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Richard's father died when he was five. Later on he lost his mother. An old woman felt sorry for the
poor boy and often helped him. Of course he had no money to go to school. He had to work for a rich
farmer. The man paid him nothing except food and clothes. 1 He found some old books near the
school and taught himself to read and write.
2 It connected the village and the town. One morning people found there was a big stone on it.
It stopped them from going to town. They had to move it away, or they had to cross the mountain if they
had something to do in the town. But the stone weighed thirty tons at least and the strongest young
men couldn't do that. 3
Richard looked at it carefully for a while and said, "I have a way to move it away." But few men
believed him. 4 Night fell and people went home. Only the boy stayed there. To their surprise, the
villagers found the stone was gone the next morning. They didn't know which spirit had moved it away. 5
"How could he?" the rich farmer called out, "He's only fifteen! He couldn't move it at all!"
"He dug a big hole beside the stone, "said the old woman, "And then he could easily push it into the
hole !"
Looking at each other, the farmers couldn't say a word.
A. There seemed to be nothing strange in the village.
B. The old woman said Richard had done it all.
C. There was a narrow path between two mountains.
D. But the boy didn't lose heart.
E. Some farmers even laughed at the boy.
F. The boy hoped he could do something for the villagers some day.
G. They discussed for a long time, but nobody knew what to do.
