It happened in a very cold _________ . One day a farmer was on his way ________. Suddenly, he saw a snake lying on the __________  almost frozen to death. "Poor snake! Let me _________your life!”said the farmer. Then he put the snake under his coat, next to his warm body.

A few minutes _________ , the snake came back to life. The farmer did not get any signs of thanks for saving the snake's life.________ the snake bit the farmer and left. "Poor me! Why did I save the life of a cold-blooded snake?"_______  the dying farmer.

It is a sunny morning.________________________________________________________

A dog has a piece of meat in his mouth. As he is ______________ on a small bridge, he looks down and ______________ himself in water. He thinks it is another dog. That dog also has a piece of meat in his mouth. He says to ______________, "I want to get his meat. Then I can have two pieces of meat." He opens his mouth to bark and his ______________ goes down into the water. At last, he has nothing. He is______________.

One day a rich man wanted to sell some goods（物品）in another town and buy some things there. He decided to ____ ten servants（仆人）with him. They would carry the goods and also some ____ to eat on their way. The rich man said to ____ of his servants,“Ali, you are the ____ and the weakest one. You may ____ the lightest load （担子）to carry.”Ali thanked him and chose the ____ load. It was their food-bread. The rich man said,“How foolish（愚蠢）you are! That's the heaviest one.”But Ali was ____ to lift it up. And so they set off. Four hours ____ they stopped for a rest. They all ____ some of the bread. Then there was ____ bread for Ali to carry. Each time they ate some, the load became smaller and lighter. At last the clever servant had nothing to carry.