Once upon a time there was a princess who was very proud：if a man came to ask her to marry him,she would give him a riddle,and if he couldn't guess it,he would be 1 1       at.

Three tailors knew that and they wanted to have a try. The two older tailors thought that as they had already successfully sewn (縫) many b 2       clothes,they would be successful this time as well. The third was much y 3       . The two others said to him, " You'd better just stay at home. You can't win."But the young tailor wouldn't be put off.

So all three of them came to the princess and asked her to tell her riddle to them. The princess said, "I have two k 4       of hair on my head. What colors are they?"

"That's easy," said the first. "I think they're black and white like my clothes."

The princess said, "You are wrong. Let the second of you answer."

So the second said, "If they are not black o 5       white,then they are brown and red like my father's coat."

"Wrong again”，said the princess. "Let the third of you answer."

So the young tailor looked at the princess' skirt. It was silver and gold. So he said, "The princess has silver and gold hair on her head,and those are the two colors."

When the princess h 6       that,she turned pale,for the young tailor was right. But she said, "This still doesn't give you the right to m 7       me. There's something e 8       you must do first. There's a bear in this castle,and you must s 9       this night with him. If you're still alive when I get up tomorrow morning,then you can marry me."She thought that the young tailor would be k 10       by the bear,and then she wouldn't marry him. But the young tailor said, "OK,I will do that."

1. 1       2. b      3. i          4. k        5. o      

6. h       7. m       8. e       9. s        10. k       

  1. laughed   2. beautiful   3. younger

4. kinds   5. or   6. heard   7. marry   8. else

9. spend   10. killed

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