“Dear department，I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn（独角兽） in my backyard if I can find one. Please send me a letter in response.” In mid-November, Joyce wrote a letter to the local department of animal care and control with a(n) ____1____ request.
Director Annabelle Bradshaw wrote back a few weeks later with good news. She said the department does in fact license unicorns under certain ____2____ Those include polishing the unicorn’s horn（角）at least once a month，giving it ____3____ access to sunlight, moonlight and rainbows, and feeding it watermelons at least once a week.
____4____ that Joyce would meet all the requirements, Bradshaw sent her a “preapproved unicorn license” for her future pet. “It is always ____5____ to hear from young people who consider providing a loving home to animals.” Bradshaw wrote. She deals with a lot of “emotionally exhausting” issues on the job. So Joyce’s letter has ____6____ brightened her spirits. The first-grader also ____7____ her for wanting to ask permission in the first place, and doing her research to figure out how to go about that.
Joyce’s mother didn’t want to ____8____ her when she asked for a unicorn at first, so advised it might come down to getting approval. Joyce agreed and she ____9____ and an hour later she came back and said, “Will you help me ____10____ this?”
While the letter was received and replied to in a matter of weeks, Joyce thought the license would be a perfect present for her birthday this month.