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Mrs Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses were always the best in her street. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about seven years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand. ‘lam selling roses,’ he said. ‘Do you want any? They are quite cheap. Five pence for a big bunch. They are fresh. I picked them this afternoon.’ "My boy,’ Mrs Williams answered, 'I pick roses whenever I want, and don't pay anything for them, because I have lots in my garden...

Many years ago, an English family were living in China. One evening an important Chinese officer came to visit them. It got later and later, and he still did not go, so his hostess invited him to have dinner with them. But she had very little food in the house, so she quickly went to the kitchen and spoke to her Chinese cook. He said, 'It is all right. You will have a very good dinner.' When they all sat down to eat, the lady was very surprised, because there was a lot of very good food on the table...

Mrs Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat's first winter. One evening it was outside when it began to snow heavily. Mrs Andrews looked everywhere and shouted its name, but she did not find it, so she telephoned the police and said, ‘I have lost a small black cat. Has anybody found one?! "No, madam,' said the policeman at the other end. 'But cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts or somebody finds them, they are quite all right.’ Mrs Andrews felt happier when she heard this...

The lights were red, so the old man stopped his car and waited for them to change to green. While he was waiting, a police car came up behind him, hit his car hard in the back and stopped. There were two policemen in the police car, and they were very surprised and glad when the old man got out of his car and walked towards them without any trouble after such an accident. He was over 70 years old. The old man came to the door of the police car, smiled kindly, and said, 'Tell me, young man, how do...

One day Nasreddin bought a donkey in the market; but while he was taking it home, two thieves followed him. One of them took the rope from the donkey's neck and tied it round his friend's neck. Then he went away with the donkey. When Nasreddin got home, he turned and saw the young man. He was very surprised. 'Where is my donkey?" he said angrily. ‘I am very sorry,' said the thief, ‘but once I said some very bad things to my mother, and she changed me into a donkey. But because a good man bought me,...

One day Mrs Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress. 'I saw it in a shop this morning,’ she said, ‘and ...... ?' ‘And you want to buy it,’ said her husband. 'How much does it cost?" ‘Fifteen pounds.’ "Fifteen pounds for a cotton dress? That is too much!! But every evening, when Mr Jones came back from work, his wife continued to speak only about the dress, and at last, after a week, he said, 'Oh, buy the dress! Here is the money!’ She was very happy...