In ancient times, a King had a big stone placed on aroadway. He then hid himself behind a tree and watched to see if anyone would1 the stone out of the way. Some rich men and anofficial (官员) came by and just2 walked around it.
Many people wished the King to keep the roads3 again, but none of them did anything to getthe stone4 the way.
There a/an5 came along. He was carrying some vegetables.When he reached the stone, he6 his vegetables and tried to push the stone outof the road. After much pushing and pulling, he finally7.
After the farmer went back to pick up his vegetables, henoticed a purse (钱包), lying on the road where the8 had been.
Inside the purse, there was9 money and a paper from the King, "The10 is for the person who gets the stone out ofthe roadway."
