To complete the passage, you'll need to select appropriate words from the box based on context. Here’s a possible completion:

1. (3) **stories**
2. (4) **children's**
3. (5) **everything**
4. (6) **best**

So the completed passage would read:

"I asked my parents to read fairy tales and other **stories** to me. Then I learned to read by myself. I started with **children's** books. Soon, I could read simple fairy tales and other stories. Now, I read just about **everything** that is available. Reading helps me to learn about so many things that I don’t know. The **best** thing about it is that I do not have to learn things in a hard way."