Lesson49 The end of a dream _____ of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran ____ up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became the ____ owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. ____ the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but ____ the third night, a storm _____ up. A _____ of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it ____ into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground. Although the bed was ____ to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. _____ at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again. Lesson50 Taken for a ride I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way. I went on an ____ recently, but my trip took me longer than I____ . ' I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor ____ I got on the bus,' but I don't know where it is.' ' I'll tell you where to get____,' answered the conductor. I sat in the front of the bus to get a good ____ of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I ____ with a shock that I was the only passenger ____ on the bus. 'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.' 'Is this Woodford Green ?' I asked. 'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly.' I _____ to put you off.' 'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.' 'We are going back now,' said the conductor. 'Well, in that____, I _____ to stay on the bus,' I answered.