Long long ago, there ______ a poor man. He had ______ orange tree in his garden. ______ the tree there were many fine oranges. One day he ______ one of his oranges was much bigger than ______. The poor man ______ the orange to the king. The king ______ very happy. He gave the poor man ______ money. A rich man heard of it. He said to himself, “It’s only an orange. Why did the king give so much money for it? I’ll ______ my gold cup to the king. He’ll give me more money.”

The next day, when the king got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, “______ a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful. Please take this orange.”

One day, a lion _____ a fine young horse and wanted _____ her. But the horse was very _____ and he could not catch her.

Then the lion _____ to tell the animals that he was a good doctor and could cure any illness. The horse was clever. She understood everything and decided to teach the lion a good _____.

So one day when the lion was near the horse, she asked _____ to look at her hoof. Of course, he was very glad _____ so. The horse raised one of her _____ from the ground. When the lion looked at her hoof, she kicked him _____ the head. The lion fell _____ the ground. The horse laughed and ran away.

It was a cold day ______ winter. A farmer found a snake on his _______ home. It was nearly (几乎) dead with ______. The farmer was very kind. He put it carefully ______ his warm clothes and ______ it to his house. Soon the snake began to move, but it raised (抬起) ______ head and tried to ______ the farmer. “Oh,” said the farmer, “I saved your life, ______ you thank me like this! You ______ die the sooner the better!” ______ he killed the snake with a stone.