The clever schoolboy
A schoolboy lived in a small house, at the side of a big house. The schoolboy’s father and mother did not have much money and it was a very small house. The schoolboy worked very hard. He went to school in the morning. In the afternoon he helped his father. His father was a farmer.
At night the boy did his school work.
There was only one lamp in the house. Every night his father and mother went to bed.
Then the boy started to do his school work. He put the lamp on the table in front of him. Then he read his books and wrote in his exercise books.
One night his lamp went out.
‘I cannot see,’ he said, ‘I cannot do my work. What can I do? We have one lamp and it is no good. I cannot buy a lamp. I have no money.’
Then he said, ‘The man in the big house has a lot of money. He has a lot of lamps. I am going to ask him for one.’
He went outside and knocked on the door of the big house. A man opened the door.
‘Why are you knocking on my door?’ he said. ‘What do you want?’
‘Please, sir,’ said the boy, ‘may I have one of your lamps? I cannot do my school work. My lamp is no good.’
‘No,’ said the man. ‘You cannot have one of my lamps. I want all my lamps.’
‘But, sir,’ said the boy. ‘You have a lot of lamps and I haven’t one. Please give me one. I cannot do my work.’
‘No!’ said the man. ’Go away.’
He closed the door.
The boy went back to his house.
‘What can I do?’ he asked. ‘There is a street lamp but I cannot work in the street. All my friends have lamps but they are working, too. I cannot buy a lamp. I have no money. What can I do?’
Then the moon came up and started to shine through the boy’s windows.
‘Good!’ said the boy. ‘Now I can read my book.’
He started to read the first page. Then big black clouds came into the sky.
‘Oh dear!’ said the boy. ‘Now I cannot see.’
Then he saw a box of matches.
‘I can see with these matches,’ he said.
But there were not many matches in the box. The boy read two pages of his book. Then there were no more matches.
‘What is he doing? Can you see? He is making a hole in the wall. It is not a very big hole. The man in the big house cannot see t. It is a small hole.
The light is shining through the hole in the wall. It is shining on the boy’s book.
‘Now I can see,’ he is saying. ‘Now I can read and write. Now I can do my work. I have no lamp but I can see.’
He was a very clever boy.
A schoolboy lived in a small house, at the side of a big house. The schoolboy’s father and mother did not have much money and it was a very small house. The schoolboy worked very hard. He went to school in the morning. In the afternoon he helped his father. His father was a farmer.
At night the boy did his school work.
There was only one lamp in the house. Every night his father and mother went to bed.
Then the boy started to do his school work. He put the lamp on the table in front of him. Then he read his books and wrote in his exercise books.
One night his lamp went out.
‘I cannot see,’ he said, ‘I cannot do my work. What can I do? We have one lamp and it is no good. I cannot buy a lamp. I have no money.’
Then he said, ‘The man in the big house has a lot of money. He has a lot of lamps. I am going to ask him for one.’
He went outside and knocked on the door of the big house. A man opened the door.
‘Why are you knocking on my door?’ he said. ‘What do you want?’
‘Please, sir,’ said the boy, ‘may I have one of your lamps? I cannot do my school work. My lamp is no good.’
‘No,’ said the man. ‘You cannot have one of my lamps. I want all my lamps.’
‘But, sir,’ said the boy. ‘You have a lot of lamps and I haven’t one. Please give me one. I cannot do my work.’
‘No!’ said the man. ’Go away.’
He closed the door.
The boy went back to his house.
‘What can I do?’ he asked. ‘There is a street lamp but I cannot work in the street. All my friends have lamps but they are working, too. I cannot buy a lamp. I have no money. What can I do?’
Then the moon came up and started to shine through the boy’s windows.
‘Good!’ said the boy. ‘Now I can read my book.’
He started to read the first page. Then big black clouds came into the sky.
‘Oh dear!’ said the boy. ‘Now I cannot see.’
Then he saw a box of matches.
‘I can see with these matches,’ he said.
But there were not many matches in the box. The boy read two pages of his book. Then there were no more matches.
‘What is he doing? Can you see? He is making a hole in the wall. It is not a very big hole. The man in the big house cannot see t. It is a small hole.
The light is shining through the hole in the wall. It is shining on the boy’s book.
‘Now I can see,’ he is saying. ‘Now I can read and write. Now I can do my work. I have no lamp but I can see.’
He was a very clever boy.
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