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Henry loved books, but not like you and I
love books. Henry loved to1books.
It all began quite by mistake one afternoon when he wasn't paying attention. He
wasn't sure at first, and tried eating only one2Just to test.
Next, he tried a whole sentence and then a
whole page. Yes, Henry liked them very much. By Wednesday, he had eaten a whole
book. He was3them
very fast.
And by the end of the month he could eat a
whole book in one go.
But
here is the best bit: The4he
ate, the smarter he got.
He ate a book5goldfish and then he knew what to feed.
Before long he could do his father's crossword in the newspaper…, and was even
smarter than his teacher in school.
Henry loved being smart. He 6 that if he kept going, he might even become the
smartest person on earth. So he kept eating books about anything. Henry wanted
to know7all.
8the thing started going not so well. In
fact, they started going very, very wrong Henry was eating too many books, and
too9at
that. He was beginning to feel a little ill.
Everything Henry was10was
getting mixed up. I he didn't have11to digest(消化)it. It became quite difficult for him to speak.
Suddenly Henry didn't feel very smart at
all.
More than one person told him he should12eating
books. So Henry gave up eating books and sat13for a long time. What was he to do?
Then, after a while, and almost by
accident. Henry14it
up a half-eaten book from the floor. But instead of putting it in his15Henry
opened it up …
…and began to read. And it was so good.