Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Use each word ONLY ONCE.
barn – cottage – crops – farm – fence – fields – forest – mountain – pond – wildlife
I grew up in the countryside, in a small village at the bottom of a . We lived in a small next to a dark with tall trees. I loved living so close to nature. My father worked on a just outside our village, and sometimes I would help him look after the in the . The farm had a with chickens in it where I used to go and collect fresh eggs. We even had names for the chickens, who were like family pets.
We had a big garden where my sister and I loved to play. It had a around it so nobody could get in, and a small that was home to fish, and other . In the summer, we sometimes slept out there, looking up at the stars.
Sadly, there were no universities near my village, so when I was nineteen, I moved to the city to study law. Now that I am an adult with a successful job in the city, I only return to the village once a year to visit my parents. Although I am happy with my life now, I still miss living so close to nature.