Once upon a time, there was a man called Zheng.1lived in a small town. One day he wanted to buy himself a new pair of shoes. He measured (测量) his2with a ruler and then3down his size on a piece of paper. After that he went shoe shopping.
When he arrived at the4, he reached into his pocket (口袋),5he found the paper was not there. So he said to the shop keeper, "I have left the paper at home and I don't know the size. I'll go back home to6it." With these words, he ran out of the shop.
He ran back home, found the paper and then ran to the shop again. But it took him7hours and the shop was 8. He spent the afternoon on the way and did not buy his shoes at last.
Someone asked him, "Did you want to buy the shoes9yourself?"
"Of course," he answered.
"Then why don't you10the shoes by yourself?"
"I trust the ruler more than my feet," he answered.
