文档介绍:200EnglishHumours171. NewsStandAnewsboywasstandingonthecornerwithastackofpapers,yelling,“!Fiftypeopleswindled!”Curious,amanwalkedover,boughtapaper,’,“Hey,thisisanoldpaper,where’sthestoryaboutthebigswindle?”Thenewsboyignoredhimandwentoncallingout,“-onepeopleswindled!”172. IndianNamesThisIndianboygoestohismotheronedaywithapuzzledlookonhisface.“Say,mom,whyismybiggerbrothernamedMightyStorm?”Shetoldhim,“Becausehewasconceivedduringamightystorm.”Thenheasked,“WhyismysisternamedCornflower?”Shereplied,“Well,yourfatherandIwereinacornfieldwhenwemadeher.”“AndwhyismyothersistercalledMoonchild?”Themothersaid,“Wewerewatchingthemoonlandingwhileshewasconceived.”MotherIndianpausedandaskedherson,“Tellme,TornRubber,whyareyousocurious?” 173. WalkingtheDogAlittlegirlaskedhermom,“Mom,mayItakethedogforawalkaroundtheblock?”Momsays,“No,becausethedogisinheat.”“Whatdoesthatmean?”askedthechild.“.”Thelittlegirlwenttothegarageandasked,“Dad,mayItakeSusieforawalkaroundtheblock?IaskedMom,butshesaidthatSusiewasinheat,etalktoyou.”Dadsaid,“BringSusieoverhere.”Hetookarag,soakeditwithgasoline,andscrubbedthedog’srear-endwithitandsaid,“Okay,youcangonow,imearoundtheblock.”,“WhereisSusie?”Thelittlegir