Read the story given below. You can find gaps in many sentences. Fill them up with appropriate articles.

Once upon …………………… time there lived ……………………….. merchant. He had …………………………..dog and …………………… donkey. …………………………… merchant took good care of ………………………….. donkey. ………………… donkey after all had to be healthy because it had to carry loads of goods to ………………………. market. But he had little interest in …………………………… dog. ………………………… merchant would feed …………………. donkey before he goes to bed everybody. …………………………. dog wasn’t that lucky. He almost always went to sleep on ………………………….. empty stomach because his master would forget to feed him. ……………………………….. dog was angry with his master.

Then one day, …………………………. thief broke into …………………………. merchant’s house. He was fast asleep. …………………………… dog saw …………………………….. thief breaking into his master’s room but he kept quiet. ……………………………. donkey, too, saw the thief. He urged ………………………… dog to bark so that their master would wake up, but the dog didn’t listen to him. ‘If no thieves come this way, he will never realize …………………… importance of …………………………… dog,’ said ……………………………. dog.

Answers

Once upon a time there lived a merchant. He had a dog and a donkey. The merchant took good care of the donkey. The donkey after all had to be healthy because it had to carry loads of goods to the market. But he had little interest in the dog. The merchant would feed the donkey before he goes to bed everybody. The dog wasn’t that lucky. He almost always went to sleep on an empty stomach because his master would forget to feed him. The dog was angry with his master.

Then one day, a thief broke into the merchant’s house. He was fast asleep. The dog saw the thief breaking into his master’s room but he kept quiet. The donkey, too, saw the thief. He urged the dog to bark so that their master would wake up, but the dog didn’t listen to him. ‘If no thieves come this way, he will never realize the importance of a dog,’ said the dog.