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| I was poor and always said yes to my boss. But the 1 was reached one Tuesday-my half holiday. On my way 2 on Tuesdays I used to carry a large basket of things to the house of my boss' sister. 3 her house was on my way home, I 4 refused this. On this particular Tuesday, 5 , just as we were about to 6 , a load (担) of smoked hams (火腿) was delivered at the 7 . "Waiting a minute, Little Stark," said the boss and he opened the load and 8 out a ham, 9 he started to bone (剔骨) and string up (把……捆 绑起来). I 10 in growing impatience (不耐烦) to get on my way, not for one minute but for quite a 11 time. It was nearly 2:30. Thank God! The boss finished. He then came to me with the boned ham, put it in the 12 beside me, and told me to take it to a customer who had place d an 13 for it days before. This meant my going a 14 way out of my road home, so I looked up, saying, "I have my 15 at two on Tuesday, you know." "What do you 16 ?" he shouted. I told him that I meant that I would deliver things as 17 , but not at this moment. The boss stared at me as if I were some unusual kind of insect and shouted even 18 . But I 19 firm. At last, seeing it was impossible, he gave up and 20 me go home for my holiday. | ||||
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