Two friends are going through the forest. One friend says to the other,“If any beast(野兽) comes out from behind the trees, I will stay with you and help you. "The other friend says,“I will help you too, if any beast comes near you.”After a little time there is a great noise,and a big bear comes out from behind the trees. At once one of the friends runs and gets up in a tree. The other friend is fat. He can't get up in a tree. He lies down at the foot of the tree. He says to himself,“The bear will think I am dead.”The bear comes near him. It puts its nose down and smells(闻) him. It thinks the man is dead, so it goes away. The other friend comes down from the tree, and says, " What did the bear say to you when it put its mouth so near to your ear ? " The friend answers, the bear said, " If a friend runs away from you when you need his help most, he is not a real friend. "
"Start out at that end, " she said. "Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay." "I soon know that's how everything works in America, " the grandfather told Mike later. " Life's a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. You can even get success, but you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself. "