Голицынский, 6-е издание – Артикль – Упражнение 46

A train stopped at a little station. A passenger looked out of the window of a train carriage and saw a woman selling cakes. The man had not had breakfast in the morning. He was hungry and wanted to buy a cake. The woman was standing rather far from the carriage. The man did not want to go and buy a cake himself because he was afraid to miss the train. He saw a boy who was walking along the platform near the carriage. He called the boy and asked him, “How much does a cake cost?” “Threepence, sir,” answered the boy. The man gave him a sixpence and said, “Bring me a cake, and with the other threepence buy a cake for yourself.” The boy took the money and went to the woman. A few minutes later the boy returned. He was eating a cake. He gave the man threepence change and said, “The woman had only one cake, sir.”