3 Quick Thinking

One day, Tony met his friend Alan in the street. Tony was quite rich, but Alan was poor. The two boys walked along the street together.

They talked about many things. Tony liked to listen to music and he told Alan about some new songs. Alan liked reading, and he told Tony about some new books.

They had the same friends, and they talked about these too.

Then Tony remembered something.“I lent you ten dollars last week, ” he said. “Can you give it back to me? ”

“I'm very sorry, Tony, ” Alan said. “I forgot about it.”

Alan thought about this money for a minute. Then he said, “I haven't got any money with me today. I'll pay you back tomorrow.”

“All right, ” Tony said, “I can wait another day.”

At that moment a man ran up. He had a knife in his hand. Alan and Tony were afraid.He was a dangerous man.

“Give me your money, ” he said to Tony.

Tony took out his wallet and gave it to the thief.

The thief took out the money and threw the wallet on to the ground.

“Now you give me your money, ” he said to Alan.

Alan thought quickly. He took out his wallet, but he did not give it to the thief. He gave it to Tony and said,“I owe you some money, Tony. Here it is.”