on some days.

Peoplein other cities learned about Ben and Jerry's,

and they came a long way to eat the ice cream.
Ben and Jerry made more ice cream, and they started selling it
to storesand restaurants.First, they went to storesand restaurants
in Vermont. Then they started selling their ice cream to stores
acrossthe United States.By 1988, they were selling ice cream all
over the United States.A few yearslater, people could alsobuy their
ice cream in Canada,Great Britain, Russia,and Israel.
Why do people buy Ben and Jerry'sice cream?First of all, it is
35 very, very good ice cream. It is made with good Vermont milk, and
it doesnot have any chemicalsin it. Peoplealsobuy Ben andJerry's
ice cream becausethey like the company. It is now a very big
company,but Ben andJerry are not just big businessmen.They also
want to help people in many different ways. They give work to lots
of poor people.And every year,the company gives away 7.5 percent
of their money. They give money to help children and sick people
in the United Statesand in other countries.
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Story 1O

7
a Book-or0oto Jail!
Read
Stan Rosenlived in New Bedford, Massachusetts.He stole cars
and bicycles from people. One day, the police saw him and sent
him to jail. The next year, Stan was out of iail. He told some people
his name was Jim Rosen.He got money from them for a business.
Then he ran away with the money. The police got him again and
sent him to jail. The year after that, Stan was home again. One
night, he stole some money from a store, and again, the police got
him. But this time, they sent him to Judge Kane.
"Do you want to go to
Judge Kane askedStan, iail again?Or do
you want to read books?"
Stan did not understand.
"This time," saidthe "yorJcan decide.You can read books
iudge,
with ProfessorWaxler at the New Bedford high school. Or you can
go to iail."
Stan was 27 yearsold. He did not have a high school degree.He
did not often read books, and he did not like reading! But he did
not want to go to jail again. So he decided to read books in
ProfessorWaxler'sclass.
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 Pleasure Reading

"You must go to every class,"said "And you must

Judge Kane.
read all the books."
One evening, Stan went to the first class.There were ten men in
the class,and all of the men were sent by Judge Kane. In the first
class,they read a short story.
ProfessorWaxler asked,"What did you think about it?"
The men said nothing. They did not know how to talk about
stories.Stan wanted to answer the question, but he was afraid to
talk. He did not want the other men to hear him.
"Did you like the story?" ProfessorWaxler askedhim.
"Nor" said Stan.
"Why not?" askedProfessorWaxler.
"Becausethe end was happy, but life is not happy," said Stan.
"That's not true," said another man. "Life is happy for some
people."
Then other men started talking about the story and about life.
They talked for two hours. ProfessorWaxler told them to read a
book for the next class.It was a book about a young man with
many problems.
Again, ProfessorWaxler asked,"What did you think?"
This time the men were not afraid to answer.They had lots of
ideasabout the book, and they talked a lot about their lives.
'1,2
For weeks,Stan read books and talked about them. Then he
had to decide again: go to classor go to jail. He decided to go to
classagain.
After that, Stan took evening classesat the high school. He went
to work in the daytime. The next year, he started evening classesat
the university. Now Stan is a good student-and a good man. No
more police or iail in Stan'slife! Thanks toJudge Kane and Professor
Waxler-and some books.

Story 11

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Who theMon
Took eU?
Manuel lived in a village in Spain called Santa Maria. It was a
small village in the mountains. At 15, Manuel started working on
the Spanish trains. Every Monday morning, he went by train down
to the city. He came back home again on Friday evening. He worked
for long hours, and he worked hard.

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