Gold coins and a selfish man

Sam was a greedy and selfish man. He always wanted to have lots of money and ________ hesitated (犹豫) to cheat (欺骗) others to make money. Also, he never wished to ________ anything with others. He paid very low wages to his workers. However, one day, he learned a lesson that changed his life forever.

It happened that one day, a small bag that belonged to Sam was ________. The bag had 50 gold coins in it. Sam searched high and low for the bag, but could not find it. Sam’s friends and neighbors also joined in the search, but all their efforts were ________.

After several days, the ten-year-old ________ of a man working for Sam found the bag. She told her father about it. Her father thought the bag might be the one that was missing, and at once ________ to take it to his master. He gave the bag back to Sam, and asked him to check whether the bag had 50 gold coins. Sam was happy to ________ the coins, but he decided to play a _______. He shouted at his worker, “There were 75 gold coins in this bag but you gave me only 50! “________ are the other coins? You have stolen them!” The worker was shocked to hear this and tried to explain. Selfish and greedy, Sam did not ________ the worker’s words, and decided to take him to court (法庭).

The judge heard both sides. He asked the daughter and the worker about the number of coins they had found in the bag, and they were ________ it was only 50. But Sam said, “I had 75 gold coins in my ________, and they gave me only 50. It is quite obvious (明显的) that they have stolen 25 coins!” The judge then asked, “Are you sure your bag had 75 coins?” Sam nodded.

The judge then made his judgment. “________ Sam lost a bag of 75 gold coins and the bag found by the girl had only 50 coins, it is obvious that the bag that was found does not belong to Sam. It was lost by someone else. If ________ person finds a bag of 75 gold coins, I will pronounce that it belongs to Sam. As there is no owner of the bag, I order the girl and her father to take those 50 coins as an award for their ________!”