The Whistle

Story by Benjamin Franklin

When I was a child[1], seven years old, my friends[2] one day filled my pocket[3] with coppers[4]. I immediately set out for a toy –shop[5], and on th way. I came across a boy[6] playing a whistle[7] he had just bought there. I  was so charmed with the sound[8] that came from his intrument[9] that I offered the boy all the money[10] I had in exchange for it.

When I  returned home[11], I went whistling all over the house[12] very pleased with myself, but disturbing all the family[13]. My brother[14] and sister[15], who understood what a bad[16] bargin I had made, told me I had given four times more for the whistle[17] than it was worth. This upset[18] me, as I began to think of all the other good things I might have bought with the rest of the money[19]. I was laughed at so much for my folly[20] that I cried from vexation[21] and the thought of my stupidity[22] caused me more chargin than the whistle[23] gave me pleasure[24].

This lesson[25] however as useful later in life[26]. For it had left a lasting impression[27] on my mind[28]. Often therefore, when tempted to buy some useless trifle. I checked my impulse[29] with the word : “Don`t give too much for the whistle[30]” and so I saved my money[31]. As i grow older man[32] and mixed with the world[33], observing the ways of men[34], I thought I met with many, very many who were giving too much for their whistles[35].

When I saw ambitious people[36] striving for favour at court[37], wasting their time at levees[38], their rest, their freedom[39], their virtue[40], even their friends[41], in order to obtain their ends, I said to myself : “These are giving too much for their whistle[42]”. When I beheld others over-fond of popularity[43], always mixed up in political intrigues, neglecting their own affairs and bringing themselves to ruin : “They pay indeed too much”, thought I, “For their whistles[44]”.

If I chanced upon a miser, giving up every kind of personal comfort, all the joy[45] of helping others, the esteem of his follow-men and the pleasures of friendship, for the sake of amassing wealth : “Poor man”, I would say, “You are indeed paying too much for your whistle[46]”. On meeting a man[47] of the world who sacrificed to gross bodily indulgence[48] every opportunity of bettering his mind or his situation : “Unfortunate one,” said I, “You are laying up a store[49] of suffering[50] for yourself rather than of pleasure[51], you are giving too much for your whistle[52]”.

If I fell in with an individual[53] overttached to fine clothes[54], beautiful furniture, extravagant carriages[55] and the like, all beyond his means and to acquire which he was running himself into debt[56], and who might possibly finish in jail[57] : “Alas”, I pondere, “He is paying dearly, very dearly, for his whistle[58].” Should I hear of the case of a beautiful kind-hearted young woman[58] married to a bad tempered boor of a husband[59] : “What a pity”, I reflected “that she has paid so much for her whistle[60].”

I came, therefore to the conclusion[61] that the greater part of mankind’s misery had been brouht about by the false[62] values they had put on certain things and by giving too much for their whistles[63]. From this story[64] I knew and I should take a conclusion[65] “Don’t thing usseless for you livehood[66] and get back to your the first direction[67]”.

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1. Child               : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
2. Friends            : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
3. Pocket             : Noun (Idea), Countable Noun, Concrete Noun.
4. Coppers          : Noun (Thing), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
5. Toy-shop         : Noun (Place), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun. 
6. Boy                  : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular. 
7. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
8. Sound             : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
9.  Instrumen       : Noun ( Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
10. Money             : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular Noun.
11. Home              : Noun (Place), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular Noun.
12. House             : Noun (Place), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular Noun.
13. Family             : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Plural Noun.
14. Brother            : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular.
15. Sister               : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular.
16. Bad                  : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
17. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
18. Upset              : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
19. Money             : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Concrete Noun, Countable Noun, Singular Noun.
20. Folly                : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
21. Vexation         : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
22. Stupidity         :  Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
23. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
24. Pleasure          : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
25. Lesson             : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun
26. Life                  : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
27. Impression      : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
28. Mind               : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
29. Impluse           : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
30. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
31. Money             : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
32. Man                : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
33. World              : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
34. Men                 : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
35. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
36. People             : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
37. Court              : Noun (Place), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun
38. Levees             : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
39. Freedom          : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
40. Virtue              : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
41. Friends            : Noun (Person), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
42. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
43. Popularity       : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
44. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
45.  Joy                   : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
46. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
47. Man                : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
48. Indulgence      : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
49. Store                : Noun (Place), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
50. Suffering         : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
51. Pleasure          : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
52. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
53. Individual       : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
54. Clothes            : Noun (Thing), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
55. Carriage          : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
56. Debt                : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
57. Jail                   : Noun (Place), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
58. Woman           : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
59. Husband         : Noun (Person), Common Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular.
60. Whistle            : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
61. Conclusion     : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Singular Noun.
62. False                : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
63. Whistles          : Noun (Thing), Proper Noun, Countable Noun, Concrete Noun, Plural Noun.
64. Story               : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Concrete Noun.
65. Conclusion     : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.
66. Livehood        : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Concrete Noun.
67. Direction         : Noun (Idea), Common Noun, Abstract Noun.