Once there was a man named Richard. He liked to collect stamps that have monkeys them. Monkey was his favorite animal. He kept the stamps in a secret binder. last time he checked, he had 8,351 stamps. One day, he bought another 100 stamps. But when he opened his binder, he found that his stamps had gone! He suspected these people: Jeff— his landlord, loved collecting stamps. Jack—his brother loved animals especially monkeys. David--his other brother, a kleptomaniac.
Richard gathered them before him asked. Where are my monkey stamps?" Here is they said:
Jeff: I don't have yours. I have my own collection,remember?
Jack: Why would anyone want thousands useless stamps?
David: What stamps?
Richard said, "I know which one of you it is! You'd better give them back. "
——本题素材选自《21世纪英文报》