" Once upon a time there lived a King , Midas by name . He (1. be) a bit gloomy because he (2. love) gold better than anything else, except his daughter.

everyone in the street (smile) and (say) hello to each other.

Mrs Patrik looked beautiful last night. She (wear) a lovely evening dress.

When we arrived, she (make) some coffee.

While I (have) a bath the telephone rang.

While we (walk) in the park it began to rain.

He wind (blow) and the rain (beat) down. John (stand) at the bus stop shivering. He (try) to imagine being at home sitting by a warm fire. Finally he saw the lights of the bus which (approach) from the distance.

At 3 o'clock yesterday a geometry lesson (go) on. The teacher (draw) diagrams on the blackboard but I (look) through the window and heard nothing. I (think) about the coming New Year's party.

She promised not to report me to the police but ten minutes later I saw that she (talk) with a policeman and from the expression on his face I understood that she (tell) him about me.

The dentist's waiting room was full of people. Some (read) magazines, others just (turn) over the pages. A woman (knit), a child (play) with a toy car. Everybody (wait) for the nurse to say "Next, please".

I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) brightly when Jane came in.

- The house next to yours was full of policemen and police dogs yesterday. - What they (do)? - I heard that they (look) for drugs.

"What you (do) between 9.00 and 10.00 yesterday?" asked the detective. "I (clean) my house", said Mrs Jones. "I always clean my house at this time"

Midas (3. spend) days and often nights counting anxiously the pieces of gold he (4. collect). Once when he (5. count) solemnly his money a stranger (6. enter) the room. He (7. bend) his head and (8. say): “Midas, (9. be) you really happy now that you (10. collect) so much gold which it (11. be) difficult (12. weigh)?” “No,” (13. mumble) Midas. “I never (14. be) happy until everything that I (15. touch) (16. become) gold.”
“You shall have what you wish!” (17. promise) the stranger.
The next morning while Midas (18. dress) he (19. notice) that his clothes (20. turn) into gold. He (21. go) into the garden. He (22. walk) there for an hour and everything he (23. touch) (24. become) gold at once. After he (25. walk) along his favourite path Midas (26. turn) to the house. Suddenly hie daughter (27. come) in sight. It was clear she (28. work) in the garden for some time already as she (29. plant) a lot of flowers. She (30. run) to her father and (31. take) his hand. She (32. turn) to gold at once. “What I (33. do)?” (34. cry) Midas. “I always (35. want) more and more gold. I (36. dream) about more riches. I (37. be) wrong Gold (38. be) not the most important thing in the world. It never (39. be), it never will be.”