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"No, sir. I want three dollars and not a dollar more", I said. Then I went to General
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Miles room. The General was playing with his new book.
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"I came here to take the dog back", said I.
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"But it is not your dog now. I have bought it. I have paid you three dollars for it", said
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the General.
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"I shall give you back your three dollars, but I must take the dog. "
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"But you have sold it to me, it is my dog now".
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"I could not sell it to you, sir, because it was not my dog".
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"Do you want to tell me that you took three dollars for a dog that was not yours" cried
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the General.
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"I took the money, but I never said that it was my dog. You asked me how much I
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wanted for the dog, and I said that I wanted three dollars. But I never told you it was my
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dog". General Miles was very angry now.
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"Give me back my three dollars and take the dog back", he shouted.
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When I brought the dog back to its master, he was very happy and paid me three dollars
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with joy. I was happy too because I had the money, and I felt that I earned it.
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Now you can see why I say that honesty is the best policy and that a man must never
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take anything that a man must never take anything that he has not earned.
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Vocabulary
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honest честный
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poor бедный
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enough достаточно
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together вместе
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try пробовать, пытаться
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along вдоль
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be tired быть усталым
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at last наконец
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look round осматривать
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