Fill in the correct word in the blanks and complete the story- In a forest- there live-lives-lived a goblin named Cruel- One day- he Immediately- Cruel leap- leaps-leapt on to the old man-s shoulders and fast- The frightened old man obey-obeys -obeyed the nasty goblin and - walk-walks-walked on- As they move-moves-moved he notice-notices- noticed that the goblin-s feet were very tender- The old man - Sir- how are your feet so soft and tender- Cruel - reply- replies-replied -I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet- till I wash them- They soon - come-comes- came to a pool- The goblin - instruct- instructs- instructed the old man to wait for him while he enter-enters-entered the pool- The old man feet- he does not need me- Let me run for my life or he will surely eat me up- So he run-runs-ran off-

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Fill in the correct word in the blanks and complete the story.
In a forest, there _ (live/lives/lived) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he (meet/met/meets) an old man wandering in the forest. Immediately, Cruel _ (leap/ leaps/leapt) on to the old man’s shoulders and ___ (order/orders/ ordered) him, “Let's go. Move fast.” The frightened old man _ (obey/obeys /obeyed) the nasty goblin and _ (walk/walks/walked) on. As they _____on, (move/moves/moved) he _ (notice/notices/ noticed) that the goblin's feet were very tender. The old man (ask/asks/ asked) Cruel, “ Sir, how are your feet so soft and tender?” Cruel , (reply/ replies/replied) “I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet, till I wash them.” They soon (come/comes/ came) to a pool. The goblin (instruct/ instructs/ instructed) the old man to wait for him while he _ (enter/enters/entered) the pool. The old man _ (think/ thinks/ thought) to himself, “Now that the goblin has wet his feet, he does not need me. Let me run for my life or he will surely eat me up.” So he _____ (run/runs/ran) off.

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In a forest, there lived (live/lives/lived) a goblin named Cruel. One day, he met (meet/met/meets) an old man wandering in the forest. Immediately, Cruel leapt (leap/ leaps/leapt) on to the old man’s shoulders and ordered (order/orders/ ordered) him, “Let's go. Move fast.” The frightened old man obeyed (obey/obeys /obeyed) the nasty goblin and walked (walk/walks/walked) on. As they moved on, (move/moves/moved) he noticed (notice/notices/ noticed) that the goblin's feet were very tender. The old man asked (ask/asks/ asked) Cruel, “ Sir, how are your feet so soft and tender?” Cruel replied, (reply/ replies/replied) “I have taken a vow that I will not touch the ground with my feet, till I wash them.” They soon came (come/comes/ came) to a pool. The goblin instructed (instruct/ instructs/ instructed) the old man to wait for him while he entered (enter/enters/entered) the pool. The old man thought (think/ thinks/ thought) to himself, “Now that the goblin has wet his feet, he does not need me. Let me run for my life or he will surely eat me up.” So he ran (run/runs/ran) off.

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