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One day a poor man was traveling on horseback．At noon, he tied his horse to a tree and then 1 to eat something．A few minutes later, a rich man came along and tied his horse to the same tree．
“Please tie your horse to another tree,” said the poor man．“My horse is wild．It will kill yours．”
2 the rich man said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!” he tied up his horse and had his lunch nearby．After a moment they heard a terrible 3 , the two horses were fighting．They went up to them, but it was too 4 ．The rich man’s horse was killed．“See what you horse has done!” cried the rich man．“You will have to 5 it．” And he brought the poor man before Mr．Know．
Mr．Know asked the poor man some questions．But he made no 6 ．At last Mr．Know said, “This man is dumb．He cannot speak．”
“Oh,” the rich man shouted 7 ．“He can! He spoke to me when I met him．”
“Are you sure?” asked Mr．Know．“What did he 8 ?”
“He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse．”
“Oh,” said Mr．Know．“So he 9 you．Then can you expect to get money 10 him?”
The rich man said nothing and left silently．
