Reading is pleasure of the (11) , which means that it is a little like a sport : your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is (12) you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination (13) the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or (14) conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his. As a result of reading, you will become better, wiser, (15) , or more gentle.