Contents 1
1．Clever Black Hens 1
2．A Good Deed 1
3．The Teacher's Notation…………………………（2 ） 1
4．Heat and Cold 2
5．It Doesn't Matter 3
6．Dead or Alive 3
7．Wonderful Science 5
8．The Weight 5
9．God Said 6
10．A Parrot 6
11．Horrible Stories 7
12．The Pot Died 7
13．They Are in My Hand 8
14．He's Broken My Toy 9
15．The Third Chicken 10
16．My Father Is Speaking 11
17．“Yes，Sir” 12
18．The Excuse 12
19．Say That to Herself 13
20．A Liar 13
21．An Obedient Child 14
22．The Professor's Lunch 15
23．“How Old Are You？” 15
24．The Only Cake 16
25．The Lost Ring 17
26．Who Knows？ 18
27．The Exact Length 18
28．Stick the Stamp On Yourself 19
29．An Umbrella 20
30．Are Flies Good to Eat？ 21
31．Was It a Horse？ 21
32．The Best and the Poorest 22
33．Six Answers to One Problem 23
34．The Look of the Letter G 23
35．The Location of the Nile 23
36．Did You Put Out the Light？ 24
37．It's Because 24
38．Do You Know Music？ 25
39．Heavier 25
40．He Didn't Help Me 25
41．Six and Four Are 26
42．A Polite Boy 26
44．“What Did I Do in School Today？” 27
43．5－2＝？ 27
45．The Queerest Thing 28
46．She Understands 28
47．The Barber's Explanation 29
48．No Wonder 30
49．Just Helpless 30
50．Buying Bread 31
51．Pleased to Meet You 32
52．An Absent-minded Professor………………………（33 ） 32
53．But You Have Got One 34
54．Why Was He Angry？ 35
55．I'd Look Even Sillier 35
56．The Same 36
57．I，You and She………………………………（36 ） 36
58．A Race 37
59．A Nautical Mile and A Mile……………………（38 ） 37
60．I Just Want to Make Sure 38
61．I Don't Know Where I'm Going 39
62．The Bet 40
63．The Bait 41
64．Peter's Answer 42
65．The Meaning of Having a New Baby 43
66．Rain 43
67．Mrs Williams and Mice 44
68．Not So Easy 45
69．“I”or“Eye” 46
70．Not for Today 46
71．That's Just the Trouble 47
72．A Dirtier Hand 47
73．Honesty 48
74．No Charge for the Luggage 49
75．Look Out 50
76．Mistaken 51
77．Too Drunk 51
78．Tom Saw a Tiger 52
79．The King and the Critic 53
80．Tommy and Olives 54
81．A Careless Professor………………（ 55 ） 54
82．Mosquitoes with Lanterns 56
83．A Funnier Story 56
84．Mother or Father 57
85．Out They Go 58
86．A Spider in the Paper 58
87．Too Poor 59
88．Not a Penny More 60
90．Ten Years'Work 61
89．A Picture of Police and Robber 61
91．The Father of All Things 62
92．Hit Him Again 63
93．He Prefers 63
94．The Clever Cock 64
95．Moving Pictures 65
96．She Wants to Keep Them 66
97．But I Must Find It 67
98．To Lie or to Be Polite 68
99．Who's That Strange Man？ 68
100．A Polite Robber 69
101．I Know You Would 70
102．Shorter Hours 72
103．For Something Undone 72
104．A Sign 72
106．Ten Years Younger 73
105．Asking the Way 73
107．The Shape of the Earth 74
108．My Feet Won't Fit 75
109．A Piece of Advice 75
110．On and Off 75
111．An English Boy in Spain 76
112．The Farmhand and the Landlord 77
113．Shouting His Prayers 78
114．Who Is the Printer？ 79
115．A Man in My Bed 79
116．Don't Worry 80
117．Constancy 81
118．More 82
119．A Gift 82
121．I Really Had to 83
120．The Products 83
122．Take a Chance 84
123．The Colour of the Traffic-lights 85
124．A Barking Dog Does Not Bite 86
125．The Stranger and the Schoolmaster 87
126．I Wasn't Listening 88
127．A Fly in the Soup 88
128．Not Necessary 89
