Pedro Rossi is happy--he is very，very happy! He won(赢得) $500，000! He won the lottery(彩票)! Pedro is happy for only a few days. Then he remembers his lottery ticket! He throws it in the garbage can! Pedro runs to the garbage can and looks in it. The garbage can is not over there at all! “The garbage is gone，”his wife says. “The garbage truck(卡车) comes in the morning.” The garbage truck takes the garbage can to the garbage dump(垃圾堆)! Pedro runs to the dump. He looks for it for two days. But he can't find it. Pedro lives in town in Brazil. Pedro tells the people in the town，“Look for my lottery ticket at the dump. If you find it，I can give you half the money.” Everyday hundreds of people go to the dump to look for the ticket. Five days later，a man finds it. Pedro gives the man $250，000. Pedro won $500，000 in the lottery. Now he won only 250，000. But he is not sad. “Before，one man was happy，”Pedro says. “Now two men are happy!” 小题1:Pedro is very happy for only a few days because __________.
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