One day, a student was walking with a professor(教授), who?s kind to those who waited on his ___1___.
As they went along, they saw a pair of old shoes ___2___ on the path(小路), which, they supposed, belonged to a poor man working in a nearby field(田地). He had nearly finished his ___3___ work.
The student came to a stop, and said to the professor, “Let?s play a hoax on the man: we hide his shoes, hide ourselves and wait to see how ___4___ he would be when he finds that his shoes are ___5___.”
“My friend,” answered the professor, “we should never enjoy ourselves while making the poor sad. Now you are rich, why not give yourself a much greater ___6___ by helping the poor man? Put a coin into each shoe, hide ourselves and see what will happen to him.”
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the nearby trees.
After finishing his work, the poor man came across the field to the path. Putting his foot into one of his shoes, he felt something unusual. He stopped ___7___ what it was and he found the coin.
He took out the coin, surprised, and looked at it ___8___ for a while. Then he looked around, but ___9___ was there. Then he started to put on the other shoe. He got much more surprised when he found the other coin.
The poor man then looked up into the sky and shouted “Thank You!” The student stood there with tears (眼泪) in his eyes. “Now,” said the professor, “aren?t you more pleased than if you had played ___10___ planned hoax?”