Two weeks Inter.I told my mother I was bored.She said.“Here’re the car keys.Go and buy some
fruit.”
36 ,I jurnped into the car and speeded off.
Seeing me or rather
my 37 ,a boy sprang up(跳起来). 38 to sell his banan is and peanuts.“Banana 300 naira.Peanut 200 naira!”
Looking at his bbinck-striped bananas,I 39 to 200 total for the fruit and nuts.
He 40 .I handed him a 500 naira
note.He didn’t have 41 .So I told him not to worry.He
was 42 and smiled a row of petfect
teeth.
When.two weeks
later.I 43 this same boy.I was more aware
of my position in Nigerian soeicty.I should 44 this country as the son of a 45 .But it was hard to find
pleasure in a place where it was so
46 to see a little
boy who should have been in school selling frust.
“What’s up?”I asked.He answered in 47 English,“I…I no get money to buy book.”I took out two 500 naira notes.He looked around 48 before sticking his hand into
the car 49 the bills.One thousand naira means a
lot to a farnily that 50 only 50,000 cach year.
The next morning,security officers
told me,“In this
place,when you give a little,people think you’re a fountain of opportunity(机会).”
51 it’s
right,but this happens everywhere in the world.I wondered if my little friend
had actually used the money for
52 .
After six months’work in northern Nigeria,I
returned and saw him again standing on the road.
“Are you in school
now?”
He nodded.
A silence fell as we
looked at each other,then I
53 what he wanted.I held out a 500 naira note.“Take this.”
He shook his head
fiercely and stepped back
54 hurt.
“It’s a gift.”I said.
Shaking his head
again,he handed me a basket of bananas and peanuts,“I’ve been waiting to 55 these to you.”
36.A.Encouraged
B.Disappointed
C.Delighted fused