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6) April Fools'
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「1 Tom wanted to play a trick on Jack because it was April Fools' Day. He said.
“Jack, do you know that the shop on the corner is paying 5 *"cents for old bottles? If
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you have any around the house, you should take , them to the shop." Jack always
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wanted more money, so he didn't think about what day it was. As soon as he went
back home, he asked his mother to collect all the old bottles in the house. Jack got
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them from her and went to the shop.
“Tm told you're paying 5 cents for a bottle," he said to the **shopkeeper. "Well,
That will be 50 cents, please." The shopkeeper thought he
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here are ten bottles.
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was joking, but soon remembered it was April Fools' Day. He said to Jack, “I think
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someone played a trick on you, young man.
2 At first。Jack was very angry. But then he had a 'good' idea. He quickly went
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to Tom's house and rang the doorbell. When Tom opened the door, Jack was smiling.
Tom couldn't understand why Jack looked so happy. “D Did you go to the shop on
the corner?" Tom asked.
Jack answered, “Oh, yes.
Of course.
But, Tom,
you were wrong.
The
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shopkeeper is paying only 4 cents, not 5 cents. I got 40 cents for ten bottles,
anyway. Thank you very much for the advice." He smiled again and went back to his
Own house.
3 After Jack went home, Tom began to collect as many bottles as possible. Before
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noon, he got so many that he asked his father to carry them to the shop by truck.
“I have 400 bottles for you," he said to the shopkeeper. “That will be 16 dollars,
please." “You, too!" the shopkeeper said. “I know
someone who **had a fine April
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Fools' Day with his friend." And then Tom knew that. he was the bigger fool.
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