Read the dialogue below and fill in the gaps with the correct words from the box.
Smells listen box say noise bees surprising
SURPRISES IN THE POST OFFICE
(Zena and Susan work at the post office. They are busy sorting parcels. It’s Susan’s first day.)
SUSAN: This parcel (1) smells, Mrs Lazarus.
ZENA: Call me Zenna, Susan.
SUSAN: Yes … Zena … Something’s written on it. What does it (2) ________ ?
ZENA: It says: ‘ This parcel contains six mice’.
SUSAN: Aw! Isn’t that awful, Zena! Poor animals!
ZENA: And (3) ____________, Susan! What’s in this sack?
SUSAN: It’s making a strange hissing (4) __________.
SACK: (hisses) Sssssssssssssssss!
SUSAN: Zena! It’s a sack of snacks!
ZENA: So it is! … And what do you think’s in this (5) _________ , Susan?
SUSAN: It’s making a buzzing sound.
BOX: (buzzes) Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
SUSAN: Those are (6) __________ !
ZENA: A parcel of mice … and a sack of snakes … and a box of bees. What do you think about this, Susan, on your first day in the parcels office? Isn’t it (7) ____________?
SUSAN: Amazing! This isn’t a post office. It’s a zoo.
