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Content
About the Author…...5
Synopsis…………….6
Characters………….7
Chapter 1…………...8
Chapter 2……………11
Chapter 3….............14
Chapter 4……………20
Chapter 5……………32
Chapter 6…….………37
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Chapter 7...................45
About the Author Cheryl Chen
Cheryl Chen was born in 1990 in
Kaohsiung city, Taiwan. She is now the
student from the English Department at
Wenzao Ursuline College of Language.
She likes English, also studies German in
school, and she’s going to study design in
the future.
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Synopsis
Dell is the smart young man who
wants to be a successful man in the future.
One day he woke up early as usual, he
didn’t feel sick but couldn’t remember his
name. All the people around him, even his
father didn’t recognize him. Finally, he
found that he was in the place, “no name
town”, which he had never seen. However,
the people here all recognize him,
although he didn’t know anyone of
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Characters
Dell Boss:
An 18-year-old young man, and the main character of the story.
Rick Boss:
Dell’s Dad, and the owner of “THE BOSS PIZZA HOUSE”.
Mac Porter:
Dell’s best friend and classmate, who is from Poland.
The Mayor:
The mayor of the “No Name Town”.
Chapter 1
Excellent son
“Dad, I’m home,” said Dell stepping
into the house.
“Hey, son! Come here and help me.
We have so many guests today.”
“Sorry, Dad. I have so many reports
need to work on today. More than your
guests! ” said Dell quickly running
upstairs.
“Hey, Boss, I’ve heard that your son 8
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is going to Princeton University, “said one
of the old guests of Boss.
“Yes, he is. And he is always very
busy,” said Rick Boss, the owner of the
Boss Pizza House, disappointed.
“Isn’t that good? I just envy you
having such an excellent son!”
“Well, I am not sure.”
“I just envy you having such an excellent son!”
“Well, I am not sure.” said Rick, the owner of the
Boss Pizza House
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Chapter 2
Daily Life
Dell is an 18-year-old young man,
who is going to Princeton University and
gets excellent grades in every subject. He
is smart and studies hard to win many
contests and has earned many
scholarships.
“Hey! Mac! What’s wrong with you
today? You look so weird,” said Dell to
his best friend and classmate. 11
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“I feel worried.”
“About what?”
“About my tuition for next semester,”
“I thought you had a part-time job,
don’t you?”
“Yes, I do. But that’s not enough. I
need more money. You know I’m a
foreign student. There are so many extra
things I need to pay for.”
“Oh, yes. That’s really a big
problem,” said Dell, “Wait a minute! How
about working in my Dad’s Pizza House?
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I think he needs some help.”
“Can I? But I don’t know anything
about making pizza.”
“That’s not a problem. You can just
help my Dad doing delivery.”
“Really? That’s a wonderful idea,
thanks, buddy!”
Chapter 3
Reasons
“Mac, could you deliver these pizzas
to the Hans on the next block?”
“Sure, and anything else?”
“Well, just come back soon. Here
needs your help,” said Rick with big
smile.
“Ok!”
Mac is now working in the Boss Pizza
House every day after school. He always 14
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works hard and effectively. Rick knew
about his situation and paid him well to
encourage and help him.
One day, Rick went out around
closing time, and Mac was told to clean up
the Pizza House. While he was cleaning,
Dell came downstairs.
“Hey, Mac! How’s it going?” asked
Dell.
“Tiring,” said Mac, “but it’s good to
learn how to make pizza.”
“Good for you, buddy,” said Dell,
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“you must be a good helper for my dad.”
“Well, he’s really a nice guy. I think
he helps me a lot,” said Mac, “maybe you
can teach me more.”
“Me? No, no, no. I don’t know
anything about pizza.”
“What? That’s not true. Your Dad has
been doing this for 20 years.”
“I know, but not me.”
“You never help or learn from him?”
“Never.”
“Never? But he is always busy and
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hard-working. And I think he hopes the
pizza house can stay opening,” said Mac
with a confused looking on his face, “and
he works hard to pay your tuition and ….”
“Mac, listen. I do know he works hard
and he raised me up by himself,” said Dell
unhappily, “so I am now studying hard to
get good grades and scholarships. And I
want to work as high position at the best
company and earn a lot of money. Then I
can help him live comfortable the rest of
his life. He wouldn’t have to work so hard
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anymore and I will definitely take good
care of him.”
“What about the Pizza House?”
“First, I am really, really not
interested in making pizza. Second, if I
can earn a lot of money, I can enlarge his
pizza house. Then the Pizza House will
not only stay open, but also become a
franchise organization,” said Dell
indignantly.
