No
Charge for Love
A farmer had some puppies he needed
to sell. He painted a sign advertising the four pups and set about nailing it
to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the
post, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down into the eyes of a little
boy. “Mister,” he said, “I want to buy one of your puppies.”
The boy reached deep into his pocket
and pulled out a handful of change and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got
thirty-nine cents. Is that enough to take a look?”
“Sure,” said the farmer.
Out from the doghouse and down the
ramp ran four little balls of fur.
The little boy pressed his face
against the chain link fence. His eyes danced with delight. As the dogs made
their way to the fence, the little boy noticed something else inside the
doghouse. Slowly another little ball appeared. This one was noticeably smaller.
Down the ramp it slid. Then the little pup began hobbling toward the others,
doing its best to catch up. “I want that one,” the little boy said, pointing to
the runt.
The farmer knelt down at the boy’s
side and said, “Son, you don’t want that puppy. He will never be able to run
and play with you like these other dos would.”
With that the little boy steppe back
from the fence, reached down, and began rolling up one leg of his trousers. In doing
so he revealed a steel brace running down both sides of his le attaching itself
to a specially made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer, he said, “You see,
sir, I don’t run too well myself, and he will need someone who understands.”
With tears in his eyes, the farmer
reached down and picked up the little pup. Holding it carefully he handed it to
the little boy.
“How much?” asked the little boy.
“No charge,” answered the farmer, “There’s
no charge for love.”
Summary
1.
… sold his puppies.
2.
He offered … his puppies.
3.
He said that the puppies … and they had
good price.
4.
The little boy bought a puppy for ….
5.
The boy saw ….
6.
The puppy was different from others
because ….
7.
The boy was interested in the puppy
because ….
8.
Their similarity was on the …. Both the
boy and the puppy lost one of their legs.
9.
The boy … for the invalid dog.
10.
The farmer said that ….
Source: BSE Interlanguage XI
I am an English teacher in SMA N 1 Pati who love to read and write. -You know my name, not my story. You know what I've done, not what I've been through. If you were on my shoes, you'd fall at the first step.- ^_^
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