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　　Mr．Black lived in a small town．Nobody was 　　1　　 than him there, but he wished to get 　　2　　 money all the time．One day on his way home, he found there was a 　　3　　 on the ground．He thought it was 　　4　　 to him, so he picked it up and put it in his pocket That 　　5　　, after he had supper, he brought it out and began to 　　6　　 it in the room．He was interested in a piece of news on it Some gold 　　7　　 in a desert He was afraid someone would know about it and started off, 　　8　　 telling anybody about it．He tried to find the place 　　9　　 the gold was．

　　The greedy man walked on the 　　10　　 desert for two weeks, but he didn't find any gold and his food and water was 　　11　　．His horse was so weak that he couldn't 　　12　　 it．He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too 　　13　　．His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any 　　14　　．He looked around, there was nothing 　　15　　 sand．Suddenly he saw a man 　　16　　 on the ground far away．He crawled to him and found he was 　　17　　, with a bag in his hand．He hurried to open the bag to find something to 　　18　　,but it was full of gold．He threw it away．As he was 　　19　　, he cried and said,” Now a bag of bread is far more 　　20　　 than a bag full of gold．How unhappy I am!”

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