It was a rainy, windy October afternoon. Garth stood outside his house with a wide smile. This was ___1___  weather for testing his new invention—Umbrella Hat. He could hardly wait to see whether it could keep the rain off. He carefully ___2___ the hat on his head and started walking ___3___ along the street. It worked!

Suddenly, three boys in his neighborhood appeared and ___4___ him. Todd, the biggest one, pulled his Umbrella Hat off his head.

“What’s THIS?” he asked.

“It’s an Umbrella Hat. You can wear it on rainy days and…” Garth said.

The boys ___5___, “Will anyone wear that stupid thing?” Todd threw the hat onto the ground and they ran off.

Garth picked up his Umbrella Hat from the ground in tears. “Maybe Todd was ___6___ …in reality, who would ever need his invention?” He lowered his head and thought to himself.

Suddenly he ___7___ and saw a lady looking at him. “I was just leaving my house ___8___ I saw you and those boys. Are you okay?”

Then she saw the ___9___ Umbrella Hat and asked, “Er… what’s that?”

“It’s my Umbrella Hat. I thought of it and made it myself…” answered Garth.

“What a creative ___10___ you have! Don’t ever let stupid boys put you down! Keep inventing and one day you will ___11___ something really great!” said the lady.

“And you have given me a wonderful ___12___,” she continued, “I have a gadget (小器具) shop—Gadgets4U—and I’d like to hold a ___13___ to find the best young gadget inventor in our town. I will display (展示) three best inventions in my shop. I’m sure you will have a(n) ___14___ of winning a prize.”

Garth was very ___15___. Gadgets4U was one of his favorite places and the thought of having his invention displayed in that wonderful place was too exciting for words. He suddenly felt much better and could already feel lots of new ideas coming out, waiting to spring into life!