Two sailors who had just finished a long voyage went home to their village and __（1）__ to have a few drinks in the bar there. When they had had enough, they came out into the street to look __（2）__ something amusing to do, but it was a very quiet place, and nothing interesting ever happened there, so they could not find anything. But at last, while they were standing in the market － place outside the bar, they saw a village boy coming slowly towards __（3）__. He was leading a donkey by a rope, so the sailors decided that they would have a joke with the boy, "Why does your brother have to have a __（4）__ round his neck when he goes for a walk with you?" "To stop him from __（5）__ the navy," the boy answered at once. （4）.（ ）

A.decided

B.them

C.joining

D.for

E.rope