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　　Mr Brown was going away for a week．Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea．"

　　"OK, Dad," said his son．But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him．His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then．

　　Four days passed, but no one came to see his father．The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening．

　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door．The boy opened it．A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper．He could not find it．He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more．"

　　The man was very surprised．He asked, "No more? I met your father last week．When did it happen?"

　　"Burnt yesterday evening．"

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　　Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey．Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip．

　　Reporter：What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?

　　Chris：Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India．I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant．

　　Reporter：What did you do next?

　　Chris：I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to carry people．I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家)for help．He taught me how to ride an elephant．He also helped me find an elephant．

　　Reporter：How long did it take to find a suitable elephant?

　　Chris：Not too long．I bought a female elephant called Tara for about 6, 000 dollars．

　　Reporter：Can you tell me about the journey?

　　Chris：Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later．We were going to Sonepur in northern India．There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily．And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1, 200 km away．It took us 64 days to complete the journey．

　　Reporter：Did you have any problems on your journey?

　　Chris：Yes, a few．But nothing serious．On the third day, Tara hurt her foot．Btu that got better quickly．Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!

　　Reporter：What happened when you reached Sonepur?

　　Chris：My plan was to sell Tara．But I was very fond of her．I couldn’t take her back to Britain and I didn’t want to sell her at the market．I happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India．I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them．I was very sad to say goodbye．

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