Henry worked in a bookstore and dreamed of being rich without doing anything. One cold morning, since few people came to the bookstore, Henry watched the traffic and saw a bag fall off a truck. Thinking it might be full of expensive things, he went

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Henry worked in a bookstore and dreamed of
being rich without doing anything. One cold
morning, since few people came to the bookstore,
Henry watched the traffic and saw a bag fall off
a truck. Thinking it might be full of expensive
things, he went across the street in hurry. A
drier whistled but he didnt notice that. As a
result, the car hit the tree and the driver was
hurt. When taken to the court, Henry argued that
he missed the whistle because he could only hear
with one ear. When he covered the other ear, the
judge asked Henry whether he could hear him.
Henry answered he couldnt.
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One day, Harry learned from an advertisement
that a company was looking for the best salesman
in the world. Thinking himself a great salesman,
he went to ask for the job. In order to prove
that he was the best one, the manager took out a
thousand boxes of sweets that he had bought. He
said if Harry could sell them within a week, he
could get the job. However, due to the poor
quality and taste of the sweets, he failed to
sell anyone. At last, Harry came back to the
manager, saying he was wrong. Harry further said
that the man who sold the manager these sweets
was the best sales man.
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One day Jack met Sue in the park. Beside Sue
was a dog. Jack went up and sat with them. When
they were talking, the dog kept looking up at
Sue. Jack said that it was a nice dog. Sue
agreed. Jack further said that he seemed hungry
because he never took his eyes off Sue. Sue
replied she hadnt the food for him. Jack asked
whether her dog bit others. After Sue relied that
he wouldnt, Jack decided to touch the dog.
However, he was bitten by the dog. Jack said
angrily that why he bit. Sue answered that
because it wasnt her dog and her dog was at home.
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After Smith won a lottery that worth a
million dollars, he quit his job at once and
began enjoying himself. He bought the most
expensive car and the motorboat. Besides, he
traveled around the world, eating and drinking
and exploring the adventure. What a life of
pleasure and luxury! However, he became fatter
and fatter. Two years later, after having spent
all his money, he returned home and asked for his
job back. Someone persuaded him to buy another
ticket but he refused. He thought he would die
soon if he tried to do all the things he had done
again.
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Mrs. Green was strict with her son Tommy.
When Tommy was six., he was sent to the school.
However, he couldnt adapt himself to the new
life as he got used to waking up late and going
to bed late. But Mrs. Green tried to kick off his
bad habit. One evening, when Mr. Green came back
and told his family about a traffic accident,
Mrs. Green told Tommy to go to bed. Tommy had to
obey what his mother said but complained to his
father. He thought Mom couldnt look after him at
all, because she always made him go to bed when
he was not sleepy and woke him up when he was
asleep.
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A lady wanted to invite her doctor to dinner.
However, she failed to red the doctors reply.
Not knowing whether the doctor would come or not,
she then turned to her husband. Her husband then
suggested she take the note to the chemist. So
the lady went to the chemist and gave the note to
him. The chemist at first couldnt read it at
all. Then, with the help of glasses, he seemed to
get it and asked the woman to wait for a minute.
He went to the back of his shop and returned with
a bottle of liquid medicine. He gave the bottle
to the lady and said it was the doctors
instruction which asked her to take one spoonful
before each meal.
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When Carl moved to another city, we often
write to each other. Last Friday, Carl came back
to spend his summer holiday with his old grandpa.
We often have fun together. I am surprised to
learn that he could cook. He told me because his
presents were often busy outside and he had to
take care of himself alone. I asked him how he
liked his school. He thought it wonderful. But
one thing that didnt please him is that his
geography teacher often says to himself in class.
I had the same feeling about our new history
teacher. No one listens but he keeps talking on
and on.
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Pearl and June were both old and worried
about their health. They worried about the food,
weather, air pollution that might give them pains
in their stomach, bones and chests and so on.
They were also worried about being hurt in a car
accident or being killed in an airplane crash.
One day when they went on a trip by train. They
bought some bananas since they were healthy and
clean. When Pearl took a bite of banana, the
train went into a tunnel, everything went black.
She then shouted and asked June not to eat
because his banana made his go blind.
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A company was having a sales meeting on how
to sell more Frisky dog food. The sales manager
asked who got the greatest dog food in the world.
The salespeople answered they have. The manager
continued to ask who got the greatest dog food in
the world. The salespeople said they did. The
managers third question was who got the most
attractive dog food packaging. Again the sale
people said they did. Whats more, their dog food
got into the most stores. Then the manager asked
why the dog food couldnt sell well. Then someone
said because the dog didnt like it.
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After examining a patients tongue, the
doctor quickly concluded that he needed more
exercise. When the patient tried to say
something, the doctor stopped him and continued
to say that he saw hundreds of people like him
who didnt get any exercise but sit in offices
all day. The patient said he actually walked
every day, but again he was interrupted by the
doctor who argued that it was not real walking.
At last, the patient couldnt help shouting at
the doctor that he was a mailman and he walked
for 7 hours everyday.

