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There once was an old woman who (1) in a shoe. This must have been very cramped and difficult because living (2) a shoe is not very comfortable, I expect. One day, she went out and there (3) some children playing in the street nearby where she lived. They began shouting (4) her. "You silly old woman, why do you live in a shoe?", they shouted, and other things like that. They were very insulting (5) the old woman.

I don't know why the old woman had to live in a shoe, but she (6) have been very poor, and it was not nice to (7) fun of the poor woman because she was so hard up that she had nowhere (8) to live. But children can be very cruel sometimes, and this case was (9) exception. However, on this occasion the old woman didn't just (10) their insults meekly, but became very angry and, shouting "I will teach you a (11)", she chased them with a cane.

Based on a children's nursery rhyme:

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread,
Then whipped them all soundly
And put them to bed. 

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