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A wise judge

It happened many years ago in India.

Somebody 1)______________ (steal) one hundred rupees (рупий — монета в Ин­дии) from the house of one man. The man went to the judge. The judge called all the people who lived in the house and gave 2)_______________________ (they) each a stick.

All the sticks 3) ____ (be) twenty centimeters long.

The judge said, "These sticks are magic. They will help me to find the man who 4)______ (take) the money. Tomorrow his stick will grow five centimeters 5)______ (long) than it is today."

When the thief came home he cut off one end of 6)_____ (he) stick. Next morning the judge looked at the sticks and saw that one of the 7) ______ (stick) was five centimeters shorter. In this way he found the thief.

A sporting nation

The British are a sporting nation. They like football — in fact, they 1) ________(invent) it many years ago. Most British towns and cities have a football team. Every year, each team plays in the Football Association competition. The two 2)______(good) teams play in the Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London. It is one of the biggest sporting 3)_________ (event) of the year.

Cricket is a typically British game. It 4)______(look) slow, but it can be exciting if you understand what's going on. There are eleven

5)_____ (man) in each team. Cricket is a very long game. Big international matches go on for five years.

Tennis is another popular game in Britain. Every summer, in June, the biggest international tennis tournament (турнир) takes place at Wimbledon. There 6)_____ (be) strawberries and cream for sale, and everybody hopes it won't rain.

Many British people who live near the sea, a lake or a river enjoy 7)_____ (sail). If you are rich enough to buy your own boat, you can take part in one of the annual sailing races.

The Ox and the Frog

Once Mr Frog and his two 1)_______ (child)

went to a pond to get a drink of water. There, for the

2) ______ (one) time in their lives, they saw an Ox (бык).

"What a big, 3) _____(beauty) animal”, thought Mr Frog. "In the frog world I am big and nice, but this animal makes 4 )___(I) feel very little. I will puff myself up (надуюсь) and become as big as that Ox."

Mr Frog took a big breath and asked little frogs, "5)_____ (be) I as big and nice as that Ox?" "No, Dad," answered his sons.

Mr Frog puffed himself up again and asked, "And now?"
"No, Dad," 6)_______ (cry) his sons.

"They must never know that I am small," thought Mr. Frog. "They must think that their father is 7)____ (big) and more beautiful than any other animal."

So Mr Frog took another breath, and then another, and then he burst (лопнул). Poor silly Mr. Frog!