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Freddie was considered a foolish boy by the
villagers. They took pleasure in showing the
visitors how stupid Freddie was. One day, when a
visitor came to the village, a village called
Freddie to play a game. After Freddie came with a
silly smile, the villager said he had something
for him a dollar and a 50 coin. He asked which
one he would prefer. Since Freddie took 50 coin
immediately, the villager laughed at him and
left. After that, the visitor explained to
Freddie that one dollar was actually worth more
than 50 coin. To his surprise, Freddie said that
once he choose 1 coin, they would stop playing
the game with him.

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Bill Evan was a basketball player who
believed in fortune-teller. One time, before the
game, he went to the fortune-teller and asked
what would happen. After studying his hand, the
fortune-teller said he saw a man wearing a white
coat and Bill would be sent to the hospital. Bill
was worried. Afraid to be hurt, he decided to
quit the game. On the day the game was held, Bill
went to see his friends who had been badly
injured. As he was walking into the hospital, a
doctor knocked him down. Bill hit his head on the
ground and was carried to he hospital immediately.
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When I drove back home from the country, my
car was out of gasoline. Before it got dark, I
found a big house. I knocked on the door and
asked for some gasoline. However, the little old
lady said to me that she was waiting for me for a
long time. Thought I tried to explain my
situation, the lady kept calling me Alfred and
behaving very strangely. So I went out of the
house immediately after she went to fetch the
tea. Then I happened to find another house down
the road. After I told my experience, the man
said that that was Miss Emily who abandoned by a
man and then she became peculiar.

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After wining a lot of the football lottery,
Mr. Robinson went to a friend of his to ask what
the best thing to do with the money. The friend
suggested that he buy some modern painting.
Considering it a wise idea, Mr. Robinson went to
an art shop in an attempt to buy some worthy
paintings. However, after looking around, he
couldnt appreciate these paintings. Moreover, he
thought it too expensive. Finally, he was a small
picture. It was square and white and had a black
spot in the middle. He liked it better than
anything else in the shop. So he asked how much
it coat. The shop keeper answered that it was the
electric light switch. It could be bought in any
store.

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George was a young boy who loved music a lot.
However, his father didnt allow him to play any
music. One night, he carried a small piano to his
study room with his friend. When he played the
piano that night, he knew he could be happy
playing music all his life. However, his music
was interrupted by his angry father. His father
hoped that he could be a rich doctor in future
rather than a poor musician. But one day George
found a church to play. The Duke heard the story
and supported his music study. Now, his music is
famous world wide.

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Charlie and Harry were good friends. However,
Harry enjoyed drinking. Thought Charlie tried to
stop him from doing so, Harry couldnt control
himself. One time he drove home fast after
drinking and hit the tree. The other time Harry
hit an old man and fined 50 dollars. Charlie was
angry for his behaviors and said he would break
off with Harry if he didnt get rid of drinking.
Not wanting to lose his friend, Harry decided to
obey all the traffic rules. One day when he was
driving, he suddenly remembered something and
stopped the car in the street. The policeman was
curious and asked why. He said he had left the
license at home.

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When a fisherman as sitting on the beach in
the hope of catching a fish, a businessman
questioned him why he lied on the beach rather
than work harder. The fisherman asked what his
reward would be. The businessman said he would
catch more fish. The fisherman asked the same
question again. The businessman was a bit annoyed
and said he could make more money and hire
someone to work for him. The fisherman asked
about his reward again. The man replied that he
could become so rich that he neednt work for a
living again. Again, the fisherman asked what the
reward would be. The businessman said that he
could then spend all day sitting on the beach and
looking at the sunset. The fisherman said that
was exactly what he was doing now.


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When I worked at the vets, I saw a
funny-looking dog . She has little hair and very
surprising eyes. Although she was funny-looking,
she had a good temper. I then put an ad for her
in hope of finding a loving family for her. A boy
called and told me his grandfathers dog just
died and he wanted Minnie. At last they came to
the vets by car. Two children hurried to hold
Minnie and rushed to their grandfather in the
car. I went immediately to see the grandfathers
response. He thought Minnie was perfect. I felt
thankful, in the meanwhile, I found that
grandfather was blind.

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When three men-Brown, Jones and Smith were
waiting for the train, they killed time by
talking. Brown asked what they would do first if
they had only six months to live. One of the
answered he would speed all the money traveling,
staying at the best hotel and enjoying the best
food. The second man said he would sell his house
and buy the fastest car in the world, for he
wanted to be a race driver. When Brown was asked
this question, he smiled and replied that he
would go to see another doctor.
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When Smith was driving across the desert,
there happened to be a sandstorm. Leaving his car
behind, Smith walked across the desert. He felt
thirsty soon. About an hour later, he found a man
riding a camel toward him. Smith asked whether he
could have some of the mans water. The man
refused, instead, he offered to sell his necktie.
Some time later, he met another man who tried to
sell him a necktie and Smith turned away angrily.
Three hours later, when he was about to die, he
saw a large hotel in the distance. He managed to
get there and enter the hotel. However, he was
not allowed to go into the hotel because he
didnt wear a necktie.

