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To be or not to be
“Daily Star, sir” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty papers left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was heavy. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers instead money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a cake for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.
“You don’t know the secret of selling papers. You must shout, ”Hot news! Bomb bursting!” another newsboy Chad told Jason.” But it’s not in the paper at all, ”replied Jason.” Just run away quickly before they have time to see, and you’ll sell out and get your money,” Chad said.
It was a new edition to Jason. He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was determined that he would not tell a lie. Though he was just a poor newsboy, he had been taught some good things.
The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers as usual. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared with a proud smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason lost money because he would not tell a lie. The boy laughed at Jason. ”You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder fondly. ”You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new job. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.
文章大意：
“每日星报，先生”詹森喊道，他的胳膊下夹着一些报纸。这个小男孩在街上跑上跑下地忙活着，但是还剩下二十张报纸没卖出去。他的嗓音几乎嘶哑了，心情很沉重。因为商店很快就会关门了，所有的人都会回家。他也要带着这些卖不出去的报纸回家而不是钱。他本来希望今晚能多卖点报纸，赚多点钱给他的妈妈买一小块蛋糕，还可以给他的小鸟买些种子。这就是为什么他用所有的钱买进这些报纸的原因。当他想到他没能卖出这些报纸时，他就崩溃了。
“你根本不知道卖报纸的诀窍。你一定要大喊：“热点新闻！爆炸性新闻!”另一个报童告诉詹森。“但是报纸上都没有这些新闻啊，”詹森回答。查德说：“在他们有时间打开报纸之前，你要赶快跑掉，这样你就可以卖完报纸，成功拿到钱了。”
这对詹森来说是一个新尝试。他想了想他那没有种子吃的小鸟，还有那个他想买给妈妈的蛋糕，但是他认为不管如何都不能说谎。虽然他只是一个可怜的报童，但他被教过很多道理。
第二天下午，詹森像往常一样去办公室卖报。几个男孩围着查德，只见查德骄傲地说道，昨天他共卖掉了六打报纸。他接着说，詹森没有赚到钱，因为他不会说谎。于是那些男孩开始嘲笑詹森，“你昨天没有说谎，我的詹森？”这时，办公室的一位绅士走了过来，深情地拍了拍詹森的肩膀，说：“你就是我要找的那个男孩。”一周之后，詹森开始了他的新工作。因为不会说谎，他错过了卖出二十份报纸的机会，但因为诚实，他找到了一份收入不错的工作。
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