They  13 _________ (be) all very  glad and they  14 ________ (begin) to dance.Suddenly the clever old mouse 15 ________ (say), “I 16 _________(want) to ask one question. Who 17 ___________ (put) the bell round the cat`s neck?”

1) lived2) lived3) were4) did not know5) came6) began7) to talk/ talking8) can9) said10) will kill11) said12) will hear13) were14) began15) said16) want17) will put