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　　Buster Brown was a thief－and a good one, too, he thought．He'd never been caught by the police because he was always well prepared．He stood outside the house and read the sign on the front gate of the house．“Don't worry about the dog－be aware of the owner!”it said, Buster smiled and found his way in．

　　The house looked quite normal outside, but inside it was very unusual with beautiful and wonderful things．As he began putting them into his bag, a dog came into the room．It stopped when it saw Buster．a(chǎn)nd then went over to him, licking(舔)his open hand．“Good boy,”Buster whispered．“What a great guard dog you are－trying to lick me to death．”

　　Satisfied he'd made friends with the dog, Buster began to walk around the house, choosing things to put in his bag．His skilled eyes picked out only the best antiques(古董)．His new friend, the dog, sat and watched．

　　“Well, boy,”Buster whispered, finally．“That might do．Any more and I won't be able to carry it!”He moved the heavy bag onto his shoulders, just as the lights came on．He covered his eyes with his hand．

　　“You're a very silly person,”the man in the doorway said．As the man got closer, Buster could see he was well dressed．His face seemed familiar, but Buster couldn't remember where he had seen him before．

　　“You should have taken more notice of the sign outside,”the man shouted．“I knew about this attempted robbery last week and I also know you will end up behind bars for 20 years．How can you try to rob the house of a world famous fortune teller(算命者)!”

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　　There was once a lonely girl who wanted love very much．One day while she was walking in the forest，she found two birds．She took them home and put them in a small 　　1　　．She was happy to have two“friends”．She 　　2　　 them with love and the birds grew strong．One day the girl forgot to close the door of the cage．The 　　3　　 of the two flew out of the cage．The girl was afraid that it would fly away．She caught it quickly．She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away．Suddenly she couldn't 　　4　　 a sound from the bird．When she opened her hand，the bird was already(已經(jīng))dead．Her 　　5　　 killed(殺死)the bird!Then she saw 　　6　　 bird jumping up and down 　　7　　 the cage．She could feel its great need for freedom．It wanted to fly into the blue sky．So she let it fly away 　　8　　．The bird circled(轉(zhuǎn)圈)once，twice，and three times．The girl 　　9　　 as the bird flew．She didn't care about losing the bird any more．She wanted it to be happy．Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder．It sang the 　　10　　 song she had ever heard(她所聽過的)．

　　The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly，and the best way to keep love is to give it wings．

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　　We were on our tour a few summers ago, driving through Chicago, when right outside of the city, we got pulled over．A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really wanted to give us some trouble at first．Looking at us, he said, “You were speeding．Where are you going in such a hurry?” Our guitarist(吉他手), Tim, told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show．Then his way towards us totally changed．He asked, “Oh, so you boys are in a music group?” We told him that we were．

　　He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of the music we played, and how long we had been at it．Suddenly, he stopped and said, ” Tim, you want to get out of this ticket, don’t you?” Tim said, “Yes．” So the officer asked him to step out of the car．The rest of us, inside of the car, didn’t know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim．

　　Next thing we knew, the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car that he had parked in front of us．With that, he threw the car into reverse(倒車), stopping a few feet off our car．Now we suddenly felt nervous．We didn’t know if we were all going to prison, or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market or something．All of a sudden, the policeman’s voice came over his loudspeaker．He said, “Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever, we have Tim here singing on Route 90．” Seconds later, Tim started screaming into the receiver．The policeman enjoyed the performance(演出), and set us on our way without a ticket．