МАТЕРИАЛ ДЛЯ ПЕРЕВОДА

A LIGHT JOKE

В е c к у: I would like a dark supper today. Mother: A dark supper? What do you mean by it? Beckу: Well, you said that the supper you gave me yesterday was light, and I didn't like it.

A NEW READING

A schoolmaster asked his class to write a description of London, he was surprised to read in one of the compositions: "The people of London are stupid."
The teacher asked the young author how he got this idea.
"Please, sir," was the reply, "it says in the textbook that the population of London is very dense."

WAITING IN VAIN

The headmaster of a school was about to speak, but he was interrupted by the noise made by the pupils. "Silence!" he said. "I want this hall in be so still that you can hear a pin drop."
There was a perfect silence for a moment; then a small boy on the front seat exclaimed: "Let it drop!"

POOR COMFORT

A well-fed bourgeois was advising a poor starving labourer to trust to heaven, and be satisfied with his lot.
I should be satisfied with a lot if I had it," said the unhappy man, "But I can't get even a little."

WAITING FOR WAITING

Customer (impatiently): Waiter! I've been waiting here nearly half an hour!
Waiter (wearily): Oh, sir, I've been waiting here nearly ten years.