You will be pleased with me today, mother, said Dick to his mother, coming home from school. I saved on fares. I didn't go to school by bus, I ran all the way after it. Well, said his mother laughing, Next time you should run after a taxi, you will...
At the age of 16, Edely decided to leave home and join a theater company. His father was appalled, A son of mine on the stage? It's a disgrace! he wailed. What if the neighbors find out? I'll change my name, the comic-to-be volunteered. Change your...
We were gathered together, all ten of us, for our widowed mother's 80th birthday. The conversation was of early struggles, walking to work and saving up in clothing clubs, when my elder sister said, Of course, we were bound to be poor because we wer...
My 15-year-old son came bounding in from school and found me in bed. Don't you feel well, Mom? he asked with concern. No, I don't， I said. Well, don't you worry about dinner, he reassured me. I'll carry you down to the stove. 我十五岁的儿子连跑带颠...
Little Albert came home from school with a new book under his arm. It's a prize, mother, he explained. A prize? What for, dear? For natural history. Teacher asked me how many legs an ostrich has, and I said three. But an ostrich has only two legs. I...
The young boy protested vigorously when his mother asked him to take his little sister along fishing. The last time she came, he objected, I didn't catch a single fish. I'll talk to her, his mother said, and I promise this time she won't make any no...
Mother: What are you crying for? Tommy: Teacher kept me in for something I didn't do. Mother: Something you didn't do? What was it? Tommy: M-m-my lessons. 妈妈：你哭什么？ 汤米：老师为了一件我没做的事把我留下了。 妈妈：一件你没做的事？什么事？ 汤米...
When my brother, a notorious spender, came home for a visit, he told my father he was going to get married and settle down. Dad said, Why don't you stay single and settle up. 我的哥哥是个有名的挥霍者。他回家来时，告诉父亲说他要结婚了，要安定下来。父...
Are you writing a thank-you letter to Grandpa like I told you? Yes, Mum. Your handwriting seems very large. Well, Grandpa's deaf, so I'm writing very loud. 你是在按照我说的给爷爷写信感谢他吗？ 是的，妈妈。 你的字好象写得太大了。 嗯，爷爷的耳朵不好，...
The father was reading the school report which had just been handed to him by his hopeful son. His brow was wrathful as he read, English, poor; French, weak; mathematics, fair; and he gave a glance of disgust at the quaking lad. Well, Dad. said the...
