One night a man was walking homewards when a thief jumped on him all of a sudden. Man and the thief were caught in a terrific tussle.  They  rolled about  on the ground, and the man put up a tremendous fight, until at last the thief managed to get the better of him and  pinned him to the ground. The thief then went through the man's  pockets and searched him all over. There was only a 25-cents coin he could lay his hands on.

　　The thief was so surprised at this that he asked the man why he had bothered to fight so hard just for a 25-cents.

　　"Was that all you wanted?"  said the man, "I thought you were after the  five-hundred  dollars  I've got in my shoe!"

Key  word：

homewards　（adv.）朝家的方向

all of a sudden　突然間

tussle　（v.）扭打

roll  about　滾來滾去

pin　（v.）按住