Once there was a man whose wife was dumb, and this made him very sad because he loved her very much. After some time he went to see a doctor and said, "_(1)____ you make my wife speak?" "Perhaps I _(2)___ ", said the doctor. "Of course, you _(3)___ try," said the husband, " I'll bring her tomorrow."
The next day the doctor made the operation and thedumb wife began to speak. She spoke so much and so loudly that in a few hours her husband ran back to the doctor and said, "_(4)___ you make my wife dumb again?" "No," said the doctor, "there are many ways to make a dumb woman speak, but no ways to make woman stop talking." "What _(5)___ I do?" said the man, "I'll soon die if I _(6)___ listen to her all day long." "Well," said doctor, "I _(7)___ make her dumb, but I _(8)___ make you deaf and you will not _(9)___ listen to her." "Wery well," said the man, " you _(10)___ do so. It will be better than the other way.""