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Jimmy was seven years old. He got an allowance from his parents every week, but he wasted a lot of it on things which he saw in the stores and..
Mr. Smith left his car outside his apartment one night, as usual, but when he came down the next morning to go to his office, he discovered that the..
One day a thief came and tried to steal a beautiful necklace, but the owner of the store caught him immediately and went to the telephone to call the..
A small store sold a lot of nice jewelry, and the owner was always very careful to prevent people from stealing it.
Fred had just become the captain of a small ship which carried things from one port to another along the coast. One day he had to take the ship up a..
Mr. Harris had never married, and he lived in a small house by himself. He was always very careful about what he ate and drank, and he never went out..
A small town had a city dump where people could leave their own garbage. A lot of people used to load their garbage cans into the backs of their cars..
Mr. Young owned his own business and worked very hard. His wife was afraid that he would get sick if he continued like that, so she often tried to..
"You can't prove it was the other way." "Look at this," the dean said. "Susan didn't know the answer to this question, so she wrote, 'I don't know.'..
The college had a very good football team, and its best player was a student who always had trouble in school.Then one year the dean of the college..
Mr. Jones moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor, so he went to see one. He sat down in the waiting room and looked around. The..
A young boy did not live too far from school, so he used to walk there and back every day. On his way to school he passed a playground which used to..
Johnny was nine years old, and he was a very bad boy, but his mother always hoped that he would behave better. Then one day, after he had come home..
Then one day Mr. Scott had a vacation, so he went to the bank, but the bank teller didn't know him, and wasn't willing to give him any money until..
Mr. and Mrs. Scott moved to a small town, and they made arrangements at the local bank to open an account in both their names. But Mr. Scott was a..
A young boy was playing with a ball in the street. He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside. A lady came to the..
А lot of boys and girls in Western countries are wearing the same kinds of clothes, and many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell..
Mrs. Green was the manager of a large company, and she frequently had to have meetings with other business people in a room in her building. She did..
Jim walked into a store which had a sign outside: "Second-hand clothes bought and sold." He was carrying an old pair of pants and asked the owner of..