（单词翻译:单击）
In the ancient1 times there was2 a king4 who wanted to find a swift5 horse that could6 cover7 a thousand 1i（half a kilometre）in one day and he was willing8 to pay9 one thousand pieces of gold for it．But for three years he was unsuccessful．A eunuch said10 to the king，“Please let me go and find such11 a horse for you．”
The king agreed12 to send him After three months the eunuch found13 a very swift horse but it was dead14．He bought the horse's head for five hundred pieces of gold and returned15 to report16 to the king．“I want a living17 horse．”the king shouted furiously18．“What is the use of a dead one？And you gave19 away five hundred gold pieces as3 well！”
“If a dead horse is worth20 five hundred gold pieces，”answered the eunuch，“what would21 a living one be worth？People everywhere will know that the king is willing to pay a great deal22 to buy horses．Good horses will soon appear23．”
In less24 than a year，three fine horses were brought25 to the king．Exercises：
回答下列问题：
① How much would the king afford26 to buy a swift horse？
② How much did27 a dead horse cost28？
③ Why three fine horses were brought to the king？
