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in newspa per an d it c ontain ed half the m oney h e had l ost, t ogethe r with a not e which said: 'A th ief, y es, 'bu t only 5o pe r cent a thie f!' Tw o mont hs late r, som e more money was se nt to Sam wi th ano ther no te:' O nly 25 per c ent a t hief n ow!' I n time , all Sam 's mon ey was paid b ack in this way. T he last note said:' I am 1 00 per cent honest now!' l ess on46 Expen sive a nd un comfo rtabl e 既 昂贵又 受罪 When a plane fr om Lon don ar rived at Syd ney air port, worker s bega n to u nload a numbe r of w ooden box es which contai ned cl othing . No o ne coul d acco unt fo r the fact th at one of th e boxe s was e xtreme ly hea vy. It sudde nly occ urred to one of th e worke rs to open u p the b ox. He was a stonis hed at what h e foun d. A m an was lying in the box on top o f a pi le of woo llen g oods. He was so sur prised at be ing di scover ed that he di d not even tr y to r un awa y. Aft er he w as arr ested, the m an admi tted h iding in the box be fore t he pla ne lef t Lond on. He had ha d a lo ng and uncomf ortabl e trip , for he had b een con fined to the woo den box f or over ten hou rs. The m an was o rdered t o pay &3 45 for t he cost o f the tr ip. The n ormal p rice of a ticket is &230 ! L es son47 A thirs ty gho st 嗜 酒的鬼 魂 A public house whic h was re cently bought b y Mr Ian Thompson i s up for sale. Mr Thomps on is go ing to se ll it be cause it is haun ted. He t old me t hat he c ould not go to sl eep one n ight be cause h e heard a strang e noise coming f rom the bar. Th e next mo rning, he foun d that th e doors had bee n blocke d by c hairs and t he furn iture h ad been m oved. T hough M r Thomp son had t urned t he ligh ts off be fore he went to b ed, the y were o n in the m orning . He also said th at he ha d found f ive emp ty whis ky bottl es whic h the gh ost mus t have dr unk the night be fore. W he n I suggest ed that some vil lagers must ha ve come in for a f ree dri nk, Mr Th ompson shook h is head. The vil lagers have to ld him th at they will not accept the inn even if h e gives it away. L e sson4 8 Did yo u want to tel l me som ethin g? 你 想对我 说什 么吗？ Dentists alwa ys ask questi ons wh en it i s impos sible f or you to ans wer. My denti st had just pu lled ou t one o f my te eth an d had t old me t o rest for a w hile. I tried to say someth ing, b ut my m outh wa s full of cot ton-wo ol. He knew I collecte d birds ' eggs and as ked me whethe r my co llecti on was g rowing . He th en ask ed me h ow my b rother was and wheth er I li ked my new job in Lon don. I n answe r to th ese que stions I eith er nod ded or made st range noises . Meanw hile, my tong ue was bus y searchi ng out the hol e wher e the t ooth ha d been . I sud denly f elt ver y worr ied, bu t coul d not s ay anyt hing. When th e dent ist at last re moved t he cot ton-wo ol from my mou th, I w as abl e to te ll him that he had pu lled ou t the w rong t ooth. L ess on49 Th e end of a d ream 美