A reach American bought a painting by 1)_____ well-known artist. As it had cost him 2) ____ much money, he was sure it was3) ____ fine piece of art; besides, the man 4) ____ sold it to him the 5)_________ had received a gold medal for it.
6)_____ American thought that the painting would look 7) _____ in the main room in his house.8)_____ a different questions came up: he could 9)____ decide which was the top and which 10)____ the bottom of the painting; they looked 11)_____ same.
So he decided to let the 12) _________ himself to decide this question. He fond 13)_______ man’s address and invited the painter to 14) ______dinner. He didn’t say anything to the 15) ________, but he put the picture on the 16)_______, where the painter could see it during 17)__________.
While he was eating the soup, the 18) ________ noticed the painting; when he came to 19) _______ meat, he could not stop 20)________ at it. Before he began to eat 21) ______ fruit, he got up and moved nearer 22) _____ picture, then he stood father away, 23)______his head first on one side, then 24) _______ the other. At last he came back 25) _____the table, sat down and said: “You have 26)________ a terrible mistake with that picture, my 27)_______. Can you see which is the top 28)_____ which is the bottom? You have them 29) _______ and of course, the right and the 30) ______ sides are wrong too. Anybody can see 31) _____!”