One Friday night, a poor young man stood at a gate of the railway station, playing his violin. Many people put money into the hat 1 in front of him.
The next day, 2young man came to the gate of the railway station again, and put his hat on the ground. But 3 what he always did in the past days, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Sand." After about half an hour, a middle-aged man ran to the young man 4 and said "It's you! You do come here. I know that you're an honest man and will certainly 5here. "The young man asked "Are you Mr. George Sang? Did you lose anything?" "A lottery (奖券) ticket answered the middle-aged man. The young man took out a lottery ticket and gave it to the man.
The prize of the lottery ticket was $ 500, 000. Yesterday when the middle-aged man knew he6, he was very happy. He took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also7in.
Later, someone asked the young man, "You 8 the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn't you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?" The young man said, "Although I don't have much money, I live 9. But I lose 10. I won't be happy forever."
