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The Inside of the World

    When I was a very little boy, I was always asking questions.

    One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked,"Jane what's under the street?""Oh, just dirt(尘土)," she replied." And what is under the dirt?Oh, more dirt. " she replied.

    (1)  .So I asked again, "Well, what's under that?""Oh, nothing﹣I don't know﹣why are you always asking so many questions? "she asked.

    I knew there must be something under that.(2)  I also heard that Chinese lived on the other sideof the world, head down, I wanted to find out if that was true.

    (3)  ,down, down, down. till I came through on the other side, and then I would know.I was a very little boy, you see. With a small shovel(铁锹), I started a hole in the backyard behind the grapevines(葡萄藤). No one knew what I was doing.(4)  

    Then one evening my father asked, "What's that hole in the backyard? " (5)  He didn't laugh when I told him, but he asked me if I knew how far I would have to dig.

    I hadn't dug through the world, but I did know how far it was.

A. I knew my secret was out

B. I wasn't satisfied with her answer

C. And I just wanted to know what it was

D. So I made up my mind I would dig down through the world

E. I wanted to keep it a secret until I had dug all the way through

F. As a result, I became closer and closer to the inside of the world

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