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a certain king was in the habit of writing verses. he thought highly of them. since he was a king the people to whom he showed them tried to praise them too. once he showed his verses to a wise man. the wise man didn't like them. it made the king very angry and he put the man into prison. some time passed and the king decided to set him free. the king invited him to dinner and showed him his new verses. then he asked the wise man what he thought of them. the wise man turned to the king and said, "send me back to prison."

вопросы:

1. was the king wise?

2. why did the wise man ask to send him back to prison?

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the king thought highly of his verses.

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one bright afternoon major brown (i — go) out for his usual after-dinner walk. the major (2 — be) a little man, very energetic and strong-looking. some time before major brown (3 — retire) from the army and now (4 — live) on a small pension. he (5 — be) a brave and successful solider but he never (6 — like) being a military man. he (7 — take) a small house in london and (8 — devote) the rest of his life to growing his favourite flowers – pansies in his little garden.

as the major slowly (9 — walk) along a narrow street he suddenly (10 — see) a most pleasant sight. a large, heavy man (11 — push) before him a barrow full of pansies. the major pever (12 — see) such beautiful flowers. he (13 — come) up to the man and (14 — begin) to talk to him. at first he only (15 — want) to buy some of the pansies but finally he (16 — decide) to buy them all.

"i (17 — tell) you something, sir," (18— say) the man and (19 — look) around. "if you (20 — interest) in such things, you just get on to that wall," and the man (21 — point) to the garden wall by which they (22 — stand). "the finest collection of yellow pansies in england (23 — be) in that garden," whispered the man. how it (24 — happen) no one ever (25 — know) but the fact (26 — be) that a second later the major (27 — stand) on the garden wall. at the next moment he (28— forget) everything. in the very centre of the garden he (29 — see) a large bed of the most beautiful yellow pansies. but it (30— be) not the beauty of the pansies that (31 – surprise) him. it (32 — be) something else: the pansies (33 — arrange) in gigantic capital letters which (34 — form) the sentence "death to major brown." an old man (35 — water) them. brown (36 – look) back at the road behind him. the man with the barrow (37 – disappear). then he (38 — look) again at the flowerbed that had the terrible words. the evening air (39 – be) so still, the garden (40 — look) so quiet. suddenly major brown (41 — see) the watering can (42 — fall) from the old man's hand.

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