| One morning a young woman, who had recently lost her first post, was examining the advertisementsin the paper in search of other work. Suddenly she called out to her mother, who was in the kitchen.
Listen to this, Mother!" she cried. "I've found an easy way of making money."
"What is it ?" her mother asked, coming into the room.
"What is it?" her mother asked, comming into the room.
"Listen,"said the girl, and read the adverisement aloud:"Do you want to make money? Send me a postal order for five shillings, together with a stamped, addressed envelope. You will receive a reply showing you how to make hundreds fo punds with out leaving your house. Then there's a name and address."
"Nonsense!" said her mother. "You'll only lose shillings and the cost of a postal order and two stamps. If he knows how to do that, why doesn't he do it himself? Why does he need to advertise? You won't get an answer."
"Well, five shilings isn't much, " she said. "I can try." She went to the post office, bought a postal order, and sent it off.
Two or three days later she received an envelope with a small piece of paper in it . On the paper were four words:" Do as I do." |
一天早上，一位新近失去了初次的工作的年轻妇女正在细看报上的广告，从中寻找别的工作。突然，她对在厨房里的母亲喊了起来：
“听听这个，妈妈！她叫道。”我找到不费劲挣钱的办法。”
“怎么回事？”她母亲走进房间问道。
“听着这个，这位姑娘说，大声的读起了这条广告：“你想赚钱吗？给我寄五先令的邮政汇款以及一个贴好邮票写上地址的信封。您就会收到告诉您怎样不出门就能赚到成百上千镑钱的办法。这里还有姓名和地址。”
“胡说！”母亲说，“你只会白白丢掉五先令的邮政汇款和两张邮票。如果他知道怎么去发财，那他自己为什么不那样去做呢？”为什么还要登广告？你不会收到回信的。”
“好吧，五先令算不了多少钱”她说，“我可以去试一试。”她去了邮局，买了汇款单，把钱寄走了。
二三天后，她收到了一个里面装着一张小纸的信封，纸片上写着：“照我的办法去做。” |
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