“Oh, yes. Maybe you are right. I’m
not arguing with you anyway. I’ve done
Chapter 4
The Next Day
The alarm clock went off. Dell woke
up, then washed his face, brushed his teeth
and got ready for school as usual. He went
downstairs to have breakfast, but there
was no body and also no breakfast had
been prepared for him.
“Dad? Dad?” he tried to call,
wondering where his father was. The
pizza house usually opened at 10:30 a.m., 20
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but Rick usually woke up early to prepare
for the opening and also to make
breakfast.
“Hasn’t Dad come back?” said Dell to
himself, “but he said he would be back at
2 a.m. this morning.” Dell started to feel
worried.
“Hey! Who are you, buddy? Why are
you here and how did you come in? The
pizza house hasn’t opened yet!” said Rick
when he came out from the kitchen.
“Dad, you’re here!” said Dell with
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surprise.
“Dad? Who’s your dad? Have you
stolen anything? Get out of here!” said
Rick.
“Hey, Dad, what’s wrong with you? I
am …….” said Dell confused. Suddenly,
he couldn’t say his name.
“If you don’t get out of my home now,
I’ll call the police!” Rick shouted at him.
“Wait, wait ….I am……”
“I said, GET OUT OF HERE!” Rick
yelled, grabbing Dell’s shirt and pushing
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him out of the house.
Dell is now standing on the street in
front of The Boss Pizza House.
“I am……” Dell still couldn’t say his
name. He didn’t feel sick, but couldn’t
remember his name.
“Who am I?” he wondered, feeling
weird and not knowing what had
happened. He looked at his watch and
then quickly went to school. The first
class had already begun, so he went into
the classroom quietly. He soon found Mac
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and took the seat next to him.
“Mac, I want to tell you
something…something very weird,”
whispered Dell. Mac was surprise,
bending his brows. “How do you know
my name?” asked Mac.
“What? Please! Be serious!” said
Dell.
“I am serious. Who are you? Is this
your first time taking his class? I’ve never
seen you.”
“What are you talking about? What do
you mean you don’t know me?”
“What do you mean you don’t know me?” said
Dell to Mac.
“Excuse me, young man. Could you
please stop talking?” the professor
responded somewhat annoyed. 25
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“Sorry! Mr. White. I am just asking
Mac something,” said Dell.
“Are you new here? I’ve never seen
you before. Welcome to my class, but you
should know some rules in my class
before you begin,” said Professor White.
“What? Excuse me, Professor White,
but… are you kidding? Don’t you know
me? I’ve been in your class the whole
semester.”
“The last question, boy. I have to
continue my lecture. What’s your name?”
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“My name is……is……I don’t
know.”
Everybody sits in class was silent and
watching Dell.
“Don’t waste my time, or you can
leave here now,” said Professor White
impatiently. “Whatever, I am going to
continue my lecture.” So he started to
continue his lecture.
Dell still couldn’t remember his name,
and he started to realize that everyone
around him didn’t recognize him either.
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He had no idea what had happened. These
strange things started from this morning
after he woke up. He still knows and
remembers all the things such as his father,
his friends and his reports, but he couldn’t
remember his own name.
He left school and walked on the
street. He tried to find someone to help
him and tell him what was going on. He
even wondered if he had some mental
problems. He continued to walk along the
street and think of his name. He didn’t
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notice the traffic light and walked across
the road when the light had turned red. A
car almost hit him. Fortunately, he didn’t
get hurt, but the driver hit the trees on the
sidewalk while dodging him. The driver
was angry and called the police to cope
with the accident. Finally, Dell was taken
to the police station and took down in
writing. The police asked him to write
something, but he couldn’t explain
anything and actually didn’t know his
name. The police started to search and
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check his ID, but there wasn’t any data
about him in the police computer.
“Excuse me, sir. We suspect that you
are a illegal immigrant,” said one of the
policeman.
“What? That’s absurd! I am a real
American and I live on the William Street.
The Boss Pizza House is my home.”
“Sorry, we couldn’t find any of that.”
“That sucks!”
“Sir, we need more time to recheck
and find your ID, but you should stay here
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while we are checking on this matter.”
“That may be a good idea and hope
you can solve my problems and find out
what has happened!” Dell started to feel
very annoyed and impatient.
While Dell was waiting in the police
station, he fell asleep.
Chapter 5
A New Life
The alarm clock went off. Dell
opened his eyes and found that he was
lying on a king-size bed. He was staying
in a room which he had never seen before.
And he was absolutely sure that it was not
his room. He woke up and went
downstairs. He was surprised because
everything in front of his eyes was so
luxurious. Then a woman came to him and 32
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said politely to him, “Mr. Boss, this is
your schedule for today. Please look over
it after you finish your breakfast.”
“Wait, who are you?” asked Dell.
“I am your secretary. No kidding, sir.
