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THE MOON IN THE WELL

One night Hodja was walking by a well when he had a sudden impulse to look inside of it. To his
amazement he saw the reflection of the moon in the water and exclaimed:
"The moon has fallen into the well! I must save it somehow!"
He looked around an found a rope with a hook on the end of it so he threw it in the well and shouted:
"Grab the hook, moon, and hold tight! I'll pull you out!"
The rope latched onto a rock inside the well and Hodja pulled back on the rope as hard as he could.
Suddenly the hook broke free from the rock and Hodja fell over on his back. Lying there, he noticed
the moon high up in the sky above. He heaved a sigh of relief and said:
"Well, it wasn't easy, but it's sure a wonderful feeling to know that I've delivered the moon from the
well!"

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THAT PHONE IS OFF
Soon after he left college, Dave found one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his
own died and left him a lot of money, so he decided to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice office. He bought some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for e
few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He quickly picked up the telephone and pretended to
be very busy answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and
expensive house in the country.
The man knocked at the door while this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to
finish his conversation on the phone. Then the man said to Dave; “I am from the telephone company
and I was sent here to connect your telephone”

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AREN’T YOU HIS MOTHER
A young boy was playing with a ball in the street.He kicked it too had, and it broke the window of a
house and fell inside. A lady came to the window with the ball and shouted at theyoung boy, so he ran
away, but he still wanted his ball back.
A few minutes later he returned and knocked at the door of the house. When the lady answered it,
he said,"My father's going to come and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to the door with the tools in his hand, so the lady let the boy
take his ball away.
When the man finished the window, he said to the lady,"That wil cost you exactly ten dollars.
"But aren't you the father of that young boy?"the woman asked looking surprised,"No." he answered,
equally surprised,"Aren't you his mother?"

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TREE GORILLA
A man walked into his back yard one morning and found a gorilla in a tree. He called a gorilla-removal
service, and soon serviceman arrived with a stick, a cihuahua (a rabbit-size breed of dog), a pair of
handcuffs, and a shootgun. “now listen carefully,” he told the homeowner.” I’m going to climb the tree
and poke the gorilla with this stick until he falls to the ground. The trained cihuahua will then go right
for his,
uh, sensitive area, and when the gorilla instinctively crosses his hands in front to protect himself, you
slap on the handcuffs.”
“got it,” the homeowner replied. “But what’s the shootgun for?”
“if I fall out of the tree before the gorilla,” the man said,” shoot the cihuahua.”
Text 1
THE MOON IN THE WELL
One night Hodja was walking by a well when he had a _____ impulse to look inside of it. To his
amazement he _____ the reflection of the moon in the water and exclaimed:
"The moon has _____ into the well! I must save it somehow!"
He looked around and ____ a rope with a hook on the end of it so he threw it in the well and _____:
"Grab the hook, moon, and hold tight! I'll _____ you out!"
The rope latched onto a rock _____ the well and Hodja pulled back on the rope as hard as he could.
Suddenly the hook _____ free from the rock and Hodja fell over on his back. Lying there, he noticed
the moon high up in the sky _____. He heaved a sigh of relief and said:
"Well, it wasn't _____, but it's sure a wonderful feeling to know that I've delivered the moon from
the well!"

Text 2
THAT PHONE IS OFF
Soon after he left college, Dave _____ one of his uncles who was very rich and had no children of his
own died and left him a lot of money, so he _____ to set up his own real estate agency.
Dave found a nice _____. He _____ some new furniture and moved in. he had only been there for e
few hours when he heard someone coming toward the door of his office.
“It must be my first customer” Dave thought. He _____ picked up the telephone and pretended to be
very _____ answering an important call from someone in New York who wanted to buy a big and
_____ house in the country.
The man knocked at the door _____ this was going on. He came in and waited politely for Dave to
finish his _____ on the phone. Then the man _____ to Dave; “I am from the telephone company and
I was sent here to connect your telephone”

Text 3
AREN’T YOU HIS MOTHER
A young boy was playing with a ball in the _____.He kicked it too had, and it _____ the window of a
house and fell _____. A lady came to the window with the ball and _____ at the young boy, so he ran
away, but he still _____ his ball back.
A few minutes later he _____ and knocked at the door of the house. When the lady answered it, he
said,"My father's going to _____ and fix your window very soon."
After a few more minutes a man came to the door with the _____ in his hand, so the lady let the boy
_____ his ball away.
When the man finished the window, he said to the lady,"That will cost you exactly ten dollars.
"But aren't you the father of that young boy?"the woman asked _____ surprised,"No." he answered,
equally surprised,"Aren't you his mother?"

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TREE GORILLA
A man walked into his back yard one morning and _____ a gorilla in a tree. He called a gorilla-removal
service, and soon serviceman arrived with a stick, a cihuahua (a rabbit-size breed of dog), a pair of
handcuffs, and a shootgun. “now listen _____,” he told the homeowner.” I’m going to _____ the tree
and poke the gorilla with this stick _____ he falls to the _____. The trained cihuahua will then go
right for his,
uh, sensitive area, and when the gorilla instinctively crosses his hands in _____ to protect _____,
you slap on the handcuffs.”
“_____ it,” the homeowner replied. “But what’s the shootgun for?”
“if I _____ out of the tree _____ the gorilla,” the man said,” shoot the cihuahua.”