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Level 1
The Story of Jeans
The year is 1853, and the place isCalifornia. People are coming to California from many countries. They arelooking for gold. They think that they are going to get rich. Levi is one ofthese people. He’s twenty-four years old, and he too wants to get rich. He isfrom Germany. He has cloth from Germany to make tents for the gold miners.
A mad asks him: “What are going to do with that cloth?”
Levi answers: “I am going to make tents.”
The man says: “I don’t need a tent, but I want to astrong pair of pants.
Lookat my pants. They’re full of holes.”
Levi makes a pair ofpants from the strong cloth. The man is happy with the pants. They’re a big success!Soon everyone wants to a pair of pants, just like the man’s pair. Levi makesone more, hundreds more, thousand more!
T hat’s the historyof your jeans.
Level 2
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