Once upon a time, there lived a beggar and a banker. The first one was poor ⑴ _____________ the second one was rich. So there was no ⑵ ______________ that the banker will be happier than the beggar. But their natures were ⑶ ______________. The banker was annoyed by the fact that he tossed(翻覆) and turned in his bed at night. The beggar slept peacefully and always awoke rested and full of energy.

   One day the banker could stand it no longer. He decided to find out why the beggar was a ⑷_______________ man. So he called him to his house and asked him his income because he believed that ⑸_______________ could only be measured in terms of wealth. But the beggar answered, “ I don’t count too well, nor do I really ⑹ ______________. I live each day as it comes and never worry about the next.” The banker liked the beggar. He wished to thank him for coming to his house, so he presented the poor man with a bag of a hundred gold coins.

  Now, these coins, which meant so ⑺ _______________to the banker, seemed a great fortune to the beggar. He decided to ⑻_____________ the bag, so that he would have the money if ever he should need it. So, when he retuned to his house, he dug a big hole in a secret corner of the ⑼_______________, threw the bag in to it, and coed it with dirt.

   But from that day on, the poor man’s life ⑽______________ ----he began to worry about the safety of his money every night he slept a little, and each time he heard the slightest sound, he became anxious about the safety of his coins, finally, he could bear his unhappiness no longer. He went to the garden, dug up the coins and returned them to the banker.

1. while  2. doubt  3.  different  4. happy  5. money  6. care  7. little  8. hide  9. garden  10. changed