Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as 1 , looking at people getting on and off the 2 , he heard a lady 3 after him, "Hey, you old fellow, go and bring back my handbag in the 4 room which I 5 there."
Tolstoy 6 there. He 7 the bag up and walked quickly along the platform. At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage, looking 8 . When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to 9 sure nothing was 10 ." "Good, old man ." said the woman. "You are just as quick as I can expect. Here you are. "She gave a copper coin to him. Tolstoy 11 the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile .
