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It was during a weekend, Mum gave me two tickets for a film and told me she was too busy with the endless housework to go with me．She told me to keep the money if I could sell the extra ticket．I was very happy, of course．At that time, a ticket only cost 20 fen．But to me, a little girl of 12,20 fen seemed quite a lot．I reached the cinema in a great hurry．Holding the ticket in my hand, I began to look for buyer．A handsome young man noticed me and the ticket in my hand．He came towards me with a big smile．“You’ve got an extra ticket?” “Yes,” I nodded．“That’s great．Say, how much?” “Twenty fen．”“Oh,” he thought for a while and then took out a ten yuan note from his wallet．“I’m very sorry, but I’ve only got this note．” Seeing I was confused(迷惑), he added, “Then, how about waiting for a while? I’ll give you the money after I have changed it in the cinema’s store．”Without much thinking, I agreed．Then we went to the cinema together．He walked fast．I could hardly keep up with him．By and by, he left me farther and farther behind．Soon he disappeared in the crowd．I stood there without knowing what to do．Suddenly I seemed to realize the handsome young fellow had cheated(欺骗)me．He had saved twenty fen, but lost his honor．It seemed to be a funny or even ridiculous(可笑的)experience．But it did cast a dark shadow on(投下……阴影)my young mind．

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　　A strange thing happened to me last Sunday．It was 　　1　　 a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country．

　　Oh the way back home, my car 　　2　　．It was out of gas on a lonely road far from a town．I decided to walk 　　3　　 I found someone who could 　　4　　 some gas．

　　I had walked almost a mile 　　5　　 I finally found a house near the road．I was glad to see it 　　6　　 it was getting dark．

　　I knocked at the door and a little old lady 　　7　　 long white hair answered．She said, “I've been 　　8　　 for you for a long time．Come in．　　9　　 is almost ready．”

　　“But I only come 　　10　　 some gas,” I answered．I couldn't imagine 　　11　　 she was talking about．

　　“Oh, Alfred!Gas?You used to like tea．” I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, 　　12　　 she didn't seem to hear me．She just 　　13　　 calling me Alfred and talking about how long 　　14　　 since she had seen me．She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to 　　15　　．As soon as she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could．

　　　　16　　, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed．When I told the man about my　　17　　, he said, “Oh that's Miss Emily．She lives 　　18　　 herself in that big house．She's out of her mind, but she wouldn't hurt 　　19　　．she is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years ago．The day before their wedding he left home and 　　20　　 came back because of the war．”