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日期：2014-08-25 sometime after paul died, his widow, lily, was finally able to speak about what a thoughtful and wonderful man her late husband had been. paul thought of everything, she told her friends. just before he died, paul handed me three envelopes. 'lily,'... 日期：2014-08-25 when hercules was received among the gods and was entertained at a banquet by jupiter, he responded courteously to the greetings of all with the exception of plutus, the god of wealth. when plutus approached him, he cast his eyes upon the ground, an... 日期：2014-08-21 when nasa was preparing for the apollo project, it took the astronauts to a navajo reservation in arizona for training. one day, a navajo elder and his son came across the space crew, who were walking among the rocks. the elder, who spoke only navaj... 日期：2014-08-21 an illinois man left the snowballed streets of chicago for a vacation in florida. his wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. when he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick e-mail. unable to find... 日期：2014-08-21 three men were standing in line to get into heaven one day. apparently it had been a pretty busy day, though, so st. peter had to tell the first one, heaven's getting pretty close to full today, and i've been asked to admit only people who have had... 日期：2014-08-19 a rich farmer's son, who had been bred at the university, always came at christmas, to visit his father and mother. one evening, they were all three at supper, and two fowls having been served up, he told them that, by logic and arithmetic, he could... 日期：2014-07-02 mr. smith lived in the country, but he worked in an office in the big city, so five days a week he went to work by train every morning and came home the same way. one morning he was reading his newspaper on the train when a man sitting behind him, w... 日期：2014-06-26 by the time john pulled into the little town, every hotel room was taken. you've got to have a room somewhere. he pleaded. or just a bed--i don't care where. well, i do have a double room with one occupant, admitted the manager, and he might be glad... 阅读全文>> 日期：2014-06-26 a doctor was having an affair with his nurse. shortly afterward, she told him she was pregnant. not wanting his wife to know he gave the nurse a sum of money and asked her to go to italy and have the baby there. but how will i let you know the baby... 日期：2014-06-10 before, very few foreigners visited the southem foot of himalayas. then, many japanese went there. it is said that this is because of the honesty of a small boy. one day, some japanese photographers asked a local boy to buy some bottles of beer, whi... 日期：2014-06-04 pat o'burke was a poor irishman with a large family and one morning, waking up early from cold and hunger, he decided to go shooting in a wood near his cottage. the wood belonged to lord northwood, a rich gentle man, and pat had no right to go there... 日期：2014-04-15 an old man cut himself a bundle of faggots（柴草） in wood and started to carry them home. he had a long way to go, and was tired out before he had got much more than half-way. casting his burden on the ground, he called upon death to come and relea... 日期：2014-04-15 a gentleman was very proud of his spoiled daughter. he thought his daughter would make a great pianist. he paid much for her piano lessons, but none of the teachers stayed on with the job. the girl was too lazy. one day the gentlemen invited george... 日期：2014-04-15 a young man was considered a half-wit in the village. wherever he was offered a choice between a dime and a nickel, he always chose the nickel. when this had gone on many times, a kind old man told him that a dime was worth twice as much as a nickel... 日期：2014-04-15 a woman got on a bus with her son. the conductor asked, how old is this boy? four, replied the woman. then the conductor asked the boy, how old are you, sonny? four, replied the boy. the conductor said, well, i'll let him ride free this time, but i... 日期：2014-03-10 a fowler went into the woods to shoot a ringdove（斑鸠） with his bow and arrow, when an adder（蝰蛇） that he had trodden upon in the grass, urned and stung him. as the poison spread, and the fowler realized that he was dying, he said: that is true... 日期：2014-02-28 once a farmer led a cow to slaughter, but the cow would not go. the farmer started to drag the cow by force, but the cow planted her feet firmly in the ground and would not be moved. what did the famer do? he brought the cow's calf and led her ahead... 日期：2014-01-24 an old man finding himself ill sent for a physician, who prescribed for him and went away. 有位老人发现自己生病了，便派人去请来一名内科医生，内科医生为他开了个处方，就走了。 then the old man sent for another physician, saying nothing of the first, a... 日期：2014-01-24 there were once two crows who were fierce rivals. 从前，有两只乌鸦是无情的竞争对手。 one day, one of the crows said to the other, you realize, of course, that i can fly much higher than you can. 有一天，其中一只对另外一只说：你当然清楚，我飞得比你高... 日期：2013-11-25 a long time ago, there was a young man called wang qi. when he heard that there were many immortals on mount lao, he went there at once. there was a daoist who still looked young although he was very old. wang qi became one of his pupils. during his... |
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