一个苏格兰人去伦敦，想顺便探望一位老朋友，但却忘了他的住址，于是给家父发了一份电报：“您知道托马的住址吗？速告
当天，他就收到一份加急回电：“知道。”三峡博客

有三个人到纽约度假。他们在一座高层宾馆的第45层订了一个套房。
一天晚上，大楼电梯出现故障，服务员安排他们在大厅过夜。三峡博客
他们商量后，决定徒步走回房间，并约定轮流说笑话、唱歌和讲故事，以减轻登楼的劳累。
笑话讲了，歌也唱了，好不容易爬到第34层，大家都感觉精疲力竭。
“好吧，彼德，你来讲个幽默故事
彼德说：“故事不长，却令人伤心至极：我把房间的钥匙忘在大厅了。”

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　　1，fox and cock狐狸和公鸡
one morning a fox sees a cock. he thinks," this is my breakfast.''
he comes up to the cock and says, "i know you can sing very well. can you sing for me?'' the cock is glad. he closes his eyes and begins to sing. the fox sees that and catches him in his mouth and carries him away. the people in the field see the fox. they cry," look, look! the fox is carrying the cock away.'' the cock says to the fox," mr. fox, do you understand? the people say you are carrying their cock away .tell them it is yours. not theirs.''
the fox opens his mouth and says," the cock is mine, not yours.' 'just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.
2.the wind and the sun)
one day the wind said to the sun, “look at that man walking along the road. i can get his cloak off more quickly than you can.”
“we will see about that,” said the sun. “i will let you try first.”
so the wind tried to make the man take off his cloak. he blew and blew, but the man only pulled his cloak more closely around himself.
“i give up,” said the wind at last. “i cannot get his cloak off.” then the sun tried. he shone as hard as he could. the man soon became hot and took off his cloak.
donkey and the load of salt 驴和盐

once upon a time, a salt merchant moved from place to place selling salt. one day, he was walking on a bridge over a stream with salt loaded on the back of a donkey. “yo-ho! yo-heave-ho!”

3.donkey and the load of salt

the donkey missed his step because he was too tired. “splash!” the donkey fell into the water. the merchant set the donkey upright quickly. at that very same moment, the donkey realized his load became lighter as the salt melted in the water.

so, the donkey fell down again on purpose. now, all the salt melted, and his load became very light. the donkey returned home humming merrily. without knowing the donkey's intentions, the merchant just thought he had bad luck.

the next day, the donkey arrived at the stream carrying salt. “yo-ho! yo-heave-ho!” the donkey remembered the incident yesterday. “neigh! if i fall down in the water, my load will get lighter!' the donkey sunk down in the water on purpose.

finally, the salt merchant realized the donkey's intentions. however, a lot of salt had already disappeared in the water. the salt merchant became angry.

holding the donkey's behavior responsible, the salt merchant decided to give him a hard time. first, he put a lump of light cotton into the salt bag and loaded it on the back of the donkey. 'what? it's weird. salt is too light today.'

the donkey could not suspect the salt merchant's trick. again that day, the donkey fell down in the water intentionally when he arrived at the stream. yet, the wet cotton lump became greatly heavy.

'neigh! what makes it so heavy?' the donkey could not understand. the salt merchant said to the donkey groaning under a heavy load on his back, ”you fool, donkey, you are caught in your own scheme.“ the donkey regretted that he tricked the merchant.