Hank lived in a small town, but then he got a job in a big city and moved there with his wife and his two children.

On the first Saturday in their new home, Hank took his new red car out of the garage and was washing it when a neighbor came by. When he saw Hank's new car, the neighbor stopped and looked at it for a minute. Then Hank turned and saw him.

The neighbor said, "That's a nice car. Is it yours?" "Sometimes," Hank answered.

The neighbor was surprised. "Sometimes?" he said. "What do you mean?"

"Well," answered Hank slowly, “when there's a party in town, it belongs to my daughter, Jane. When there's a football game somewhere, it belongs to my son, Joe. When I've washed it, and it looks really nice and clean, it belongs to my wife. And when it needs gas, it's mine."

A    Answer these questions:

1. What was Hank doing when the neighbor stopped outside his house?
2. What did he say to Hank?
3. When did the car belong to Hank's daughter?
4. When did it belong to his son?
5. When did it belong to his wife?
6. And when did it belong to Hank?

B    Do this puzzle:

Across:

6. One of Hank's _____ watched him clean his car.

7. Hank's car belonged to _______ when it needed gas.

10. Don't drive too fast, or you'll get into______ with the police.

13. Don't be careless; be _________ when you drive a car.

Down:

1. How many cars did Hank and his family have?

2. When people come to visit us, we call them _______.

3. Jane used the car when ______ went to parties.

4. Joe wanted the car to go to ______ games.

5. What did the neighbor _________ Hank first? His first question was, "Is that car yours?"

8. ________ and Mrs. Hank Smith have two children.

9. Mr. Smith is not mean. He is a very _______ man.

11. Hank always takes his coat _______ before he starts to wash the car.

12. We see with our two _______.

C     Write this story. Put one of these words in each blank space:

car    children    clean    daughter    game    garage    gas    party    son    washed

Hank was Jane and Joe's father, so Jane was his ________, and Joe was his _____. They were his two ______.

Jane took the family's red _______ when she wanted to go to a _______, and Joe took it when he wanted to go to a football ________.

Hank's wife took it when it was nice and _______, and Hank took it when it needed _________. He also took it out of the ___________ and _______ it every Saturday.