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On a Friday night, a
poor student was playing his violin at the entrance(入口)of the subway station. The music was so great that people stopped
to listen and put some money into his hat.
The next day, the
student came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the
hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said, "A George Sang
has put an important thing into my hat yesterday. Welcome to claim (认领) it. "The people all didn't know what it could be. After some minutes,
a man ran here, took the student's hands and said, "I knew you would come
here. "The student asked, " "Lottery (彩票).
"The student took out a lottery ticket with Sang's name on it. Sang took
it and danced happily.
Sang was an office
worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize(中奖)of
$ 500, 000. But when he gave $ 50 to the student for his beautiful music, the lottery
ticket was put in to the hat, too. That morning, the student was going to fly
to Vienna to study music. However, when he found the ticket, he canceled (取消)the flight and went back to the entrance.
Later, someone asked
the student why he didn't take the lottery ticket to pay the tuition fee(学费). He said, "l don't have much money, but I live happily. If l
lose honesty(诚实), I won't be happy forever. "