When Tom Howard was seventeen years old he was as tallas his father，so he began to borrow Mr．Howard's clothes when he wanted to go out with his fr...
A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it suddenly began to rain very hard． They did not have their umbrella with them， and...
Young hopeful：Father，what is a traitor in politics？” Father（a veteran politician）：A traitor is a man who leaves our party and goes over to the o...
No matter which girl he brought home， the young man found disapproval from his mother． A friend gave him advice． Find a girl just like your mother&mda...
In England nobody under the age of eighteen is allowed to drink in a public bar． Mr． Thompson used to go to a bar near his house quite often，but he ne...
Mr．Brown was busy writing letters in his room when his servant，a very stupid boy， rushed hastily into his master's room and shouted loudly in an e...
A wealthy old lady who lived near Dr．Swift used to send him presents occasionally by her servant．Dr．Swift took her presents but never gave the boy any...
The squad were having visual training”． One smart recruit was asked by the officer to count how many men composed a digging party in a distant f...
A big battle was going on during the First World War．Guns were firing， and shells and bullets were flying about everywhere．After an hour of this， one ...
A store manager heard a clerk tell a customer．No，ma’am， we haven't had any for a while， and it doesn't look asif we'll be getting so...