Lord Ye’s Love of Dragons
Long ago, there was a person. People c___1___ him Lord Ye(叶公). It was said that Lord Ye liked dragons very much. E___2__ in his room was about dragons. The walls of his house had dragon p___3__. The doors and windows were carved(雕刻)with them.
‘I love dragons best,’ Lord Ye always said to o__4___ people.
When the real dragon in heaven(天堂)heard this, he f__5___ very happy.
‘Lord Ye loves dragons so much. I should v___6___ him and thank him,’ said the real dragon. So he f__7_ to Lord Ye’s house. He put his head into Lord Ye’s window and shouted, ‘Lord Ye, are you in?’
You might think Lord Ye was very h__8__ to see a real dragon. But, in fact, when he saw the real dragon, he was very frightened and ran a__9___ as fast as he could.
From then on, people knew that Lord Ye o___10___ loved pictures of dragons, but not real dragons.