укоротить эту часть текста, что ее пересказать) GREEN DOOR by O. Henry Rudolf Steiner, a young piano salesman, was a true adventurer. Few were the evenings when he did not go to look for the unexpected. It seemed to him that the most interesting things in life might lie just around the corner. He was always dreaming of adventures. Once when he was walking along the street his attention was attracted by a Negro handing out a dentist's cards. The Negro slipped a card into Rudolf's hand. He turned it over and looked at it. Nothing was written on one side of the card; on the other three words were written: "The Green Door". And then Rudolf saw, three steps in front of him, a man throw away the card the Negro had given him as he passed. Rudolf picked it up. The dentist's name and address were printed on it. The adventurous piano salesman stopped at the corner and considered. Then he returned and joined the stream of people again. When he was passing the Negro the second time, he again got a card. Ten steps away he examined it. In the same handwriting that appeared on the first card "The Green door" was written upon it. Three or four cards were lying on the pavement. On all of them were the name and the address of the dentist. Whatever the written words on the cards might mean, the Negro had chose him twice from the crowd.

The first U.S. President, known to all Americans, was a "Father of the nation" George Washington. George was born in Virginia in the family of a planter. When he was 11, his father died. The family had a lot of land but lacked the money to send George school in England, which went rich children at that time. The boy went to a private school and after 2 personal teacher taught him as a military and Virginia gentleman. George studied uzdeti on horseback, hunting, shooting and swimming. Because he was good at arithmetic, he studied "to measure the earth." A young man went to a distant part of the country to measure the land to those who have built their homes here. He spent many hours ride in any weather. He learned to sleep outside the home itself to prepare their own food and hard work every day. Everyone loved and trusted the young George.

George Washington began his career at the benefit of their country as a major in the police Virginia and after he became commander in chief of the colonial army during the war. He was among those who wrote the Constitution in the US in Philadelphia. People respected him for his honesty, courage and wisdom.

After the war, Washington wanted to retire and live in mount Vernon, where he was a beautiful house and a large plantations. But he knew that his duty was to serve the country. He hurried to new York, which was then the capital. April 30, 1789, a large crowd, he promised to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States. It was when Washington was the first President and served two terms. He refused 3rd term and retired to mount Vernon, where he died two years later.

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the USA. As George Washington, he received a special place in the list of American presidents.

He grew up in the Midwest. His first house was small: 1 bedroom house in the forest. His family were pioneers who helped in the war with the Indians and pushed through them abroad USA farther West. The family lived in poverty. His family moved to Kentucky in Indiana when Abraham was 7. It was his house for 14 years. Thomas Lincoln( father of Abraham) had hoped for a better life here. Soon his mother died. Abraham and his sister were alone when their father married again. His mother encouraged his ambition to study. Although he had little chance to get to school, he liked to read. He studied reading books. Such as the Bible, Aesop's Fables and Robinson Crusoe. He often traveled far and wide to take the book in debt.

Abraham grew fast. He learned to do the heavy pioneering work, such as chop down trees, and care of crops. He usually won durability test, when arguing with the other boys. Everybody loved him, and said that he was born storyteller. But no one could say why this modest young man with a gentle voice may become one of the great presidents of America.

When Abraham Lincoln was 21 years old, his family moved to Illinois. Since then Abraham called the Illinois home. For some time he worked in a shop. After he joined the militia and fought in the Indiana war. After the war he went home with educated young lawyer. This new friend gave Abraham the Council to study law.