阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

    One day a man （buy）a lot of coconuts（椰子）and put them all on his horse. He was moving（it）to his friends' house. the way, the man met a boy. “How long would it take（get）to the house?" he asked the boy.

    "If you go （slow）, "the boy said, "you will get there very soon.  if you go fast, it will take you all day. ”

    "What a funny answer!" said the man. He did not（listen）to the boy. He made his horse run as fast as possible. Some coconuts fell off. He had to stop （pick）them up. Then he made his horse run fast again. But the coconuts fell off again, and he stopped again.

    He did this many （time）, and it was night when he finally got to his （friends）house.