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1. TEA LEAVES.
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TEXT 1 TEA LEAVES.
There was a time when drinking tea was almost unknown in European countries; many people had never even heard of tea. This anecdote is about an old woman and her son, who lived before tea-drinking became popular in England.
He was a sea captain, and every time he returned from a far-away country, he brought his mother a gift. He tried to bring something unusual, that she could show to her friends.
Once the young man came back from India with a box of tea for his mother. She didn't know anything about tea, but she was proud of her son, and she invited all her friends to come and try what he had brought her. When her son came into the room, he saw cakes and fruit and jam on the table, and a big plate full of brown tea-leaves. His mother and her friends were sitting round the table, eating the leaves with butter and salt. Though they all smiled, it was clear that they didn't enjoy eating the leaves.
"Where is the tea, Mother?" the captain asked.
His mother showed him the plate in the middle of the table.
"We are having tea for lunch", she said.
"No, no, those are only the tea-leaves", said the captain. "Where is the water?"
"The water!" his mother said. "I threw the water away, of course!"
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1. . ECONOMY WASTED TRIP.
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TEXT 2 ECONOMY WASTED TRIP.
An Englishman who was in France wanted to go back to England by sea. But he had very little money. He had so little money that he could pay only for the ticket. As he knew that the trip would last only two days, he decided not to eat during these days.
As he took a ticket and got on the ship the next morning he tried not to hear the bell for breakfast. When dinner time came, he was very hungry; but he didn't go to the dining-room. In the evening he was still more hungry, but when the waiter came to invite him to have supper, the Englishman said that he was ill.
The next day the Englishman was half-dead and couldn't stand the hunger any longer.
"I shall go and eat even if they kick me out into the sea", said he to himself.
So he went to the ship dining-room and had his dinner.
In the evening he had supper but was very much afraid of his future because he didn't pay for the meals.
At last he addressed the waiter and said: "Bring me the bill, please".
1. "What bill?" asked the waiter.
2. "For the supper and dinner I had in your dining-room".
3. "Don't trouble, Sir. You paid for your meals when you bought the ticket".
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1. A GOOD LESSON.
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TEXT 3 A GOOD LESSON.
One day a well-known singer was invited to the house of a rich lady to sing to her guests at a dinner-party. But instead of inviting the singer to dine with her guests, the lady ordered dinner for him in the servants' room. The singer said nothing. He dined well and after dinner said to the servants: "Now, my good friends, I am going to sing to you".
The servants were very much surprised but said they were awfully glad to have a chance to hear the great singer. He sang a good many beautiful songs and the servants enjoyed listening to him.
Later the lady sent one of her servants to bring the singer up to the drawing-room, where all her guests were waiting for him.
"But I cannot sing twice in one evening, Madam", said the singer to the lady when she met him at the door leading into the drawing-room.
"What do you mean?" asked the lady.
"I mean I have already sung for about an hour to your servants, Madam", answered the singer, "it was a pity you were not there, for I always sing to the people with whom I dine". And with these words he left the house.
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1. . A HOT SUMMER WEEK-END.
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