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All right. So that was the past tense, now listen to move the 
present perfect. I have an idea. I have this idea for a story and 
it has happened recently.
There is a donkey. He has been very pessimistic for all his life. 
His name is Henry. He has always thought about his problems 
since he was born. He has been ill for ten years. He has had a 
headache for 10 years. His back has hurt for 10 years. He has 
had a lot of illnesses so far. He hasn’t had much money. He has 

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been poor for 10 years. He hasn’t had any friends, because he 
has been rude to everybody for a long time. People don’t like 
him and they don’t like to support him. He has thought about his 
problems. While thinking about his problems, he blames others 
for his problems. In the mornings, he thinks about his problems. 
In the afternoons, he contemplates his problems.
Surprisingly, he has had a lot of aspirations since his 
childhood. But neither were achievements any of them. He has 
wanted to be rich. And he blames his parents, because they didn’t 
send him to good school. So, in a word, he has always thought 
about his problems till the spare day. On 1st of January, he had 
a breakthrough. He decided to alter his life. First, he wanted to 
take all responsibility for his action. Since then, He has stopped 
blaming others. He has stopped giving justifications. Nowadays 
he says: “I’m responsible. I’m in charge”.
He has accepted 100 percent of responsibility for his action. 
He has started to treat other people very well. And he respects 
everybody. He has given compliments since 1
st
January. It was 
difficult to give comments, because he didn’t get used to it. 
However, he has strived to be polite and nice to people. He has 
tried very hard. After all the attempts, he has improved this aspect 
of his life. He has started his next goal. He hasn’t thought about his 
problems. He has thought about his goals. He asks one question 
many times. He constantly asks “How?” When he wants to have 
a car, he asks: “How can I buy a car?” He always thinks about his 
goals. He stops thinking about the problems. He has started to 
think about what he wants to do, not what he doesn’t want to do. 
Eventually, he has achieved most of his goals. He has had a lot of 
achievements since 1
st
of January.