Tom saw the   17   bird several times, and she got more comfortable around him. We quickly grew   18   of the bird and decided to call her Mildred.

　　One day, as Tom was working, Mildred came within a few feet of him to watch. Tom  19  he didn't see her and kept working to see what she would do next.

　　Apparently, she didn't like to be   20   . She'd run up and peck (啄) at Tom's hands, then  21   off to see what he would do. This went on for about 20 minutes, until Mildred became tired of the   22   and left.

　　As spring went and summer came, Mildred started to   23   more and more often.   24  Mildred felt comfortable enough to jump up on Tom's leg and stay long enough for me to get a   25   of the two of them together. This friendly grouse soon felt   26   not just with our family, but with anybody who walked or drove by.

　　When hunting season opened, we put a   27   at the end of our driveway asking   28  not to shoot our pet grouse. My father, who lived down the road,   29   warned people not to shoot her.   30   . hunters would stop and take pictures, because they had never seen anything like her.

　　. A. interesting           B. reasonable         C. impossible        D. unusual

　　. A. though               

　　B. because             C. unless               D. until

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