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• 1.I Never Work after Supper
• A penny-pinching farmer didn't want his hired hand to stop working. One morning, he told the farmhand, It's such a nuisance to come in from the field,...
• 2.Nest and Hair
• My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom. What kind of ...
• 3.I Want to Get Out
• A bar owner locked up his place at 2 a. m. and went home to sleep. He had been in bed only a few minutes when the phone rang. What time do you open up...
• 4.Mother's Feet
• To prevent our dog, Lacy, from pestering visitors to our house, my mother often massaged her as she lounged beneath the kitchen table, her favorite re...
• 5.It Seemed like Hours
• As a band instructor at an elementary school, I require my students to turn in practice sheets signed by their parents so I can be sure they are putti...
• 6.A Clever dog
• A dog owner claimed that his pet, when given money, would go to the news stall to buy a paper. His friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the d...
• 7.A Pleasant Surprise
• A friend of mine had been wanting new kitchen cabinets for a long time, but her husband insisted they were an extravagance. She went to visit her moth...
• 8.YOU're Not Going to Make it
• Gravely ill, a man went to the doctor with his wife. After the examination the physician motioned for the wife to meet him in the hallway. Your husban...
• 9.A Challenging Hunt
• A woman answered her front door and found two boys holding a list. Lady, one of them explained, we are on a treasure hunt, and we need three grains of...
• 10.What Will Be the Headline
• When a man in Macon, Ga. , came upon a wild dog attacking a young boy, he quickly grabbed the animal and throttled it with his two hands. A reporter s...