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 * The Two Boxes **

** John and Tom were playing in the park after school as usual. It was an ordinary summer day for them, before they found a strange object in the sky. **

** “Tom, what’s that shining in the sky?” **

** “Maybe a UFO is attacking the earth!” Tom replied. **

** “No kidding!” They laughed at each other. **

** However, they began to feel scared as that object came closer and closer. Suddenly, it emitted strong light, spotted on them, which made them stunned. Then it landed right in front of them and its roof opened. **

** In the UFO was an unknown being with green eyes and big ears like rabbit, which made them look really from outer space. It uttered a strange voice they’d never heard, but strangely they could understand what it meant. **

** “I’m from another galaxy and exploring planets in the solar system. On my way my spaceship clashed into small stones while I was working out of the ship. Luckily, I just narrowly escaped in this emergency ship.” It said. Two boys were completely astonished and couldn’t reply at first, but as they came to their senses, they began to realize that this alien was in a serious situation and they have to help it. **

** “Now my ship is running out of fuel. If I can’t go back to the space within 4 hours, my partners will leave me and I won’t return to my home. Please help me, and I’ll give you something special.” **

** “OK, poor alien. We’ll prepare what you need as soon as possible.” **

** They hurried home and gathered what little money they had. Then they went to the gas station and got 80 liters of fuel and brought it to the park. It was entirely dark by then. **

** When the ship was fueled, the alien seemed really delighted. **

** “Thank you, two kind boys! I give you these two strange boxes in return. One contains 10,000 dollars and the other 100 dollars. You can choose one of them. However, if you are to open both of them, these boxes will get angry and hide all the money.” **

** The alien went back to its planet, leaving the two boxes which seemed to have no gimmicks. Two boys were at a loss which one to choose. **

** “Which one do you think we should open, Tom?” **

** “Of course I’ll open both and get 10,100 dollars! As these are just ordinary boxes, it’s impossible to hide money.” Tom answered. **

** “You heard it told us not to do that! We can open only one of them.” John said. **

** “Maybe it just told us a lie! Both of these do contain a lot of money!” **

** “No more talk! I’ll open this one!” 　 Finally Tom put his hand on one of them. **

** The moment Tom opened that, John opened the other at the same time. **

** Nothing was in the two boxes. **