1.Uncle Silas had lighted his pipe for a comfortable smoke,when Aunt Rebecca looked up from her knit...
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1.“I've had a had day at the office,dear,and I'm as hungry as a bear.Is dinner ready?” “No love.I'm ...
1.“I don't like to inquire too curiously into your affairs,”said the lady to her husband.“But someth...
1.The lecturer on evolution had been going on for nearly two hours.Then he started again,and said he...
1.A teacher said to her class: “Who was the first man?” “George Washington,”a little boy shouted pro...
1.Stunning Reply 出色的回答My five-year-old son was not picking up his toys while I was preparing dinner ...
1.The Name of a Poet Our teacher was telling us about a new system of memory training being used in ...
1.Long LifeA man was selling medicines at a fair. At first he sold bottles of a cure for colds for j...
1.A MistakeAn American, a Scot and a Canadian were killed in a car accident. They arrived at the gat...
1.CreativeApplying for my first job, I realized I had to be creative in listing my few qualification...
1.Weather PredictA film crew was on location deep in the desert. One day an old Indian went up to th...
1.Midway TacticsThree competing store owners rented adjoining shops in a mall. Observers waited for ...
1.How Much Is It?It was winter, and Mrs. Hermann wanted to do a lot of shopping, so she waited until...
1.The Same DutiesA retired four-star general ran into his former orderly, also retired, in a Manhatt...
1.Very Pleased to Meet YouDuring World War II, a lot of young women in Britain were in the army. Joa...