One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, "Look! There 's a horseshoe 1 the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag. " Thomas said, " It wastes my time." His father said 2 but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the father 3 the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries. The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the 4 . They soon drank up their water, and there wasn't a house or even a tree for them to 5 . Thomas felt too 6 to walk on. At this time , his father gave Thomas a strawberry 7 he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him 8 strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth. And so they 9 . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him , " My dear son , if you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries 10 . Always remember the lesson: If you don’t worry about the little things, you’ll find it difficult to do the great things." the son said "My dear father, sorry, I will never forget this lesson. "