129．Honesty 89
130．Unexpected 90
131．Ladies First 90
132．The Subject of My Essay……………………？ 90
133．“Please Kick！” 91
134．I Used Them to Patch the Hole 92
135．“I Don't Have the Time”……………………（92 ） 92
136．Cut the Legs off the Bed 93
137．An Evidence 94
138．The Plural of Child 95
139．Fools Multiply Fast 95
140．Necessary Hole…………………………………（ 96 ） 95
141．They've Done Their Best 96
142．A Proof 97
143．You Must Have a Walking Stick 97
144．“What's His Number？” 98
145．At the End 99
146．Wonderful Machine……………………………（ 99 ） 99
147．The Fool 100
148．Three and Three Hundred 100
149．They Know Everything 101
150．The Way to the Hospital 101
152．The Clever Boy and the Stupid Boy 102
151．The New Teacher 102
153．A Polite Horse 103
154．Nothing to Nothing 103
155．At the Barber's 104
156．Training a Dog to Bark 105
157．The Man Running after the Bus 105
158．Regret 106
159．“I Don't Hope You'll Be Late” 106
160．Who Is He？ 107
161．Wife and Dog 108
162．Peas 108
163．White Hair 109
164．A Nickel and Two Dimes 109
165．This Is Some Foolish Person 110
166．A Pair of Wrong Shoes 111
167．How Many Lights Were There？ 112
168．Better Sold Than Given 113
169．Answering the Phone 113
170．Two Vagrants 114
171．On the Field of Battle 114
172．They Never Stop 115
173．That Will Cost Me More Than a Basket Full of Things 116
174．Brilliant Opinion 117
175．Boy and Grown-up 117
176．Dense Fog 118
177．“I'm Not Having It All Cut Off” 118
178．Who Shall I Blame？ 119
179．On Shooting 120
180．Saying Good-bye 121
182．Which of You Hears Me First？ 122
181．Husband and Son 122
183．The Rich and the Learned 123
184．The Float 124
185．Whom Do You Believe？……………………？ 124
186．Who I Fooled？ 125
187．The Cat That Caused a Wedding 126
188．Did You Hear 127
189．I'd Better Come Later 127
190．What Great Event Happened in 1812？ 128
191．Who Was the First Man？ 128
192．A Call 129
193．The Sheep and the Money 129
194．The Pen 130
196．What If He Does No Wrong Again？ 131
195．A Forgetful Man 131
197．Who Is a Miser？ 132
198．Joe Richards'Birthday 133
199．How Much Is This One？ 134
200．The Present 135
201．If I Was in It 136
202．Who Cheated？ 137
203．The Dumb Speaks 138
204．Two Trips 139
205．Go Through the Monkey Mountain 140
206．Too Clever 141
207．A Dance Teacher 142
208．We Have Caught Three of Them 143
209．Offer Choice 144
210．Invention 144
211．May I Look at the Book Again？ 145
212．At the Box Office 146
213．The Call of the Child 146
214．An Apple and an Onion 147
215．Flying Age 147
216．He Didn't Notice It 148
217．The Bathroom Singer 148
218．A Sad Story 149
219．My Horse Eats Fish 150
220．Quick Thinking 151
221．That's Easy 152
222．Mark Twain and the Old Man 153
223．The Closest Answer 154
224．The Woman Who Knew Everything 154
225．The Carter's Light 157
226．100 Percent 158
227．What Do You Eat First？ 159
228．Why Be Fired？ 160
229．A Good Guesser 160
230．What Is It Made From？ 161
231．All Changed 161
232．Disturbing 162
233．Congratulation 162
234．A History Examination 163
235．A Grazing Cow 163
236．Tit for Tat 164
237．The Shopkeeper's Journey 165
238．Mr．Baker In Trouble？ 169
239．Poor Sidney 172
附：Key to Comprehension Exercises 175