Mr Black lives by the sea. He has a big family and has to work hard, orhis wife and children will be hungry. After breakfast he leaves for the sea ina small boat every day. He always hopes to catch more fish.
One morning, the man got to a good place for fishing. He threw a longrope (绳) with many hooks (钩) into the water. Hefound it heavy and pulled the hooks out of the sea. He saw there was a goldchain (金链) on the hooks. He was of course very glad."I'll sell the gold chain for much money," he thought to himself."I'll build a new house, and buy lots of expensive things. I'll be therichest man in the world."
His boat began to sink (下沉) . But Mr Black went on thinking and didn't notice what was happening.As he was pulling the gold chain, the boat sank (下沉) intothe sea. He lost not only the gold chain, but also his boat and life!
