Упражнение 50

Once there lived... king. His name was Midas. He... little daughter. They lived in... beautiful pnlace with... wonderful garden around it. Now... king was very fond of... gold. He loved... gold more I ban anything else in... world. One day, when... king was looking at his gold,... young man appeared before him. "You are... very rich man, Midas," said... young man. "Yes," said... king, "but I would like to be richer. I would like to have... golden touch. I want everything that I touch to turn into... gold."... young man was... magician, and he gave... king... golden touch which he wanted to have,... king was very happy. He touched... table, and... table became gold. He went into... garden. There were... beautiful roses in... garden. He touched... roses, iind they also became gold.... king's daughter, who loved... roses very much, saw it and began to cry. "Don't cry,... dear daughter," said... king and touched his daughter's head.... next moment... girl turned into... beautiful gold statue.

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The fact is (was) that...

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Упражнение 51

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... group of... farmers were sitting in... village house, and among... other things they began talk­ing about... echoes. One of... farmers said that there was... wonderful echo in... field near his farm where there was... large group of... trees. All... other farmers said that they would like to hear... echo, and... farmer invited them to come... next afternoon. But... fact was that... farmer did not really have... echo he had told... other farmers about. So when he came... home, he sent for... son of... cook and told him to go to... field, hide him­self among... trees and imitate everything that was said.... next day... other farmers came, and... farmer took them to... field to listen to... wonder­ful echo. When they were in... field, he shouted at... top of his voice: "Are you there?" The answer came back: "Yes, I've been here for two hours!"

Упражнение 52

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It was... nice summer day.... weather was fine, sun was shining in... blue sky,... air was fraс.rant with... smell of... grass and... flowers.... (I<><f which was running about... streets of... little!<>wn saw... butcher's... stall with... lot of... meat.... dog cautiously approached... stall and, when... butcher turned away to talk to... woman, quickly cd... big piece of... meat and ran away with it. On... way home... dog had to cross... stream by... narrow bridge. As he was crossing, he looked down... stream and saw his reflection in... water. По thought it was... other dog with... other piece о Г... meat. He snapped at... reflection and dropped lii:; own piece of... meat. That's how... dog was pun­ched for... greediness.

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