One day, a father and his son were walking with their horse. An old man saw them and said, “You____(suppose) to ride a horse, not to walk it!” The father then put his son on the horse.

    Soon they passed a group of people,____said, “That's a lazy boy! He gets to ride the horse while his father walks.” The father decided to take his son off and get on the horse himself.____they kept going, they came upon two ____ (passer-by). One said, “You are a ____ (self) man! Your son has to walk while you get to ride!” The man then reached down and put his son on the horse with him.____ a while, they entered a town. Everyone started to laugh at them,____ (say), “You are too heavy for that horse!” The father and his son didn't know what____(do).

    Finally, they decided to carry the horse. When they came to a bridge, the horse____(fall) to the water. “If you try to please____ ,” the father told his son, “in the end, you will please no one.” Then they went home.