读美文学英语VanillaSugarBiscuits香草饼干Asmallboyatsummercampreceivedalargepackageofhisfavoritevanillasugarbiscuitsinthemailfromhismother.Heateafewthenwascarefultoplacetherestofthemunderhisbed.Thenextday,afterlunch,hewenttohistenttogetadeliciousbiscuit.Hediscoveredthattheboxwasgoneandaskedifanybodyhadseenthemanywhere.Heimmediatelycommunicatedthisinformationtohiscampteacher.Thatafternoontheteachersawanotherboysittingbehindatreeeatingthestolenbiscuits.“Thatyoungman,”hesaidtohimself,“mustbetaughtnottosteal.Whateverittakesforhimtopreventthishappeningagain.”Heconsideredahelpful,newmethodandhadaconversationwiththeboy.Hereturnedtothegroupandfoundouttheboywhosebiscuitshadbeenstolen.“Billy,”hesaid,“Iknowwhostoleyourbiscuits.Willyouhelpmeteachhimalesson?”“Well,yes—butaren’tyougoingtopunishhim?”askedtheboyrathersurprisedattherecentsituation.“No,thatwouldonlymakehimhateyou,”theteachersaidwithoutdoubt.“Iwantyoutocallyourmotherandaskhertosendyouanotherboxofbiscuits.”Theboydidastheteacheraskedandafewdayslaterreceivedanotherplasticboxofbiscuitsinthemail.“Now,”encouragedtheteacher,“theboywhostoleyourbiscuitsisdownbythelake.Godownthereandshareyourbiscuitswithhim.”“But,”theboysaidunderstandingthiswithdifficulty,“he’sthethief.”“Iknow.Thismayrequiresomeofyourtrustandforyoutodoremainpatient.Butperhapsyoucanwelcomemysuggestionandadvice.Don’tbenervous.Tryit—seewhathappens.”Halfanhourlaterthecampteacherwasgladtoseethetwocomeupthehill,arminarm,inagreement.Theboywhohadstolenthebiscuitswasinsistingongettingtheothertoaccepthisarmyknifeasatradeforthestolenbiscuits,andtheotherwasjustashonestlyrefusingthegiftfromhisnewfriend,sayingthatitmadenodifference,afewoldbiscuitsweren’tthatimportantanyway,butalifetimefriendshipdid.NOTES:1读美文学英语UncleLiandUncleWang李叔叔和王叔叔UncleLiandUncleWangaregoodfriends.Theyareneighborsandtheirfarmsarebothatthefootofthemountaininthesouth.Sotheycanhelpeachother.Butneitherofthemlikestousehishead,buttheyliketodream.They’rebothpoorlaborers,thoughtheyarehardworkersandnotlazy.Mostvillagershavebuiltnewhouses,buttheystillliveinthelowandbrokenhouses.Theyarenotverygoodatmathematics.Theyseldomhadagoodidea.Mostpeoplethoughttheywerecrazy.OneearlyAprilMondaymorning,UncleLiwenteasttothetownonthecoasttobuysomemedicineforhiswife.Inthetownheheardthetomatoesinthecitywereexpensive.HediscussedthiswithUncleWangassoonashewentback.Theydecidedtocarrysomefreshtomatoestothecitymarket.Theyborrowedsomemoneyfromtheirfriends,andbroughtnearlyonethousandkilogramsoftomatoesfromthevillagetothecityonatractor.Badluck!Alotoftomatoeshadalreadybeencarriedtherewhentheyarrived.Afewdayslatertheyhadtosellthematalowprice.Theyfeltsadandreturnedtotheirvillage,theirheadshanging,withonlyafewdollarsandcentstodivideandputintheirdrawers.“Ican’tunderstandwhy,whilecomparedtothecompetition,welostmoneyinbusiness,”UncleLiaskedoneday.“Thetractorwasprobablytoosmalltogiveusaproperadvantage.Whatapity.”UncleWangmentionedwithoutthinking“We’llcarrymoretomatoesonatrucknexttime!Doublethesize!Themaximum!”“Iagree,you’recorrect!That’sadeal!”UncleLisaidwithlaughter“Howsillywewere!Weshallprovethatwehavesomesenseandcanmakeabigsale.”NOTES:2读美文学英语ThereIsAlwaysaBetterWay好方法无处不在Ablindboysatsilentlyonthestonestepsofatowerbuildinginthesquarewithahatbyhisfeet.Withhisglovedfingers,heputaf...
