Lesson 6 Stories for All Time
One Lucky Sunday
Cyril Boggis was an antique furniture dealer in London.
He was known for buying good things at a low price and then selling them at a high price.
People asked him where he had got the furniture, but he just said, “It’s a secret.”
Mr. Boggis’ secret was simple.
He went to small towns every Sunday and knocked on doors.
He told people that he was a furniture dealer.
People didn’t know how valuable their things were, so Mr. Boggis took advantage of them.
He was able to buy things very cheaply.
Now it was another Sunday, and Mr. Boggis was in a small town again.
At a house he visited, he met two men.
One was Rummins, the owner, and the other was his son Bert.
“I buy old furniture. Do you have any?” asked Mr. Boggis.
“No, I don’t,” said Rummins.
“Can I just take a look?” asked Mr. Boggis.
“Sure. Please come in,” said Rummins.
Mr. Boggis first went to the kitchen, and there was nothing.
He then moved to the living room.
And there it was!
A table which was a priceless piece of eighteenth-century English furniture.
He was so excited that he almost fell over.
“What’s wrong?” Bert asked.
“Oh, nothing. Nothing at all,” Mr. Boggis lied.
He then said with a straight face,
“This table is a reproduction. It’s worth only a few pounds.”
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