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A. It was... hot day.... sun was shining brightly in...blue sky.... wolf and... lamb met at... stream.... water in... stream was cool and clear.... wolf saw that... lamb was fat and wanted to eat it. He began to shout: "You,... fool, you are making... water dirty!"... lamb was afraid. It looked at... wolf and said in... thin voice: "But,... Mr. Wolf, I cannot make... water dirty for you from... place where I am standing, because... stream runs from you to me." "Stop talking!" shouted... wolf in... angry voice. "I know you! I met you six months ago, and you were very rude to me." "You are wrong,... Mr. Wolf," cried... lamb, "you could not meet me six months ago: I am only four... months old." "Never mind," said... wolf, “if it wasn't you, it was your brother." And with these... words he seized... poor lamb and carried it into... wood.

B. Once there lived... king. His name was Midas. He had... little daughter. They lived in... beauti­ful palace with... wonderful garden around it. Now... king was very fond of... gold. He loved... gold more than anything else in... world. One day, when... king was looking at his gold,... young man appeared before him. "You are... very rich man, Midas," said... young man. "Yes," said... king, "but I would like to be richer. I would like to have... golden touch. I want everything that I touch to turn into... gold."... young man was... magician, and he gave... king... golden touch which he want­ed to have.... king was very happy. He touched... table, and... table became gold. He went into... garden. There were... beautiful roses in... gar­den. He touched... roses, and they also became gold.... king's daughter, who loved... roses very much, saw it and began to cry. "Don't cry,... dear daughter," said... king and touched his daugh­ter's head.... next moment... girl turned into... beautiful gold statue.

C. Three men came to... New York for... holiday. They came to... very large hotel and took... room there. Their room was on... forty-fifth floor. In... evening... friends went to... theatre and came back to... hotel very late. "I am very sorry," said... clerk of... hotel, "but... lifts do not work to­night. If you don't want to walk up to your room, we shall make... beds for you in... hall." "No, no," said one of... friends, "no, thank you. We don't want to sleep in... hall. We shall walk up to our room." Then he turned to his friends and said: "It is not easy to walk up to... forty-fifth floor, but we shall make it easier. On... way to... room I shall tell you some jokes; then you, Andy, will sing us some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some interesting stories." So they began walking up to their room. Tom told them many jokes; Andy sang some songs. At last they came to... thirty sixth floor. They were tired and decided to have... rest. "Well," said Tom, "now it is your turn, Pe­ter. After all... jokes, I would like to hear... sad story. Tell us... long and interesting story with... sad end." "... story which I am going to tell you," said Peter, "is sad enough. We left... key to our room in... hall."

D. …Johnathan Swift,... famous English writer, was travelling one day on... horseback with his servant.... weath­er was bad, it was raining, and... roads were mud­dy. In... evening the two¹ men came to... inn. Before going to... bed Swift told his servant to clean his boots. But... servant was lazy and did not do it. In... morning Swift asked... servant why he had not cleaned... boots. "What's... use cleaning... boots now?" said... servant. "... roads are muddy, and... boots will soon be dirty again." "All right," said... writer. "Let's go. We must continue... journey." "But I haven't had... break­fast," said... displeased servant." "Well, what's... use giving you... breakfast now?" said Swift: •'You will soon be hungry again."

E. In... small town in... East there was once.., man who had... parrot.... parrot was taught to say... words: "There is no doubt about it." It used to repeat these words all... day long. Every time it was asked... question, it gave... same answer, "There is no doubt about it." One day... man decided to sell... bird; so he put... parrot into.., cage and went to... market with it. "Twenty pounds for... very clever parrot!" he cried.... man who was passing by heard this and turned to... parrot "Are you worth twenty pounds?" he asked. "There is no doubt about it!" answered... parrot. "What... clever parrot!" said... man and bought... bird, He took... parrot home and invited his friends to look at... clever bird.... friends came and looked at... parrot and talked to it. Now you must know that... man was not rich. In... fact, he was often short of... money. So... week or two later, sitting in... armchair and looking at... parrot, he said: "What... fool I was to throw away such... lot of... money!" "There is no doubt about it!" cried.., parrot. And this time... bird was right.

F.... crow once said to her children: "It's... high time for you to look for... food." With these words she turned them out of... nest and took them to... field. But... crow's children did not like... idea. "We'd rather go back to... nest," they cried. "It's so nice when you bring... food to us!" "Indeed!" said their mother. "You are big enough to feed yourselves. My mother turned me out of... nest when I was much younger, and I had to take... care of myself." "But... people will kill us with their guns," said... young crows. "No... fear of that," answered their mother. "Before... people shoot, they take... aim, and that takes... time. When you see... man raising... gun to his face, you must just fly away."."That's... sim­ple thing to do," said... children, "but supposing... man or... boy wants to throw... stone at us: in such... case he won't have to take... aim." "Well, then he will have to bend down to pick up... stone," said... crow. "But what if he carries... stone in his hand ready?" "Why, if you are clever enough to think of that," said... mother, "you are clever enough to take... care of yourselves." And she flew away leaving... young crows in... field.

G.... Russia is such... large country that when it is night in one part of... country, it is day in another part, when it is winter in one part of... country, it is already summer in another. Imagine it is... beginning of... May now. It is spring in... St. Petersburg.... weather is fine. It is still cool at... night, but it is quite warm in... afternoon. It sometimes rains, but... rain is warm, too.... ground is covered with... soft green grass, and... trees are covered with... green leaves. But while it is spring in St. Petersburg, it is still winter in... north of our country at... beginning of... May, Here it is cold and sometimes frosty,... rivers and... seas are covered with... ice.... ice does not melt in some places even in summer.... ground is covered with... deep snow.

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