It happened many years ago in India.
Somebody 1)______________ (steal)one hundred rupees (ðóïèé — ìîíåòà â Èíäèè) from the house of one man. The man went to the judge. The judge called all the people who lived in the house and gave 2)______________________________ (they)each a stick.
All the sticks 3) ____(be)twenty centimeters long.
The judge said, "These sticks are magic. They will help me to find the man who 4)______ (take)the money. Tomorrow his stick will grow five centimeters 5)______(long)than it is today."
When the thief came home he cut off one end of 6)_____(he)stick. Next morning the judge looked at the sticks and saw that one of the 7) ______(stick)was five centimeters shorter. In this way he found the thief.