Mr and Mrs Taylor had one child.He was a boy,he was 7 years old,and his name was Pat.Now Mrs Taylor was expecting another child .

Pat had seen babies in other people'smes. houses and had not liked them very much,so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too.

One evening Mr and Mrs Taylor were making plans for the baby's arrival.'This house won't be big enough for us all when the baby comes.I suppose we'll have to find a larger house and move to that;said Mr Taylor finally.

Pat had been playing outside ,but he cam?into the room just then and said ;What are you talking about?

'We were saying  that we'll have to move to another house now,beacuse  the new baby 's coming ;his mother answered.

'It's no use ;said Pat hopelessly.;He follow us there .'

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Mary was an English girl,but she lived in Rome .She was six years old.Last year her mother said to her ,'You're six years old now,Mary,and  you're going to being going to a school here.You're going to like it very much ,beacuse it's a nice school.

'Is it an English school?'Mary asked.

'Yes,it is ,'her mother said.

Mary went to the school ,and enjoyed her lessons.Her mother  always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon .Last MONDAY her mother went to the school at 4 o'clock,and Mary ran out of her class.

'We've got a new girl inj our classtoday,Mummy,'She said.

'she is six years old too',and she is very nice ,but she isn't ENGLISH.She is German

'doeas she speak English?'MAry's  mother asked .

'No but she laughs in ENglish ,'Mary said happily..

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she is six years old too,and she is very nice ,but she isn't ENGLISH.She is German

'doeas she speak English?'MAry's  mother asked .

'No but she laughs in ENglish ,'Mary said happily..

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Mary was an English girl,but she lived in Rome .She was six years old.Last year her mother said to her ,'You're six years old now,Mary,and  you're going to being going to a school here.You're going to like it very much ,beacuse it's a nice school.

'Is it an English school?'Mary asked.

'Yes,it is ,'her mother said.

Mary went to the school ,and enjoyed her lessons.Her mother  always took her to school in the morning and brought her home in the afternoon .Last MONDAY her mother went to the school at 4 o'clock,and Mary ran out of her class.

'We've got a new girl inj our classtoday,Mummy,'She said.

'She's six years

An old lady went out shoping last Tuesday.She came to a bank saw a car near the door.A man got out of it and went into the bank .She looked into the car.The keys in the car.The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank .

The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk,Give me all the money !

But the old lady did not see this.She went to the man ,putthe keys in his hand and said'Young man,you're stupid!Never leave your keys  in your car:some one's going to steal it!'

The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds.Then he looked at the clerk_and then took his keys ,and ran out  of the bank got into his carv and drove away quickly,without any money.

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john lived with his mother in arather big house,and when she died, the house became too big for him so he bought a smaller one in the next street.

There was a very nice old clock in his firs house ,and when the men came to take his furniture to the new house,john thought,'I'm not going tolet them carry my beautiful old clock in their truck.Perhaps they'll break it,and then mending it will be very expensive'.So he picked it up and began to carry it down the road in his arms.

It was heavy,so he stopped two or three times  to have a rest.Then suddenly a small boy came along the road.H?e stopped and looked at John for a few seconds.Then he said to John,'You're a stupid man,are'nt you?why don't buy a watch like like every body else?'

Mrs.Black was old and rich.She lived in a splendid house and owned a lot of valuable things.Then she died ,and there was a big funeral.notices were sent out to relatives and friends, and they came from far and near to attend the funeral.

The service took place in Mrs.Black's old church,and then her body was taken back to be buried in a special place in her garden.The hearse carrying her body moved  along slowly followed by the relatives and friends, the women and children in cars,and the men on foot.

One of  Mrs.Black's cousins saw a poorly dressed man following the hearse and crying bitterly.

The cousin said to him kindly,'Were you a relative of the dead woman too?'

no,'the man answered.

'Then why are you crying?'the dead woman's relative asked.

'That's exactly why i'm crying,'the poorly dressed man answered.

It was winter,and MRS.hermannwanted to do a lot of shoping ,so she waited untillit was saturday,when her husband is free,and she took him to the shops with her to pay for every thing  and to carry her parcels.they went to a lot of shops ,and Mrs.Hermannbought a lot of things.she often stopped and said ,'Look ,Joe! Isn't that beautiful?

He then answered ,'All right,dear.How much is it?and took his moneyout to pay for it.

It was dark when they came  out of last shop,and Mr.Hermann was tired and tinking about other things,Like a nice drink bye the side of a warm fire at home .Suddenly his wife looked up at the sky and said,' Look at that beautiful moon,Joe!,

without stopping.Mr. Hermann answered,'All right' dear.How much is it?