1 Lesson 51 Reward for Virtue 对美德的奖赏Why did Hugh's diet not work
My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet
He began his diet a week ago
First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden
The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets
Yesterday I paid him a visit
I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever
He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk
It was obvious that he was very embarrassed
When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk
He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally