There once lived a poor tailor who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy (21) would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that (22) died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger (23) him if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailor. "I am, sir," replied Aladdin ; "but he (24) a long while ago." On this the stranger, who was a famous magician, fell on his neck and kissed him saying: "I am your uncle, and (25) you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming." Aladdin ran home and told his mother of his newly found uncle. "Indeed, child," she said, "your father had a (26) , but I always thought he was dead." However, she prepared supper, and told Aladdin to seek his uncl
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Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth £57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked (21) like the first one but was worth only £2,000. This he took to the shop, which (22) it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more (23) ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then ,the husband and wife (24) to Paris for a weekend. As to the (25) ring, the shop sold it for £60,000.
Six months later the buyer (26) it back to Silkstone’s office. "It’s a faulty (有瑕疵的)diamond," he said. "It isn’t worth the high (27) paid. "Then he told them the (28) . His wife’s car had caught fire in an (29) . She had escaped (幸免), (30) the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great (31) of the fire.
The shop had to (32) . They knew that no fire on earth can (33)
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