Family Quarrel

The young newly-weds（新婚夫婦）quarreled. At last she could bear（忍）it no longer and burst into tears （哭起來）.

“I don’t want to have anything to do with you any more. I’m packimg up（收拾）my things and going off to mother.”

“Fine，my dear ，”said the husband .“Here are the travelling expenses（路費(fèi)）”

She counted the money and asked：“What about the money for the return ticket？”

The Rich and the Learned

A rich man，it is said，once asked a learned（學(xué)者）man why was it that men of science were so often to be seen at the doors of the rich，though rich men were very rarely(很少)seen at the doors of the learned.

“It is，”replied the scholar（學(xué)者），“because the man of science kno-ws the value of riches，and the rich man does not always know the value of science.”

The Banker and the Artist

A rich Paris banker begged a well-known artist to do a little thingfor hisalbum（相冊(cè)）. The artist did the little thing and asked a million f-rancs（法郎）.

“Why，it only took you five minutes to do it，”said the banker.

“Yes，”replied the artist，“but it took me thirty years to learn how to do it in five minutes.”

Bessie Writes a Letter

Bessie is only five. She does not go to school，and，of course，she does not know how to read and write. But her sister Mary is a schodgirl.She is ten.

One day Mary sees her little sister at the table with a pen in her hand and a big piece of paper in front of her.

“What are you doing，Bessie?”she says.

“I am writing a letter to my friend Kitty，”says Bessie.

“But how can you？”says her sister.“You don’t know how to write.”

“Well，”says Bessie，“it doesn’t matter，because kitty doesn’t know how to read.”