When he got no response, he thought it would be a good idea to write to God and see if that worked.
The post office received the letter addressed to “God, Los Angeles.” They decided that it would be best to just forward the letter to the mayor. The mayor read the letter and thought it was cute, so he asked his secretary to send the boy $10, thinking the boy would think that was a lot of money for a little boy.
When Sammy got the money, he was so excited that he sat down immediately to write a thank-you letter.
“Dear God,” he wrote, “Thank you very much for the money you sent. I guess it is to be expected but I thought you should know this: When you sent it through City Hall, the government deducted（扣除，减去） $90.”
当他没有回应的时候，他认为写信给上帝是一个好主意，看看这是否奏效了。
邮局收到这封信给“上帝，洛杉矶”，他们决定，这将是的只是向市长的信。市长看了这封信，认为它很可爱，所以他请他的秘书给男孩发10美元，他认为这是一个小男孩的钱。
萨米收到钱的时候，他非常兴奋，立刻坐下来写一封感谢信。
“亲爱的上帝，”他写道，“非常感谢你给我的钱。我想这是可以预料到的但我想你应该知道：当你把它通过市政厅，政府扣除（扣除，减去）90美元。”
