Ali, 1 was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read 2 write, and he had to work all day, 3 he could only look for somebody to 4 his letter late at night. At last he found the house of a letter writer 5 name was Nasreddin. Nasreddin was already in 6 . “It’s late,” he said. “What do you want?” “I want you to write a letter to my wife,” said Ali. Nasreddin was not 7 . He thought for a few 8 and then said, “Has the letter got to go far?” “What does that matter?” answered Ali. “Well, my writing is so 9 that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will 10 you a lot of money.” Ali went away quickly.