THE SANDMAN S EXERCISES
A régi motorosok már ismerik a feladattípust, sőt, Sandman kollégát is. Ha valakinek felhasználási kérdése van, írjon!
The Sandman is phenomenally good (1) _______ throwing sand into the eyes of living beings, and he hardly ever misses. But a skill like this, of course, (2) _________ to be maintained by regular daily exercises. Anyone who seriously plays a sport or a musical instrument knows how important practicing (3) __________. It is the only way you can keep up to snuff.
The method used by the Sandman to spread his sleeping sand is this: he takes a handful (4) __________ sand from the leather bag on his belt. As he passes a human or an animal, he deftly slips a few grains of sand from the palm of his hand into the bend of his index finger (usually in his right hand, but if large numbers of people or animals (5) _________ to be covered he can use both hands at the same time), puts his thumbnail under it, and flicks it in a neat arc straight into the eye at which he is aiming. To begin his exercises, the Sandman practices every day, throwing sand into bottles, pots, and jugs that sit on a curious old cabinet (an antique dealer (6) _________ pay a fortune for it!). But these are only warm-up exercises. After this he exercises blindfolded. He has a Silpha thoracia beetle that scratches the jug with (7) _________ tiny legs so that the Sandman can tell where it is. Then he flicks sand (8) _________ into the jug. Perhaps the most difficult part of his shooting exercises is (9) __________ a mirror. The amount of misfires here is about 2 percent, which is still extremely low. To be sure, the Sandman takes (10) ___________ more sand on his thumbnail. During these exercises he sometimes happens to get a single grain in his own eye. The only thing that happens is that he loses patience (11) _______________ the exercises.
When he has completed this (12) __________ his satisfaction, he goes on to an even more difficult test: bottles and pots slowly turning in a circle powered by Suzanne on a treadmill that resembles a (13) ____________ jogging machine. To make the task even harder, the Sandman does it again, but this (14) _____________ on one leg.
(15) ___________, Suzanne doesn't like this treadmill part-but since she is a good little donkey, she performs it well. Once in a while, to tease the Sandman, she starts running very fast. Then he has to flick his sand (16) _____________ a frantic pace, but he doesn't give up quickly. (17) ____________ after a jar goes spinning off and shatters against the wall does he say: "Stop it, Suzanne! We will have all sorts of trouble with Roberta if you go on (18) ______________ this."
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