We don’t have much time. There is a
meeting at 9 o’clock.”
“What meeting? I’m not kidding.
Please tell me what happened and who I
am.”
“You’re the CEO of the Dell
Computer Company,”
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Suddenly, Dell remembered his name.
“Dell, yes, Dell, that’s my name!” said
Dell very excited, “but, where am I?”
“Sir, you are now in No Name Town,”
answered the secretary.
“What? Did you say No Name?”
asked Dell confusedly, “I have never
heard such a place.”
“Every successful man comes here,
sir,” said the secretary, “you can always
reach your goal here.” “Whatever, Sir,
please have your breakfast first,” she
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added.
Dell didn’t know what the secretary
was talking about. He didn’t recognize
this place nor the people here. But he
finally remembered his name.
After breakfast, Dell had a meeting
with his staff. And then he was
interviewed and reported for the
newspapers, TV shows and magazines. He
was famous and everybody here knew
him.
Afterwards he discovered that he was
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already a successful businessman. He
established the Dell Computer Company.
He was a CEO and earned a lot of money.
He had reached his goal. He was happy at
first and enjoyed his wonderful life.
There were many people cheering for
him, but not his father, his friends, his
professors or any other people he knew. In
this place, no one was familiar with him.
He had no friends and no parents. He
started to recall the memory of the time
before he became successful.
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Chapter 6
The Truth
One day Dell had a meeting with the
mayor of No Name Town
“It’s so good to have such well-known
successful businessman living in our
town,” said the mayor.
“Thanks, mayor. I appreciate that,”
said Dell,” but could you please tell me,
am I really the CEO?”
“Of course you are.”
“But why do I feel all of this is just
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fake?” “I actually don’t know why I am
here. The place I’ve never been and seen,”
said Dell.
“So where were you before you were
here?” asked mayor.
“I just can’t remember. But I knew
that I was a university student. My dad
owned the pizza house and I had a good
friend named Mac. One day I woke up and
these strange things started to happen- my
dad, my friend, my professor and all of
my classmates didn’t know me. And I
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couldn’t remember my name either.”
“So, do you like our town?” asked the
mayor, looking at his brochure.
“Yeh…of course. Your town is really
incredible; I mean that, everything is so
attractive here, and the town is amazingly
developed.”
“Oh, thank you. I’m glad to hear that,
but there must be something you don’t
like. I wonder?”
“Well, yes. I have to say that it is lack
of something here.”
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“Sure, what is it?”
“I am not sure, maybe…the
happiness?”
“Well, that is really important,” the
mayor nodded his head, silence for a
couple of seconds and said, “Everyone
that forgot their name will come to my
town, so they can remember their name,”
“just like you,” he added. “As you said,
my town is amazingly advanced; you can
have your dream come true here because
of the magic in this town.”
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Dell listened carefully, without saying
a word.
“But, you have to exchange one thing
to make your dream come true, and for
you, it is happiness,” said the mayor.
“But why did I forget my name?”
“It’s your ambition, Dell.”
“What?”
“Your ambition makes you blind to
focus only on how to reach your dream.
And you ignore the other things around
you,” said the mayor, “just like now
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you’ve reached your goal, but you are not
happy because you had lost your mind and
other valuable things,” continued the
mayor, “So I made you lost your name
because I wanted to warn you that you
were going to lose your mind.”
Dell was a kind of shocked after
hearing what the mayor had said.
“Don’t be scared,” said the mayor,
smiling at him, “I want you to be aware
that if you are still going like this, finally
you may get what you want, but you
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might have changed to another kind of
person that your friends and family would
not recognize you anymore,” “just like the
situation you said a while ago,” he
explained.
Dell breathed deeply and nodded, “So
even though I find my name here, it’s not
meaningful anymore because of
disappearance of happiness.”
“Here you realize and learn pretty
well,” said the mayor very happily, “I’m
going to cancel your name on my list of
Chapter 7
Back Home
“Wake up, Dell!” Rick yelled at his
son.
“What? Have you guys finished
checking my ID yet?”
“What are you talking about? Wake
up now, or you will be late for your first
class.”
“Dad? Are you my Dad? Do you
know me?” 45
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“You must be sick!”
Suddenly, Dell realized that the mayor
had sent him back.
“Dad! I am not going to school today.
I want to stay at home, I mean the pizza
house, to help you. Is that ok?”
“Are you serious?”
“Absolutely!”
Dell is the smart young man who
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wants to be a successful man in the
future. One day he woke up early as
usual, he didn’t feel sick but couldn’t
remember his name. All the people
around him, even his father didn’t
recognize him. Finally, he found that he
was in the place, “no name town”, which
he had never seen. However, the people
here all recognize him, although he
didn’t know anyone of them...........