阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
One day a man {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（buy）a lot of coconuts（椰子）and put them all on his
horse. He was moving{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（it）to his friends' house. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the way, the man met a boy. “How long would it take{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（get）to the house?"
he asked the boy.
"If you go {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（slow）, "the boy said, "you will get there very soon. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} if you go fast, it will take you all day. ”
"What a funny answer!" said the man. He
did not{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（listen）to the boy. He made his horse run as fast as possible. Some coconuts
fell off. He had to stop {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（pick）them up. Then he made his horse run
fast again. But the coconuts fell off again, and he stopped again.
He did this many {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（time）, and it was night when he finally got
to his {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（friends）house.
