One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he    小题1: （find）that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son,” Go to the Village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much    小题2:   too little.”

His son looked surprised. ”I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,  小题3:   not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very    小题4:  （reason）thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.

Nick’s guests,  小题5:   had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason a man would sell salt    小题6:   a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect    小题7:   the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t    小题8:  （possible）destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only    小题9:   very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little ,always    小题10:  （think）that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.”