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A Story

One day, some Americans were having dinner at a hotel in London. When fish was put on the table one of them, a young man, said: “Let's examine the fish carefully, perhaps we'll find a diamond in it”. Everybody began to laugh, but an old man said quietly: “Yes, I'm sure we have all heard stories like that. Let me tell you what happened to me once”.

“When I was a young man he began”, “I worked for a big company in New York; and I was sent to England to do some work there. I was in love with a beautiful girl, and before I left for England, we decided that we would get married when I returned home.

I stayed in England for two months. I sent letters and postcards to the girl almost every day, but after the first two weeks I didn't receive any answers. But I didn't think anything was the matter, and before I left for home, I bought a beautiful diamond ring for her.

On the ship one morning, a telegram was brought to me. It was from a friend in New York, who told me that the girl had changed her mind and was going to get married to another man. I was so angry that I threw the diamond ring into the sea.

My friend came to the port to meet me, and he invited me to dinner. While we were sitting down at the table and I was eating fish, I suddenly felt something hard in my mouth. What do you think it was?”. “The diamond!” all the Americans cried. “No”, the old man answered, “It was a fish bone”.

One day some Americans were having a supper at a hotel. 

The meat was put on the table.

The old man told the story about him and his girlfriend.

He described the years of his youth.

The man worked for a big company in New York.

He was sent to England to do some work there.

He bought a beautiful gold ring to his girlfriend.

The girl had changed her mind and was going to get married to another man.

The man got to know about that from the letter from her.

The man sold the ring.

His friend met him at the port.

During the dinner with his friend the man found the diamond.

Where were the Americans having dinner one day?

What did the young man hope to find in the fish?

Where was the young man sent to work?

When had the young people decided to marry?

What did the young man buy for his girl?

Why didn’t the girl answer his letters?

How did the young man react to his friend’s news?

What did the young man do with the present?

What did the friends have for dinner when they met again?

What did the young man feel hard in his mouth?

Who came to the port to meet him?

Who was having dinner at a hotel in London?