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When I told my parents that I was allowed to
enter the key high school, they both kept silent.
We lived a difficult life. My mother was ill for
two years and they couldnt afford my tuition
fee. I felt upset but said nothing. However,
things changed before the beginning of new term.
My head teacher came to us and gave me some money
to finance my schooling. From the day I entered
the high school, I have been studying hard. One
should never give up hope.
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Mary dreamt of going fishing on a boat.
However, her father worried about her safety and
disagreed. Mary argued with her father that she
wanted to try new things to grow inside. However,
her father said she was not strong enough. In
order to show her father how strong she was, she
decided to compete with her friend John in a
swimming race. Mary won the game because her arms
were strong. Her father changed his mind and
thought she could take care of herself on a boat.
Two days later, Mary went to the deep sea for
fishing and her father was sleeping right beside
her.
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It was my turn to give a report in the class.
Although I was very nervous, I told my mother
that I was ready for it. When I went to the
classroom, Mrs. White asked me to show myself. I
went to the front of the classroom very slowly
and nervously. In order to calm me down, Mrs.
White put her hand on my shoulder and said to the
class that she believed it was an interesting
report because of my hard work. She asked me what
I liked best about my report on Hawaii. I began
talking about the fun things I have read about
surfing. The whole class cheered for me when I
finished. In fact, I can do better than I think I
can.

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Billy was an orphan. One day he found a
wallet. He then returned it to the owner
according to the information on the ID card
inside. In order to thank Billy, Mr. Baker asked
this jobless boy to work for him in his home.
Billy worded very hard. One day, Mr. Baker
planted some new trees in the garden and watered
them every day. Several days later, he asked
Billy to take good care of the trees because he
would leave for another city for a while. Billy
promised to watch them. When Mr. Baker came back,
he asked Billy whether the trees had been stolen.
To stop the trees from being stolen, Billy said
he had pulled them up and hidden them for almost
a week.
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A notice in supermarket said that each week,
one of the customers will get the goods in his
basketball for free. Mrs. Black hoped to become
such lucky customer one day. In order to make
such dream come true, she often went shopping and
bought things she didnt need. One morning, after
finishing shopping, she found she had forgotten
to buy tea. So she went back to the supermarket
and got the tea. When she went towards the
check-out, the manager came to her and said she
was the lucky customer that week.
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In a final exam, a strict teacher told the
class that the exam would be taken in two hours
and those who couldnt finish it on time will
fail. A student was half an hour late for the
exam. The teacher said that he didnt have enough
time to finish it. However, the student still
insisted on taking the exam. After two hours, all
the students handed in the exam paper except the
late student. Half an hour later, the student
tried to hand in his exam paper. However, the
teacher refused. The student then asked the
teacher whether he knew who he was. The teacher
said he didnt know and care. Upon these words,
the student put his paper in the middle of other
exam paper and rushed out of the room.

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Someone broke the windows. My teacher picked
up a piece of broken glass and asked who had done
it. I was the one who broke the window but I
didnt do it on purpose. I admitted having done
it even though that I am afraid that I would be
punished. To my surprised, my teacher didnt
blame me but took down a book about birds and
gave it to me. She said it was for my honesty. I
found it unbelievable because it was the book I
wanted to buy for a long time.
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A small man got on the train before the
frontier with a paper bag. Under the cover of the
bag four duck feet could be seen. When he was
reading a newspaper on the train, a policeman
came in and said the food mustnt be taken out of
the country. So the policeman went away with the
bag. When the train went across the frontier, the
small man said to other passengers that the bag
contained nothing but the rubbish and four duck
feet. Then be opened his coat and there was
another bag inside. In this bag there were two
ducks. However, when he got off the train and
walked to the exit, a policeman said to him that
foreign food mustnt be brought in.
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Four girls were good friends at the same
school. They went to school every day by taxi.
One day, one of the girls suggested that they
four go to school late to avoid the test. But one
of the girls asked what they could tell the
teacher because the teacher would be very angry.
One of the girls said they would make up an
excuse and tell the teacher that the taxi had a
flat tire. So they went to school late the
following day and told the teacher that they had
a flat tire. However, the teacher thought for a
while and asked them to sit down in each corner
of the room and write down the answer to a
question. The question is which tire was flat?

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One day, Fred had a picnic with his
classmates Jack and John. After lunch, they
played football. When the ball was kicked to some
long grass, Fred went to get it. However, he
shouted some time later that he had been bitten
by a snake. As John and Jack rushed to see what
had happened, Fred began laughing and said he was
not really hurt. Jack and John were angry. After
all, they decided to go swimming. Fred jumped
into a narrow part of the river. The water there
ran so fast that Fred couldnt pull himself out.
However, when he cried for help, John and Jack
thought he was making fun of them and didnt go
to see what happened.