The Farmer and The BoxOnce upon a time, there was a poor farmer. He lived in a village with his wife. One day, he dug

up his field and found a big box. He then kept it in their house.

One sunny morning, his wife dropped an apple in the box. Suddenly, the box begun filled with

apples. No matter how many apples were taken out, more apples took place in the box.

One day, the framer dropped a gold coin into that box. At once, apples disappeared and the box

begun filled up with gold coins. Soon the farmer became rich.

Having heard that his son got rich, the framer’s father visited the couple. His father was not very

strong. He could not go out to work anymore. So the farmer asked his old father to help him take the gold

coins out of the box.

His father worked hard, took the gold coins out of the box. When he told that he was very tired

and wanted to have a rest, the farmer shouted at him; “Why are you so lazy? Why can’t you work harder?

The old man said nothing and continued to work. Suddenly the old man fell into the box, he died. At

once the gold coins disappeared and the box begun filled up with dead men.

The farmer had to pull out and buried. To do this, the farmer had to spend all the money which

he had collected before. When he had used up all his money, the box broke. The farmer was just as poor

as before.

Answer the following question based on the text above.

1. Where did the farmer find the box?

2. Why did the farmer become rich?

3. Who is the old man?

4. When did the box brake?

5. How can the farmer be as poor as before?​