Jack O'Kent is a folk hero who 1. (to appear) in numerous stories. One of them witnesses that Jack apparently 2. (to manage) to trick the devil. He asked the devil for help to build a needed bridge over a river. The devil 3. (to agree), but as you might suspect, he did not agree without asking for a high price. The devil would take the soul of the first person to cross the bridge. Jack O'Kent agreed quickly. But he did trick the devil: Instead of walking over the bridge himself, or having an unsuspecting peasant walk over it, the trickster 4. (to throw) a bone when a dog was close. The dog 5. (to take) the bait, 6. (to run) over the bridge, and so the devil 7. (to receive) the soul of a dog. After all, he had not been too specific about whether it had to be a human! Could it be one of the dogs appearing around the mysterious crossings in the woods? Who 8. (to know)!
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