Dave worked in a factory, and he always made sandwiches in the morning, took them to work and ate them at midday “Then he married, so he thought, ‘Now my wife’s going to make my sandwiches.” On the first day, she made him some, and when he got home in the evening, she said to him, ‘Were the sandwiches all right?” “Oh, yes,’ heanswered, ‘but you only gave me twoslicesof bread.’ The next day she gave him four slices, but he said again, ‘Four slices aren’t enough.’ ‘The third day she gave him eightslices, but those were not enough for him either, soon the fourth day she took a loaf of bread, cutit in halfand put a big piece of meatin it. 7 In the evening she said to him, ‘Was your lunch nice?” ‘Oh, yes,’ he answered. ‘But twosslices of bread aren’t enough.” Harry did not stop his car at some traffic-lights when they were red, and he hit another car. Harry jumped out and went to it. There was an old man in the car. He was very frightened and said to Harry, ‘What are you doing? You nearly killed me?” “Yes,” Harry answered, ‘I’m very sorry.’ He took a bottle out ofhis car and said, ‘Drink someof this. Then you'll feel better.’ He gave the man some whisky, and the man drank it, but then he shouted again, “You nearly killed me? Harry gave him the bottle again, and the old man drank lot ofthe whisky. Then he smiled and said to Harry, “Thank you. I feel much better now. But why aren’t you drinking?” ‘Oh, well,’ Harry answered, ‘I don’t want any whisky now. I'm going to sit here and wait for the police.’John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him so he bought a smaller one in the next street, There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to take his furniture to the new house, John thought, ‘I'm not going to let them carry my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they'll break it, and then mending it will be very expensive.’ So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road in his arms. Itwas heavy, so he stopped two or three times to havea rest. ‘Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for a few seconds. Then he said to John, “You're a stupid man, aren’t you? Why don’t you buy a watch like everybody else?” Two soldi second one’ paper and an envel Bill said, ‘Yes swere + camp. The firstone’s name was George, and the 1c was Bill. George said, ‘Have you got a piece of pe, Bill?” ave,’ and he gave them to him. Then George said, ‘Now I haven't got a pen.’ Bill gave him his, and George wrote his letter. Then he put itin the envelope and said, “Have you gota stamp, Bill? Bill gave him one. ‘Then Bill got up and went to the door, so George said to him, ‘Are you going out” . Bill said, “Yes, | am,’ and he opened the door. George said, “Please put my letter in the box in the office, and . . He stopped. “What do you want now?" Bill said to him. George looked at the envelope of his letter and answered, ‘What's your girl-friend’s address?”Jimmy lived in the country, and he loved playing in a very shallow river near his house; but then his father got a job ina big city, and he moved there with his family. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small. Jimmy wasn’t very happy. “Is there a river near here?” he asked his mother on the first morning His mother answered, “No, there isn’t, but there’s a beautiful park near here, Jimmy, and there’s a pool in it. We'll go there this afternoon.” Then Jimmy was happy. After lunch, Jimmy and his mother went to the park. Jimmy wanted to walk near the pool, but there was a sign in front of it. His mother read it to him: “WARNING: This pool is dangerous. 367 people have fallen into it.” Jimmy looked into the pool care- fully. Then he said, “I can’t see them.” Mrs. Green was an old lady. She traveled often and she wasn’t afraid of flying. One day she was going from Chicago to San Francisco in a big plane. There were a lot of empty seats on it. Mrs. Green's seat was near a window. There was a young man on the other side of the aisle. He was near a window, too. Mrs. Green looked at the young man several times. “He's always looking at the engine outside his window,” she thought. She got up and walked around in the plane for a few minutes. Then she sat down and looked at the young man again. “Yes,” she thought, “he’s looking at that engine all the time.” After half an hour Mrs. Green went over to him and said, “Take a walk around the plane, young man. I'm going to watch that engine for you for a few minutes.”) It was a Saturday morning in May. When Mrs. Edwards opened ) her curtains and looked out, she smiled and said, “It’s going to be a beautiful day.” She woke her small son up at eight-thirty and said to him, “Get up, Teddy. We're going to go to the zoo today. Wash your hands and face, brush your teeth and eat your breakfast quickly. We're going to go to New York by train.” Teddy was six years old. He was very happy now, because he liked going to the zoo very much, and he also liked going by train. He said, “I dreamed about the zoo last night, Mommy.” His mother was ina hurry, but she stopped and smiled at her small son. “You did, Teddy?” she said. “And what did you do in the zoo in your dream?” Teddy laughed and answered, “You know, Mommy! You were there in my dream too.” Polly went to school when she was six years old. She liked her first day very much. Her teacher, Miss Yates, was very nice, and the other children in her class were nice, too. But at the end of the second day, when the other children left the classroom, Polly stayed behind and waited. Miss Yates had some work to do and did not see Polly at first, but then she looked up and saw her. “Why didn’t you go with the others, Polly?” she asked kindly. “Did you want to ask me a question?” “Yes, Miss Yates,” Polly said. “What is it?” Miss Yates asked. “What did I do in school today?” Polly said. Miss Yates laughed. “What did you do in school today?” she said. “Why did you ask me that, Polly?” “Because I'm going to go home now,” Polly answered, “and my mother’s going to ask me.”