The Farmer and his Sons

A farmer had two sons both of whom were not very ......... and avoided work if they could.
industrial
industrious
industry
industrialist

One day the father knew that he was dying and called his two sons to his bed ..........
corner
wall
table
side

He wanted his sons to pay as much ......... to the cultivation of the farm as he had done many years.
thought
care
attention
management

He told them that there was a ......... treasure in the land and they would have to look for it when he had gone.
unseen
hidden
concealed
obscured

He told them that they would find it in one of his 3 vine ......... but he didn't tell them which one it was.
yards
feet
spaces
areas

The sons assured their father that they would work hard to ......... out the treasure.
find
sort
seek
try

As soon as their father had died and been ........., the sons took out all their farming tools and started to dig the land.
grounded
earthed
confined
buried

They worked really hard and dug every single ......... metre of their father's land.
block
square
cube
pure

However long they dug and however hard they worked, they ......... to find the smallest bit of treasure.
lacked
missed
avoided
failed

Clearly their father had been a wise man because all the work the sons had done on the land ensured that they had the best ......... for years.
gathering
yielding
crop
production