There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in taking care of his glass houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Year of the Rose.
Boys often threw stones at Mr. Flowers' glass houses. So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
Mr. Flowers had tried many ways to protect his glass houses, but they didn't work. He had been to school to report to the headmaster, but this had not done any good, either. But they could run faster than him and laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found some from somewhere else.
At last, Mr. Flowers had a good idea. A He had written the words on it: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no similar trouble again.
| A. He put up a large notice made of good and strong wood, some meters away from the glass houses. B. The boys preferred throwing stones at the notice to throwing at the glass houses. C. But it was not always possible to be on watch at any time. D. Mr. Flowers' glass houses were very close to a middle school. E. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden. |
