Next he saw the pseudo-teacher seat himself on a log and ________ lost in thought with his red cheeks resting ______ his fists. The woman flung down _____ axe at his feet, spat angrily, and, judging from the expression of her lips, began to scold him. The beggar irresolutely pulled a billet of wood _____ him, set it up between his feet, and tapped it feebly with the axe. The billet wavered and ________ down. The beggar again _______ it to him, blew on his freezing hands, and tapped it with his axe cautiously, as if afraid of _______ his overshoe or of cutting off his finger; the stick of wood ______ fell to the ground.   the stick of wood ______ fell to the ground.