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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American1of short stories. His 2name was William Sydney Porter. He was 3in North Carolina in 1862. 4 a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach 5 everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different 6. He first worked on newspaper, and then had a job in a 7. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen(偷) it. Because of that, he was 8 to prison(监狱). 9 the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories.
People liked his stories, because they were 10 to understand and they would finish with a sudden change in the end, to the readers' surprise.
