My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he
decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote
out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most
of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate, and
sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to
see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly
hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very
embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then
put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he
had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the
parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!&