Once there lived a rich man    1    wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted     2    (find) out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed     3    very large stone. Then he    4     (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.     5     man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove    6    . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone,     7    (say) to himself: “The night    8    (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed     9     pilled with all his strength to move it. How great was his surprise at last!     10     the stone, he found a bag of money.

2 . Two little children were sitting by the fire one cold winter night. Suddenly, they heard a knock at the door. “Who can it be?” they wondered. One ran     1    (curious) to open it. There, outside in the cold and the darkness, stood a child     2     no shoes on his feet and clad in old thin garments. He     3    (tremble) with cold, and he asked to come in and warm himself.

“Yes, come,” cried both the children. They drew the little stranger to their warm seat, shared their supper with him, and gave him their bed, and they slept on     4     hard bench.

On the night, they were awakened by sweet music,    5     was played by a band of children in shining garments. Suddenly the strange child stood before     6    : no longer cold and ragged, but clad in silvery light. He said, “I am the Christ Child,    7    (wander) through the world to bring peace and     8     (happy) to good children as you. As you have helped me so much, this tree will give rich fruit to you every year.”

    9     he was saying that, he broke a branch from the tree that grew near the door, and planted it in the ground and disappeared. But the branch grew     10     a great tree, and every year it bore wonderful golden fruit for the kind children.