Matt and his wife¹ lived in the country. Matt was² very stingy（吝啬的） and hated⁴ spending money. One day a fair⁵ came⁶ to the nearby⁷ town.

"Let’s go to the fair, Matt,” his wife said⁸, “We haven’t been anywhere⁹ for a long time.”

Matt thought¹⁰ about this for a while¹¹. He knew he would¹² have to spend money at the fair. At last he said, “All right, but I’m not going¹³ to spend much money. We’ll look at things, but we won’t buy anything.”

They went to the fair and looked at all the things to buy. There were many things Matt’s wife wanted to buy, but he would not let her spend any money.

Then, in a nearby field¹⁴, they saw¹⁵ a small airplane¹⁶.

"Fun flight¹⁷!” the notice¹⁸ said, “$10 for 10 minutes.”

 Matt had¹⁹ never been in an airplane and he wanted to go on a fun flight. However²⁰, he didn’t want to have to pay²¹ for his wife, as³ well.

"I’ve only got²² $10,” he told the pilot²³. “Can my wife come with me for free²⁴?” The pilot wasn’t selling many tickets, so he said , “I’ll make a bargain²⁵ with you. If your wife doesn’t scream²⁶ or shout, she can have a free flight.”

Matt agreed²⁷, and got into the small airplane with his wife.

The pilot took²⁸ off²⁹ and made³⁰ his airplane do all kinds of things. At one moment it was flying upside³¹ down.

When the plane landed³², the pilot said, “O.K. your wife didn’t make a sound . She can have her ride free.”

"Thank you,” Matt said. “it wasn’t easy for her, you know, especially³³ when she fell³⁴ out.”