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       Once upon a time, in a cave near the Vistula River lived a giant fire- breathing dragon. It ate not only cattle but also young girls. Soon, the news of the nasty dragon spread all over the country. Worried that his beautiful daughter might become the dragon’s next victim, the king promised to __1__ the dragon slayer with half of the kingdom. Many knights attempted to kill the beast; none of them succeeded, though. This was because the dragon __2__ burnt fighters before they could draw out their swords. One day, a poor shoemaker Skuba appeared before the king and volunteered to kill the horrible creature. Knowing that he did not have any chances in a one-on-one __3__, Skuba came up with an idea to poison the beast. He prepared a special dish for the dragon---a sheep stuffed with tar and sulfur---at the cave’s entrance. The dragon __4__ devoured the sheep and immediately felt like his stomach was on fire. The fiery feeling was so intense that the dragon kept on drinking water. Its belly grew bigger and bigger until it blew up in a powerful explosion. People were overjoyed with the death of the dragon and were grateful to the shoemaker for ending their __5__. The brave and smart shoemaker married the beautiful princess and became the ruler of the kingdom after the king’s death.