On a cold winter day, a fox {#blank#}1{#/blank#} mother bear that he would teach her how to fish. As she{#blank#}2{#/blank#} to learn, he took her to a hole in the ice, and told her to put her tail down in the water. He told her to keep the tail there for{#blank#}3{#/blank#} . Then{#blank#}4{#/blank#} she pulled the tail out of the water, she would find fish around the tail. The bear was foolish enough to believe{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the fox said. She sat for a long time with her tail in the water. She was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the fish. But when she{#blank#}7{#/blank#} to pull her tail lout of the water, she found that it was frozen in the ice. She asked the fox to pull her out. But he laughed to himself and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . so she called father bear to help her. Father bear came. He pulled hard and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} got her out, but a part of her tail was in the ice. That is{#blank#}10{#/blank#} people find the bear's tail so short.

    Once，there was a young painter who was good at painting birds．His paintings sold{#blank#}1{#/blank#} and he was famous all over his country．

    The emperor(皇帝)loved Collecting paintings,especially roosters(公鸡)．{#blank#}2{#/blank#}he asked the famous painter to paint a roosters for him．He wanted the roosters to be the best of all his collections．

    The painter{#blank#}3{#/blank#}to do so．The emperor waited and waited for one year,but did not get the painting．He became{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and asked the painter to come to see him．

    The painter came．He walked into the palace{#blank#}5{#/blank#}paper,paints and a brush(刷子)．In five minutes，a perfect picture of a rooster{#blank#}6{#/blank#}on the Paper．Seeing this，the emperor was all the more angry．"If you can paint a picture of a rooster in five minutes，{#blank#}7{#/blank#}did you keep me waiting for a year?"he said．

    "I'll let you know why,Your Majesty,"said the painter．"Could you please come with me?"

    He{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the emperor to his own study(书房)．There，paper almost filled the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}．On each paper was a painting of a rooster．

    "Your Majesty,"said the painter．"It took{#blank#}10{#/blank#}one year to improve my skill in order to paint a perfect rooster for you．"

A: Hi, John. How was your April Fool's Day?

B: It was terrible. One of my friends invited me to a costume party.

A: That {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good. Why do you say it was terrible?

B: By the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I got to the party, I realized I had been fooled, because I was the only one that was wearing a costume.

A: Oh, I see. That was really terrible.

B: What {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you, Ann?

A: I was tired on April Fool's Day.

B: What was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}？

A: My friends told me that we were going to have a math test the next day. I studied the whole night and was exhausted(精疲力竭的).

B: What {#blank#}5{#/blank#} next?

A: Then the next day I found they had fooled me. We didn't have a test.

B: Oh, poor Ann. You should go and have a good rest.