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22、2006年安徽省课程改革实验区A One day, a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The fathersaid,Look! Theres a horsshoe. Pick it up and put it in your bag. Thomassaid,It isnt worth the trouble. His father said nothing but he picked it uphimself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer soldthe horseshoe and with the few pennies he bought some cherries(樱桃). The father and the son continued their way. The sun was well up in the sky,and there wasnt a house or even a tree where they could have a rest. Thomasfelt too thirsty to walk on. At this time, his father dropped a cherry on theground and Thomas picked it up quickly and ate it. After a while, his fatherdropped another cherry and once again, his son lost on time in picking it up andputting it in his mouth. And so they went on. The old farmer dropped the cherries and the son pickedthem up. When Thomas had eaten up all the cherries, his father said to him,Mydrar son, if you had bent(弯腰) down early to pick up that horseshoe, it would nothave been necessary for you to bend so many times for the cherries. Alwaysremember the lesson that he who does not worry about the little things will findthat he cannot do the great things. 61.Who picked up the horseshoe at last? . A.The son B.The father C.Both the father and the sonD.Neither the father nor the son | 
