The Fortune Cookie Are you interested (0) IN world cuisine? Do you know
anything (1) Chinese food? I wonder (2)
you have ever heard of fortune cookies. Fortune
cookies are small biscuits that are traditionally served
(3) the end of a meal in a Chinese restaurant.
They are sweet and have a piece of paper inside
them. Written (4) the piece of paper is your
fortune. They often say things like You will write a
book one day'or'You will be lucky (5) love!
Do you know how far (6) the tradition goes?
The Chinese have always given each other sweet
Moon Cakes (7) special occasions. When the
Mongols occupied China in the 13th century, the
Chinese needed a way to send secret messages to
each other. They put the messages inside Moon
Cakes. When gold was discovered in California in
1849, many Chinese people went (8) America
to work (9) the railway. Life was hard, but
(10). celebrations they put messages of hope
inside biscuits. When they settled in California and
opened restaurants, they continued the tradition.

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