story joke

One morning, one of the
Witch's friends
1
 to visit.
When she looked around the room, she
said "Your house is ugly. My house is
2
 than yours, and the walls
are bigger." The Witch was very angry
when she heard this and
3
,
"Get out of my house! and don't ever
come back here!"
 After her friend left, the Witch
4
 her house and she said to
herself, "my friend was right. My house
looks ugly and the paint is faded. I have
to repaint it. Then she
5
 the
shop and bought a can of paint. After
lunch she
6
 to paint, and she
worked very carefully. In the afternoon
she
7
 the lower part of her
house. When she wanted to start the
upper part she
8
 that she
couldn't reach it. That she got an idea.
"I will use my magic broom!"
 She shouted, "Broom, turn into
9
 and paint my walls!"
 Suddenly the broom turned into a
paint brush and
10
 to paint
the upper walls. It worked very fast,
and in ten minutes all job was done.
The Witch was very happy.
Taken from 366 and More Fairy Tales, 1997