One day Eric was traveling on horseback．At noon，he tied his horse to a （41） 　　．A few minutes later，Paul came along and tied his horse to the same tree．

"My horse is wild，"said Eric．"Please tie your horse to another tree，（42） 　　my horse will kill yours．"

"No way!"Paul said，"I shall tie my horse as I like!"He tied up his horse and had his

（43） 　　nearby．After a moment they heard a terrible noise．The two horses were（44） 　　．They ran up to them，but it was too （45） 　　．Paul's horse was killed．"See what your horse has done!You'll have to（46） 　　it，"shouted Paul．And he brought Eric before Mr．Know．

Mr．Know asked Eric some questions．But Eric said （47） 　　．At last Mr．Know said，"This man cannot speak．"

"He can!"Paul said（48） 　　．"He talked to me when I met him．"

"Are you （49） 　　？"asked Mr．Know．"What did he say？"

"He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse．"

"Oh，"said Mr．Know．"So he （50） 　　you．Then can you expect to get money from him？"

Paul had to leave silently．

41．A．tree	B．stone	C．window
42．A．so	B．and	C．or
43．A．breakfast	B．lunch	C．supper
44．A．fighting	B．eating	C．sleeping
45．A．strange	B．late	C．heavy
46．A．wait for	B．look for	C．pay for
47．A．something	B．nothing	C．everything
48．A．happily	B．shyly	C．angrily
49．A．sure	B．afraid	C．sorry
50．A．thanked	B．warned	C．followed．