We had a heavenly day yesterday. We went to Stratford-on-Avon, the place where Shakespeare was born and died. It was a (A) ________ day, for yesterday was April 23rd; that is St. George‘s Day – the saint of England – and that is the day on which Shakespeare was born, and also the day on which he died. Stratford is a very (B) ________ town, right in the centre of England. You can’t get very far from the sea anywhere in England, but Stratford is about the farthest point you can get from it. It’s (C) ________ to think that Shakespeare was born right in the heart of England and in the midst of country that is so typically English. Stratford is quite a (D) ________ town, especially on market day. But it wasn't market day yesterday, so we were able to (E) ________ round comfortably. The first place we went to was Shakespeare’s birthplace, a small house with small rooms in the centre of Stratford. We saw the very room where Shakespeare was born. Lots of people who had visited the house had written their names on the walls. It seemed a wrong thing to do – although (F) ________ the names were Walter Scott, Dickens, Thackeray and Browning. But one of the things I liked best was the garden behind the house, because in it are growing all the flowers, trees and plants that are (G) ________ in Shakespeare’s plays.