Read the text and fill in the gaps with the words from the drop-down list.

"Upon my word", said the Miller," you are very ... . Really, I think you ought to work harder. Idleness is a great sin, and I certainly don't like my friends to be idle. You must not mind my speaking quite plainly to you. Of course, I should not dream of doing so if I were not your ... . But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say nice things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says ... things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really good friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good".
"I am very sorry", said little Hans, "but I was so ... that I thought I would lie in bed for a little while, and listen to the birds singing. Do you know that I always work better after hearing the birds ... ?" "Well, I am glad of that", said the Miller, "for I want you to come up to the mill as soon as you are dressed and mend my barn roof for me".