An
Old Man and Two Actors
Two young actors could not
find work for a very long time. At last they were given small parts in a London
It made them very happy and
they were glad when they were given some money for their work, so the first
thing they decided to do was to have a good dinner at a restaurant.
On the way to the restaurant
they sat down on a bench in the park. An old man was sitting at the other end
of the bench. His eyes were shut and he looked ill.
Suddenly he fell of the
bench. The young actors helped him to his feet and made him lie down on the
bench.
Some time later the old man
said, “I haven’t eaten for three days. On Monday I lost all the money I had”,
and he began to cry.
“Please don’t cry. We haven’t
got much money ourselves, but we’ll be glad to give you some”, said one of the
friend and he gave the old man a pound. The other actor did the same. The old
man stopped crying.
“Oh, thank you. You’re very
good young men. Good-bye and thanks again.”
The he walked away very
quickly.
“He doesn’t look ill any
more. Do you think his story is true?” asked one of the friends.
“True or not true, we had to
help him. If he was poor and hungry he needed the money, and if he was a very
good actor he had to be paid for playing the part so well”.
“Yes, you are right. I’m glad
we gave him the two pounds”.
“Well, What about dinner
now?”
“Oh, we’ll have something to
eat at home. And think how happy we are. We’ve got our parts and we’ve been
able to help an old man”.
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