There was a traveler who was wet and cold because he had ridden in the rain. At last he reached a country inn. The inn was so crowded with people that he could not get near the fire. So he called the inn keeper, "Take some fish to my horse! " The inn keeper answered, "But the horse doesn't eat fish. " The traveler then said, "Never mind, do it as I tell you. " The crowd of people, hearing this strange order, ran out to see the horse eat fish. The traveler, now having the whole room to himself, sat down beside the fire and got himself warm.

【1】The traveler was wet and cold because he had driven in the rain.

【2】There are so many people in the inn that he could not get near the fire.

【3】He told the inn keeper to feed his horse with some fish.

【4】In fact, horses don't eat fish.

【5】The traveler finally got himself warm by eating some fish.

【6】The traveler was a clever man.