阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,填入一个恰当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空。
Mr Brown’s horse was lost at night. All of his friends were very _______ to hear that and came to see him together. After __
_____(听) his story, one of them said, “Why didn’t you close the door of the stable(马厩) last night?” “You aren’t a deaf man”, the second said. “Didn’t you __
_____ anything at that moment? The thief(小偷) must __
_____(赶走) the horse away out of the gate, and couldn’t carry it on __
_____ back.” “I agree with you,” said the third man. “How ___
___(careful) you are! Every evening before I ___
____ to bed, I lock my stable first and put the key in my box. Why didn’t you do so?”The more they said, the ___
______excited they became. At last Mr Brown couldn’t stand any more and said ___
____(angry), “None of you would help me look for my horse or catch the thief. Do you think that it’s all my fault(错误)? ____
____ don’t you blame(责备) the thief?”