In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
There is an old story told of a man who ____into a deep sleep. His friend stayed by him as long as he____. Being compelled to go and fearing that he might be in want, the friend hid a_____in the old man's garment. When the old man____, not ____ that his friend had _____a jewel in his garment, he wandered about in _____, hungry. A long time afterwords, the two men met again. The friend told the poor man about the jewel and____him to look for it. Like the old man in the story, people _____about in this life, ____of what is hidden away in their inner nature, pure and untarnished.
he wandered about in _____, hungry.