New Concept English II - 49 (1/20/09)
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2009-01-20 20:24:34
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.