Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

THE DONKEY

A king and queen long lamented their childlessness until the queen gave birth to a son who was a donkey. The queen was grieved, (1) ____ the king had him raised as a prince. He was very fond of music and insisted (2) _______ learning to play the lute, at which he grew skilled. One day, he saw his own reflection in a pool and grew so disturbed that he wandered (3) ____ world. He tried to stay at the castle of a king with a single daughter. When they would not (4)________ him in, he played outside until the king heard his music and let him in. He insisted that his proper seat was with the king. After a time, he grew sad. The king questioned him (5)___ this until he learned that the donkey wished to marry his daughter. The king agreed, they (6) _____, and in the night, the king set a servant to watch the couple, to ensure the donkey would behave (7)____. When the donkey went in the bedroom, he took off his donkey skin and changed into a handsome (8) _____. Even though he put on his skin again in the morning, the daughter assured her father that she was well pleased with her bridegroom. The servant told the king what had happened. The next night, the king stayed (9) ____ and when the couple were asleep, he burned the donkey skin. This distressed the donkey, but the king persuaded him to stay by offering him half his kingdom. (10)____  the king died, he had the whole kingdom, and when his own father died, he had two kingdoms.

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When the donkey went in the bedroom, he took off his donkey skin and changed into a handsome (8) _____.