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Peter, a musician who played music in a club, lived in a boarding house in London. He always used to get back to his room very late at night, and sometimes in the early hours of the morning. He was so tired when he got back home. He usually sat on the edge of his bed, took off his shoes and threw them on the floor and said “Thank goodness, another day is over!” He would then get into bed and fall asleep. But Jack, the lodger, who had the room under the musician’s, was woken up each night, or early in the morning, by the two thuds that the two shoes made as they landed on his ceiling. Finally, he couldn’t stand it any longer. One night he marched resolutely up the stairs to Peter’s room. He rang the bell several times but the door remained closed. Finally, Peter came to the door and peeped out. Jack was so furious that he could hardly speak. Anyway, he complained harshly to Peter. Naturally Peter was very upset and promised that, in future, after taking off his shoes, he would put them down as quietly as possible on the carpet. The next day Peter got back from his club at about one o’clock in the morning, went up to his room, sat on the edge of his bed, took off one shoe and threw it on the floor. He was just about to do the same with the other shoe when he suddenly remembered the promise he had made the day before. So, with great care, he put the second shoe down silently on the carpet. Then he got into bed and fell asleep. An hour later he was woken up by a violent knocking on his door. It was Jack who slept in the room just under his. “Please! Please!” Jack pleaded, “drop the other shoe! I have been waiting for a whole hour for you to drop it. As soon as you do it, I can go to sleep.”