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A
businessman, who was very fond of music, was asked by a poor woman to give her
some help. Her husband, a great1, who was talented in music,
had died, and left her very poor indeed.
The
businessman saw that the woman and her2, who was with her, were in
great sadness. He looked with pity into their pale faces, and3that
their sad story was true.
"How
much do you want, my good woman?" said the businessman.
"4dollars
will save us, " said the poor woman. With some hesitation（迟疑）. The businessman sat down at his desk, took a piece of paper, wrote
a few lines on5, and gave it to the woman with the
words," Take it to the6you see on the other side of the
street."
The
grateful woman and her daughter, without stopping to read the note, ran to the
bank 7.
The banker at once counted out8 dollars instead of five. And then he passed
them to the woman.
She
was9 when
she saw so much money. "Sir, there is a mistake here," she said. "You
have given me fifty dollars,10I asked for only five."
The
banker11the note once more, and said, "The
check calls for fifty dollars."
"It
is a mistake-indeed it is," said the woman.
The
banker then asked her to wait for a few12, while he went to see the businessman
who gave her the13.
"Yes,"
said the businessman, since he had heard the banker's story," I did make a14.I wrote fifty instead of five hundred. Give the poor woman five
hundred dollars, because she is such a(an)15woman that she should get
even more." At that time, the banker understood why the woman could get
much more than she asked for.
