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　　Once a man with the name Grant found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house, for he didn't like old things very much．But one of these papers was an old letter．At the bottom of the letter was the name of a famous writer．

　　“When this letter was written,”said Grant,“no one knew about the writer．But now everyone knows him．Some people like to buy letters like this．I may be able to get a lot of money for this letter if I sell it to the right man．”

　　But there were a lot of dirty marks(痕迹)all over the letter．

　　“It doesn't look nice,”he thought．“No one wants to buy a letter if it's dirty．I will have to clean it first．”

　　So he took a piece of cloth and some water and cleaned the letter．He worked hard and took a lot of care．At last the letter looked new and he was very pleased with his work．

　　“Now it looks very nice,”he said to himself．“I will be able to sell it for a lot of money．”

　　He took the letter to a shop in London, for he knew that old papers of this kind were bought and sold there．

　　“I want to sell this letter,”Grant said to the man in the shop．“It was written by a famous writer．You know about these things．How much will you give me for it?”

　　The man looked at the letter for a long time．“I will give you two pounds for it,”he said at last．

　　“Only two pounds?”said Grant．“But people pay ten pounds for a letter like this．And just look!I have even cleaned it to make it look nice．”

　　“I can see that,”said the man．“That's the trouble people who buy old papers like them to be dirty．”

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　　Many years ago there was a poor man．He had 　　1　　 his garden an orange tree．On the tree there were many fine oranges．　　2　　 he found one 　　3　　 his oranges was much bigger 　　4　　 the others．It was as 　　5　　 as a football．Nobody had ever seen 　　6　　 orange．The poor man took the orange to the king(国王)．The king was so happy 　　7　　 he gave the man a lot of money for it．

　　When a rich man heard of it, he said to himself,“It's only an orange．Why has the king given so much money 　　8　　 it?I'll take my gold(金子)cup to the king．He'll give me 　　9　　 money．”

　　The next day when the king received the gold cup, he said to the rich man,“What a beautiful cup!I'll show you 　　10　　, please take this great orange．”

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　　Once, a king showed two men a large basket in the garden．He told them to fill it with water from a well(井)．After they 　　1　　 their work, he left them, saying,“When the sun is down, I will come and see your work．”

　　At last one of them said,“What’s the use of doing this foolish(愚蠢的)work?We can 　　2　　 fill the basket．”　　3　　 man answered,“That’s none of your business．”The first man said,“You may do as you like, but I am going to work at 　　4　　 so foolish．”He 　　5　　 his bucket(桶)and went away．The other man said no word, and kept on carrying 　　6　　．At last the well was almost 　　7　　．

　　As he poured(倒)the last bucket of water into the 　　8　　, he saw a bright thing in it．He picked it up．It was a beautiful gold ring．Just then the king came．　　9　　 he saw the ring, he knew that he had found the kind of man he wanted．He told him to keep the ring for himself．“You 　　10　　 so well in this little thing,”he said,“that now I know I can believe you with many things．”

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