Once there lived an unhappy king who slept badly and didn't feel like eating anything. This made1queen and his people worried. A doctor was called in to2 him. The doctor said it's all in his mind instead of his body. So 3medicine nor rest could help him but a shirt of a happy person.

The prime minister was called to the palace. When hearing the king's situation, he said, “Although I have much power, it doesn't make me4. I'm always worried about losing it.”Then, the king's banker came and said he had lots of wealth, but he also worried about losing it. He was never happy, either. Next, the palace singer came and his words were almost the same.

Finally, the top general was told to find a happy man in5time. Luckily, he found a poor man without power, money or fame singing happily on a street. The general asked him6 made him so happy. The poor man answered that he had everything he wanted and he didn't want those he couldn't have. His songs came from the happiness in his heart. When the general asked for the man's shirt,7, the man said, “What shirt? I don't own any shirts!”

The Benefits(益处)of Doing More than You Are Paid for

One rainy afternoon an old lady walked into a Philadelphia department store.Most of the clerks ignored(忽略)her,1only one young man asked if he could help her.She replied that she was just 2for the rain to stop.He told her he wouldn't try to3her anything she didn't want.Instead he brought her4.

When the rain stopped,the lady5the young man and asked for his card.A few months passed,the owner of the store received6inviting this young man to Scotland to get orders for providing goods for a large company!The letter was7the old lady for whom the clerk had provided a chair.She happened to be owner's mother of the large company,8

When the young clerk had his bags packed for Scotland,he had already been one of the9in that department store,all because he had shown a little10to a stranger when no one else would.

    John Smith was an old porter (搬运工). He had 1 at a train station for years. Every day he was busy carrying 2 things for the passengers. Though this work was tiring, John Smith liked it. He was 3 with his work. He was kind to everyone and always ready to help others. In return, people liked to ask him for 4.

    One morning John Smith stood in the station, waiting for the 5. Just then he saw a man running towards the trains with a big bag in his hand.

    "No train is starting. Why is he in such a 6?" the old man thought to himself. So he went up to the man and asked, "May I help you?"

    As soon as the man saw the porter, he stopped 7. "Excuse me, can I catch the 10:35 train to London?" the man asked with worries on his face.

    The old porter looked at him for a few 8 and said, "Well, Sir. I'd like to help you, but I can't answer your question because I don't know how 9 you can run." Then he explained to the man, "The 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to 10 it?"

    Before graduating college, Jackie began to look for a job. She aimed at a famous company, but the 1for such jobs was very strong. The company Jackie chose planned to employ only one person, but more than twenty people applied for the job. 2 , Jackie was one of the three people invited for the final interview. The interview was very   3. The interviewer asked just a few questions and it was all over in less than 10 minutes. Then the interviewer said to them," All of you are very good. Please go home and 4our response. "

    Three days later, Jackie received a message saying she would not be    5the job. She felt deeply disappointed. That evening, however, she received another 6. This time it said that she got the job.

    Jackie later found out that the first message sent to her phone was part of the interview--a 7 to see if she was suitable for the job. All the three people received the 8text, but only Jackie's reply 9 the company. Of the three, one did not reply. The other said "goodbye" and Jackie said "thank you". This reply showed that Jackie was a/an 10person, so the company offered her the job.

    On a cold snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She looked very worried because her 1 broke down and she had already waited for an hour. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back (to the) 2 from the interview* of a company.

    The lady thought "Is the man going to 3 me? He looks so cold and hungry." 4 to her surprise, he stopped and said with a smile. "Can I help you, Madam?"

    After forty 5, the car was at last fixed* by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.

    "No, that's 6, Madam, "he said. "I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I 7 whenever you see someone in need, you should give him a hand."

    A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby* house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped.

    The hostess warmly asked her 8. And the Lady could see that it was a 9 family and that they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady 10 500 dollars on a table and went away quietly.

    Robert came home later than before, thinking how 11 their life was. His wife was pregnant and the baby would be born the next month but there was not enough money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss, just like what she 12 did. Robert hugged his wife, "Honey, I am so sorry. I haven't 13 the interview yet. Tomorrow I will try another company." His wife said 14, "Don't worry, dear！Everything's going to be all right. A stranger helped 15 out."

    Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ourselves.