Аргус и его деньги

argus and his money

pupil's book

A rgus is a rich man. He's got a lot of gold. He 1) always / never puts his gold in a hole in garden. He 2) never / usually takes his gold out of the hole and 3) secret / secretly counts it. Then he puts it back.

One day, a man sees Argus with his gold. The man takes the gold and runs away 4) quickly / u

The next day, Argus goes to count his gold, but it isn't there! He starts crying 5) loudly / loud. Ar and a woman hear Argus. "What's wrong?" they ask 6) polite / politely "My gold! My goldl" crie

Argus and points to the empty hole. "Your gold? In that hole? That's not a good place to keep gold You can't spend your gold when you keep it in a hole. Spend my gold?"

Argus screams. "17) usually / never spend my gold. I always keep it in the hole. Then the woman throws a big stone in the hole and says:

"Well, then you don't really need the gold, Argus. You can

8) sometimes / never look at this stone and pretend it is gold!"​