Philip is a school boy. On his twelfth birthday， he decided to give up eating (1) ______ “I don’t think it’s right to eat animals， ”he said. “They live on the Earth just like us and they are our friends. ”Philip s parents were not happy about that.  “You are a growing boy， ”his mother said.“You need meat. Don t you want to become healthier and (2) ______ ?”
    His mother put some (3) ______ ， rice and carrots in front of him. “I want you to eat all your food now，” she said. “Don’t (4) ______ anything.” Philip didn’t want to make his mother sad. But he ate only the rice and the carrots touching the beef.
    “You’re a silly boy! ”said his father (5) ______ . “I’m getting very angry with you. ”
    “I m sorry， Mum and Dad， ”answered Philip. “I don t want you to be sad or angry. (6) ______ I really don’t want to eat any meat. ”
    “Then have some fish，dear， ”said his mother.
    “Oh no， I can’t! ”cried Philip. “Fish are living things too. ”“Well， you can’t have (7) ______ to eat at all if you don t eat any meat or fish， ”said his father.
    The next morning Philip got up hungry. His father walked to the (8) ______ with him and asked to see the teacher. 
    “Is this what you teach the students at school? ”he asked the teacher. “Philip (9) ______ to eat meat at home. He doesn t listen to what I say. ”
    “I don’t agree with Philip， ”replied the teacher. “But I think he’s (10) ______ to do what he thinks is right. We teach the students to do that. ”