Complete the passage using the words given in the box

Complete the passage using the words given in the box.

The box: stories, wonderful, started, simple, read, anything.

   My hobby is reading. I ............ story books, magazines and newspapers. I read any kind of material that I find interesting. This hobby .......... when I was a little boy. I wanted my parents to read fairy tales and other ........... to me. Then I learnt to read by myself. I started with ........... books. Soon, I could read simple fairy tales and other stories. Now, I read just about ....... that is available. Reading helps me to learn about so many things that I don't know. The ........... things about is that I do not have to learn things in a hard way.