Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant. He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time, when the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did. He wanted to punish him, but he didn't get any proof(证据).
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison(毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care." With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that was not true. After the rich man was away, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground.
When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He asked the servant to get up. But the servant told his story very well. He said,
"A cat has eaten up everything. I was afraid that you would punish me, so I drank the poison to kill myself.
