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　　When Ben Franklin was only a boy，he always wanted to know about things．He was always asking his father and brothers “What?”and “How?” and “Why?”

　　They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know．

　　When they couldn't tell him，Ben tried to find out for himself．

　　Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before．The other boys would say，“That Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new!”

　　Ben lived close to the water．He liked to go there to see the boats．He saw how the wind blew them across the water．

　　One day Ben said to himself，“Why can't the wind help me float(漂浮)across the water? And I'm going to try．”Ben got his big kite．He took hold of the kite string(线)and ran with it．The wind took the kite up into the air．Then Ben jumped into the water．

　　The wind blew the kite high into the air．Ben began to float across the water．Soon he was on the other side，and he had not worked at all．

　　One boy shouted，“Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”

　　“Yes，”said another．“He's always finding new ways to do things．”

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　　Mel Kiser was driving along a busy highway in Columbus, Ohio．He saw an armored truck(运钞车)and a few cars ahead of him．Suddenly the doors of the armored truck opened, and a blue plastic bag fell out of the truck．A car in front of Mr Kiser hit the bag．The bag ripped(撕破)and money spilled out．Then another bag fell out of the truck, and another．Money was flying everywhere．

　　At first, drivers thought the green papers on the highway were leaves．Then they realized that the green papers were not leaves, they were money!Drivers stopped their cars right in the middle of the highway．People jumped out of their cars and began picking up money．They were putting ten, twenty, and one-hundred-dollar bills into their pockets．One man said,“Money, money, money!It's all free!Grab(抓)some while you can!”

　　Mr Kiser also got out of his car．He had grabbed a plastic bag of money, put the bag in his car, and drove away．

　　Later Mr Kiser counted the money．He had ＄57,000．For the next two hours Mr Kiser thought about the money．He dreamed about spending it．He needed a new furnace(火炉)for his house．He wanted to take a vacation in Florida．But he decided to return the money．He drove to the police station and gave the police the ＄57,000．

　　The armored truck company offered 10 percent reward(酬金)，so Mr Kiser got a reward of ＄5,700．A few more people returned money and got rewards, but over one million dollars was still missing．

　　Then a man telephoned the armored truck company and said,“I was driving along the highway when I saw the money．People were running everywhere．I had a camera in my car and I took some pictures．Would you like the pictures?”

　　“Yes!”answered the company．The company gave the pictures to the police．The police looked closely at the pictures．They looked at the cars, the license plates, and the people's faces．They tried to find the people who had taken the money, but they didn't have much luck．

　　One man telephoned a Columbus newspaper．The man did not give his name,“I took two bags of money,”he said．“I'm going to take the money and leave Columbus．I have enough money for the rest of life．”

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