regular and irregular verb practice (

One day little Ella  (ask) her father to take her to the sea. Her father  (be) happy not to be alone all day and so he  (agree). Early the next morning they  (get) up,  (have) breakfast and  (go) to sea. Ella  (like) the clear blue sky with the red shading of the rising sun and the transparent blue water of the sea. From her father’s boat she  (see) many small fishes swimming here and there. Her father  (be) busy with the net and Ella  (be) all to herself. Looking into the water she  (see) one little fish that  (be) very like her pet fish Tommy. “Good morning Mr. Fish”, Ella  (say). “Why are you so sad?” The fish  (look) at Ella with its eyes full of tears. “I am sad because I do not have friends. Other fishes don’t want to play with me because I look different from them and they do not like me.” “You look just like my pet goldfish Tommy!” the little girl  (say). “Don’t cry, tomorrow I will take it with me.” The following day Ella  (ask) her father to take her to the sea again. This time she  (take) Tommy the fish with her. When they  (come) to the same place Ella  (let) Tommy the fish out into the sea. Tommy  (be) very happy to have a new friend and the little sad fish  (be) not sad any more.

Two fishes  (swim) and  (play) all day long. In the evening Ella  (want) to take Tommy home, but Tommy the fish  (not/want) to leave his new friend alone so it  (ask) Ella to stay for one night. Ella  (not/want) to leave Tommy but she  (not/want) the little fish to be sad again either, so she (agree). The next morning she  (see) a strange thing. Tommy and the little fish  (find) (here better would be to use had found but the exercise requires Past Simple only) a chest on the bottom of the sea and  (bring) (here better would be to use had found but the exercise requires Past Simple only)  it to Ella’s father boat. So now Ella’s family  (be) rich. They  (be) very happy and  (take) the little fish to live together with them.