Once there lived a rich man  36  wanted to do something for the people of his to

    Once there lived a rich man  36  wanted to do something for the people of his town. 37 first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.In the center of the main road into the town,he placed 38  very large stone.Then he  39 (hide ) behind a tree and waited.Soon an old man came along with his cow. “Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man,but he did not try to remove the stone.Instead,with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 40 man came along and did the same thing; then another came ,and another.All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove  41 .

     Late in the afternoon a young man came along.He saw the stone, 42  (say) to himself:“The night 43  (be) very dark.Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.” Then he began to move the stone.He pushed and pulled with all his  44 (strong) to move it.How great was his surprise at last!  45  the stone,he found a bag of money.

36.who     37.But    38.a    39.hid    40.Another    41.it    42.saying         

43.will be   44.strength        45.Under