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Robert Munsch is an American born Canadian author of children's books. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1945. After graduation, Munsch at first wanted to become a priest (牧师) but then he changed his career path towards writing stories for children. He started off with working at day care centers. In 1975 he decided to move back to Canada. There he worked in the preschool at theUniversity of Guelph in Ontario. He also lectured and then became an assistant professor there in the Department of Family Studies.

Robert Munsch is all about storytelling and that is something he loves most. His illustrative (解说的) style of telling his story attracted the attention of his first audience in 1972. And that was the beginning of his storytelling career. According to Munsch, a perfect story takes 200 tellings in order to become perfect. He can spend days and years perfecting his tale before performing it in front of a larger audience. Robert then started putting his imaginative style on paper and thus became a famous author of children's books.

Munsch's characters are taken from real life; they're the children he meets while storytelling in different places. For example his story Ribbon Rescue was inspired by a girl who came to hear his story wearing a ribbon dress. Another story called Lighthouse was inspired by two children named Amanda and Jeremiah who he met in Pontiac, Michigan. His own children have also played some parts in his stories.

Munsch has written many books which have also been translated into various languages. His first books The Mud Puddle and The Dark were published in 1979. His most notable work is the book Love You Forever, which was published in 1986. This book became an international bestseller.

Robert Munsch is known for his overstated (夸张的) way of storytelling and use of different voices. He repeats a story many times to improve its quality. Some of his books have also been made into animated (动画的) series named A Bunch of Munsch.

21. After graduation, Robert Munsch _____.

A. became a priest

B. set up a day care center

C. decided to take up teaching in a college

D. prepared himself for his desirable career path

22. What does Robert Munsch think of storytelling according to Paragraph 2?

A. It's the perfect job for him.

B. It involves a lot of hard work.

C. It's hard to satisfy the audience.

D. It's easy to be bored with the job.

23. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?

A. Munsch got ideas for his stories from real life.