He asked the driver to wait. Craig used a knife to open the package. He dug through the packaging materials. He looked for the call tag. There was no call tag. The driver left. Craig stuffed everything back into the box. He sealed the box with tape....
The phone rang at 8:15 a.m. It was a recording. A UPS driver will pick up your package today. He will arrive between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. That's nice, Craig thought. All I have to do is wait for 11 hours. I can't even take a shower. I can't hear the doo...
They were sitting on the sofa. He started to get up. Oh, he groaned. What's the matter? his wife asked. He was standing still. He wasn't moving. He was bent over. He wasn't standing straight up. Is it your back again? his wife asked. Yes, it's my bac...
He called the cable TV company. My screen goes black, he said. Every five minutes my screen goes black. Sir, does it go completely black? the representative asked. No, he said. Big white letters say Please Wait. Oh, that's good, she said. If you don'...
It was in the national news every day. It was on the radio. It was on TV. It was in the newspapers. It was the recall. Toyota was recalling thousands of cars. The cars had a brake problem. Sometimes the brakes didn't work properly. Some Toyota driver...
Edith called her husband Archie. Daddy's dead. I was holding his hand when he died. Our son's wedding is tomorrow. What are we going to do? she asked. I just left the nursing home. Should we tell Earl or not? He loved Daddy so much. Archie said, Well...
Ray called up the newspaper reporter. You wrote about a bank robbery. You described the bank robber, he said. Why did you describe him? The reporter said, We want the public to help find him. If someone sees him, they can call the police. Ray said, B...
The man was a hacker. He was a thief. He knew computers. He knew them inside out. He was like a pickpocket. He picked everyone's pocket. He picked everyone's bank account in America. Everyone with a bank account lost money. Millions of Americans have...
Look at this, she said. He looked. He looked inside a plastic bag. There was rice inside the bag. But something else was inside the bag. What are these things? he asked. They were insects. The insects were crawling around. A lot of insects were crawl...
He gave her a hug. She pulled away. Stop bothering me, she said. I'm not 'bothering?you, he said. I'm giving you a hug. I'm showing affection. You're bothering me, she said. I'm trying to make dinner. You're in the way. Do you want me to drop somethi...
