A young woman likes birds a lot. On Saturday morning, she goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. She asks the shop assistant for a bird that can sing. The man sells her a parrot, and she takes it home. Then, she finds the bird has a broken leg. She goes back to the shop. She says to the shop assistant, "One of the parrot's legs is broken!"

    "Madam," he answers, "When you buy the bird, you ask me to give you a singer, not a dancer."

    When you wave(招手) to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put one finger(手指) in front of your1, you mean 'Be quiet'.

    However, people in different countries use different sign languages.

    Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt2and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips(嘴唇). In this way, he3to say, "Bring me something to eat." A moment later, the waiter brought him a lot of things to drink. First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was4that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was5to leave' the restaurant when another man came in and put hands on his stomach. And this sign was6enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

    When my friend first arrived in Australia, he saw an old man selling some cheap goods(商品) in the street of Sydney. The old man was one of the poor people in Sydney and in fact there was no difference between them and beggars(乞丐). Most of them were some lonely old people. My friend was a kind hearted man, so he quickly gave some money to him. The old man asked him to pick some goods from him. My friend had no interest in those goods, so he left without choosing. But the old man followed him all the way.

    At first, my friend didn't think a lot, just thinking he would go home. But then when he went very far and saw the old man still following him, he was a little angry, thinking the old man must feel he was kind and wanted more money. My friend turned back and told him with sign language(手语) not to follow him because he didn't have much money.

    But the old man seemed not to understand, speaking something unknown and still following him. My friend happened to meet his Australian friend in the street. Hearing his story, his friend turned to ask why the old man was following his friend. The old man was out of breath, "My son, you gave me money, but you didn't want my things, so I have to give you something. I see you are a foreigner, likely not familiar(熟悉) with our city. I just want to follow you and show you the way. All I can do for you is this..."My friend was surprised. He said he didn't know why, but he felt the old man was just like his father, nice and warm.

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