New Concept English II - 49 (1/20/09)

Lesson 49 The end of a dream.


Tired of sleeping on the floor,a young man in Tehran saved

up for years to buy a real bed.For the first time in his

life,he became the proud owner of a bed which had spring and

a mattress.Because the weather was very hot,he carried the

bed on to the roof of his house.He slept very well for the

first two nights,but on the third night,a storm blew up.A

gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing

into the courtyard below.The young man did not wake up until

the bed had struck the ground.Although the bed was smashed

to pieces,the man was miraculously unhurt.When he woke up,he

was still on the mattress.Glancing at the bits of wood and

metal that lay around him,the man sadly picked up the

mattress and carried it into his house.After he had put it

on the floor,he promptly went to sleep again.