Jim found work in a shop two years ago .Mrs White ,the shopkeeper¹ ,trusts the able young man and pays him more .He’s happy and works² harder .

Once Jim knew a beautiful girl called Mabel at a friend’s party .They danced several times and fell deeply³ in love .But Mabel’s parents didn’t agree to marry their daughter to a poor young man .So they began to travel in America and didn’t let the girl come back to London .She wrote a letter to Jim and told him about it .Of course the young man hadn’t enough money to go to see her .He was so sad that he began to drink .

It was Saturday one day .Jim didn’t go to work .He came to a bar⁴ and sat down to drink again .Just then Mike ,an old friend of his ,came in .Jim asked him to drink with him .Crying ,he told Mike all and the young man felt sorry for him .But he didn’t know what to do ,either .Then they stopped talking and drank .After a while they were both drunk⁵ and left .

Mike wanted to take his friend home .When they passed a zoo ,they went in and walked to a cage in which there were two tigers .Having seen them , a tiger roared⁶ .Mike was afraid and said ,“Let’s go .It’s dangerous to stand here .”