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One day, Nick invited his friends to supper.He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he ____ (find) that he had run out of salt.So Nick called to his son,“Go to the village and buy some salt,but pay a fair price for it: neither too much ____ too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much.Father,but if I can pay less, ____ not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very____ (reason) thing to do in a big city,but it could destroy a small village like ours,”Nick said.
Nick's guests, ____ had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,"The only reason a man would sell salt____ a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect____ me sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."
"But such a small thing couldn't____ (possible) destroy a village."
“In the beginning, there was only____ very small amount of unfairness in the world,but everyone added a little, always____ (think) that it was only small and not very important,and look where we have ended up today.”
