演講朗讀資料

The Smell of Bread A baker lives in a small town. Every day he makes bread at his bakery His thick , brown bread is delicious. It has a wonderful smell. Every morning Allen sits down in front of the bakery and enough money To. Buy the bread, but he loves the smell. One winter day the baker sees Allen smelling the bread. He gets very angry. “ You are stealing the smell of my bread, “ he says. “ You can’t do that ! You must pay me for it ! “ “ I’m not eating the bread, “ answers Allen. “ I don’t have to pay just to smell it.” “Yes, you do, “ says the baker. “ Let’s ask the judge, “ says Allen. The judge listens to Allen and the baker. “ This is a difficult problem.” He says. He sits and thinks. After two hours the judge asks Allen, “ Do you have any money? “ Allen takes out a little bad with ten pennies in it. “ Shake the bag, Allen, “ says the judge. Allen shakes the bag and the coins jingle. “ Listen to the sound of the coins, Baker, “ Says the judge. “ The sound of Allen’s money pays for the smell of your bread.”