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NECESSITY
A woodman had two sons. Every day he went to the forest to work and took his sons with him. They helped him. One day the father said, “You are big boys now; you can go to the forest without me. I shall stay at home and rest.” The boys answered, “And if our cart breaks, who will repair it?” “My sons, if you break the cart, call Necessity. She will tell you what to do!” The brothers went to th forest, they worked there , but on the way home the cart broke. They began to shout, “Necessity, come and help us!” But Necessity didn’t come. Then one of the brothers said, “Necessity doesn’t com...
AN UMBRELLA
Once a Frenchman, who could not speak English well, came to England. As he was hungry, he went to a restaurant to have a meal. He wanted to have fried mushrooms, but he did not know the Eliglish for that. He tried to tell the waiter what he wanted, but the waiter did not understand him.Then the Frenchman took his pen and his notebook out of his pocket and made a picture and understood him. Hcsmiled and went out.
In a few minutes the waiter came back with an umbrella and gave it to the Frenchman.
A LADY’S ADVENTURE
An old lady whose name was Mrs. Brown lived in a small town. One day she decided to go to London to buy some things. Her husband gave her a five-pound note and took her to the station. She got into a compartment with another old lady.
Soon the train started and Mrs. Brown fell asleep. When she woke up and opened her bag to take her handkerchief, she saw that the money was not there. She decided that the other lady was a thief. Mrs. Brown didn’t know how to get back her money. When the lady fell asleep, Mrs. Brown came up to her, opened her bag, saw a five - pound note and to...
A CLEAR BOY
A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by: “Let me clean your boots”. The young man said “No” “It will cost you only a penny, sir” said the boy but the young man again refused. Then the boy told him that he would clean his boots for nothing. The man agreed to this, and soon one boot was shining brightly. Then he put his other boot on the box but the boy refused to clean it unless, he was paid two pence for his work. The young man refused to pay anything, and went away. But the well cleaned boot made the dirty one look so bad that he couldn’t walk on. ...
One day in an English country school for boys and girls the teacher says to the children: “In the year there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In spring it does not snow, the sky is clear, the sun shines and there are many flowers in the fields and in the gardens. The birds come back from the south and sing beautiful songs. The weather is fine.Summer comes after spring. In summer it is hot. The sun shines and people like to go to the country. There they swim in rivers, lie in the sun, play tennis and other games. In autumn the leaves fall from the trees, the grass is yellow ...