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　　The great American writer Jack London was often in great need of money when he began 1 his books．He worked very hard then, 2 it did not help him．

　　Once he promised(许诺) a New York magazine(杂志) to write a story 3 it，but he was too busy at that time and could not 4 his promise．The chief(主任) of the magazine 5 Jack London sometimes asking him 6 the story．At last he went to the hotel．Jack London lived 7 ．The chief sent him a note， “Dear London，8

I don't get the story in twenty-four hours，I'll come up to your room and kick(踢) you downstairs，and I always keep my promise．”

　　Jack London 9 the story and answered，“Dear Dick，if I could do work with my feet like you，I 10 keep my promise，too．”

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　　Mr Green lives in a village．He has a few farms and is the richest there．And he has pigs, chicks, cows and sheep．He works in the fields with some workers, and his wife has to do all the housework at home．So she's very busy and asks her husband to employ a girl to help her, but he doesn't agree．

　　“There're so many chicks, dear,”said the woman one day,“I can't look after them at all．”

　　“That's easy,”said Mr Green,“There's Mr Black's farm outside our enclosure walls(围墙)．We'd better make a few holes in the walls and the chicks will go to his farm through them and eat his vegetables．”

　　“That's a good idea．”the woman said happily．

　　And soon Mr Black knew about it．He told Mr Green and his wife about it． They promised they would stop their chicks doing it but they didn't keep their promises at all．The man thought for a while and found a way．He put nearly twenty eggs near the holes one afternoon．And that evening, when Mrs Green was counting her chicks, he cried out in his farm,“Oh, I'm lucky today!I've found twenty eggs in my farm．”

　　Of course, the woman saw it herself．And the next morning Mr Black found all the holes had been stopped up(堵死)．

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