每天读一篇英语小故事：Valuable Guitar Found

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　　A classical guitarist was thrilled to hear from New York City police that
his valuable guitar had been found. It disappeared almost a year ago when he got
out of a taxicab and forgot to take the guitar with him. Laurence Lennon, 44,
said he was running late that day. He was talking to his manager on his cell
phone when he dashed out of the cab. He said that he gave the driver $60 and
told him to keep the change. He walked through the front doors of the concert
hall still talking on the phone to his manager.
        　　Upon discovering his loss, Lennon used his cell phone to call the police.
The policewoman asked him for the name of the cab company, the number of the
cab, and the name of the driver. He said that she had to be kidding.
        　　She told Lennon that he could file a missing items report at the police
station or online. Lennon asked for the online address. It was
www.nypd.gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday. She told him that finding the
guitar might take a couple of years—finding guitars was not as important as
finding murderers and marijuana smokers. Then she told him to have a nice
day.
        　　"This year has been depressing," said Lennon. “I had to postpone the
recording of two new CDs. I’ve been using borrowed guitars. And I was losing
hope of ever recovering my guitar.”
        　　Lennon was reunited with his $100,000 guitar yesterday. The case and the
guitar had been discovered in the corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from
where Lennon had lost it in the first place. Lennon had offered a $10,000 reward
for its return. He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner, who
had notified the police. The police department prepared a news release about its
success in tracking down the guitar.