Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. The servant always drank the wine and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (eat) up all the nice food in the house every time the rich man left his home. The rich man knew what his servant did, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he had never caught his servant doing that.

    One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) two bottles of poisons (毒药) and some nice food in the house. Take care of them." After {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (say) these words, he went out.

    But the servant knew that the rich man lied to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he). After the rich man was away {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn't {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(find) his food or his wine. He woke the servant up {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (angry). But the servant told his story very well. He said {#blank#}9{#/blank#} cat ate up everything. He was afraid to be punished (惩罚), so he drank the poisons {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (kill) himself.