diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples.scrbl
index 65b6b9255b..8ea1d826e5 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples.scrbl
@@ -63,3 +63,23 @@ Note: To mimic Mitchell and McKim's informal notion of parametericity
  places, this use of first-class contracts improves on Mitchell and McKim's
  design (see comments in interfaces).
 
+@; @external-file[1]
+
+@section{A Customer Manager Component for Managing Customer Relationships}
+@begin[
+#reader scribble/comment-reader
+[schememod
+scheme
+;; data definitions 
+
+(define id? symbol?)
+(define id-equal? eq?)
+(define-struct basic-customer (id name address) #:mutable)
+
+;; interface 
+(provide/contract 
+ [id?                   (-> any/c boolean?)]
+ [id-equal?             (-> id? id? boolean?)]
+ [struct basic-customer ((id id?) (name string?) (address string?))])
+;; end of interface
+]]
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diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples/1.ss b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples/1.ss
index edc63d0ded..09e1519c2e 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples/1.ss
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-examples/1.ss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ;; --- common data definitions ------------------------------------------------
 
-#lang scheme
+; #lang scheme
   
 ;; data definitions 
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-utils.ss b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-utils.ss
index 679857e373..e0cb5689fe 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-utils.ss
+++ b/collects/scribblings/guide/contracts-utils.ss
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-#lang scheme/base
+#lang scheme
+
 (require scribble/basic
-         scribble/manual)
+         (for-syntax scheme/port)
+         (except-in scribble/manual link))
 
 (provide ctc-section
          ctc-link
          exercise
-         solution)
+         solution
+         external-file)
 
 (define (ctc-section #:tag [tag #f] . rest)
   (keyword-apply section
@@ -25,3 +28,19 @@
 (define (solution)
   (bold (format "Solution to exercise ~a" exercise-number)))
 
+(define-syntax (external-file stx)
+  (syntax-case stx ()
+    [(_ filename)
+     (call-with-input-file (build-path "contracts-examples" (format "~a.ss" (syntax-e #'filename)))
+       (λ (port)
+         (define prefix "#reader scribble/comment-reader\n[schememod\nscheme\n")
+         (define suffix "]")
+         (with-syntax ([s (parameterize ([read-accept-reader #t])
+                            (read-syntax 'contract-examples
+                                         (input-port-append #f 
+                                                            (open-input-string prefix)
+                                                            port
+                                                            (open-input-string suffix))))])
+           #'s)))]))
+
+;(external-file 1)
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