1.Clever Black Hens 1
2.A Good Deed 1
3.The Teacher's Notation 2
4.Heat and Cold 2
5.It Doesn't Matter 3
6.Dead or Alive? 4
7.Wonderful Science 5
8.The Weight 5
9.God Said 6
10.A Parrot 7
11.Horrible Stories 7
12.The Pot Died 8
13.They Are in My Hand 9
14.He's Broken My Toy 10
15.The Third Chicken 11
16.My Father Is Speaking 11
17.Yes,Sir 12
18.The Excuse 13
19.Say That to Herself 13
20.A Liar 14
21.A Good Child 14
22.The Professor's Lunch 15
23.How Old Are You? 16
24.The Only Cake 17
25.The Lost Ring 17
26.Who Knows? 18
27.The Exact Length 19
28.Stick the Stamp on Yourself 20
29.An Umbrella 20
30.Are Flies Good to Eat? 21
31.Was It a Horse? 22
32.The Best and the Poorest 22
33.Six Answers to One Problem 23
34.The Look of the Letter G 24
35.The Location of the Nile 24
36.Did You Put Out the Light? 24
37.It's Because 25
38.Do You Know Music? 25
39.Heavier 26
40.He Didn't Help Me 26
41.Six and Four Are 26
42.A Polite Boy 27
43.5-2=? 27
44.What Did I Do in School Today? 28
45.The Queerest Thing 29
46.She Understands 29
47.The Barber's Explanation 30
48.No Wonder 30
49.Just Helpless 31
50.Buying Bread 32
51.Pleased to Meet You 33
52.An Absent-minded Professor 34
53.But You Have Got One 34
54.Why Was He Angry? 35
55.I'd Look Even Sillier 36
56.The Same 36
57.I,You and She 37
58.A Race 38
59.A Nautical Mile and a Mile 39
60.I Just Want to Make Sure 89
61.I Don't Know Where I'm Going 40
62.The Bet 41
63.The Bait 42
64.Peter's Answer 42
65.The Meaning of Having a New Baby 43
66.Rain 44
67.Mrs.Williams and Mice 45
68.Not So Easy 45
69."I"or"Eye" 46
70.Not for Today 47
71.That's Just the Trouble 47
72.A Dirtier Hand 48
73.Honesty 49
74.No Charge for the Luggage 50
75.Look Out 50
76.Mistaken 51
77.Too Drunk 52
78.Tom Saw a Tiger 53
79.The King and the Critic 53
80.Tommy and Olives 54
81.A Careless Professor 55
82.Mosquitoes with Lanterns 56
83.A Funnier Story 57
84.Mother or Father 57
85.Out They Go 58
86.A Spider in the Paper 59
87.Too Poor 59
88.Not a Penny More 60
89.A Picture of Police and Robber 61
90.Ten Years'Work 62
91.The Father of All Things 62
92.Hit Him Again 63
93.He Prefers 64
94.The Clever Cock 65
95.Moving Pictures 66
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? 69
100.A Polite Robber 70
101.I Know You Would 70
102.Shorter Hours 71
103.For Something Undone 72
104.A Sign 72
105.Asking the Way 73
106.Ten Years Younger 74
107.The Shape of the Earth 74
108.My Feet Won't Fit 75
109.A Piece of Advice 75
110.On and Off 76
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 80
116.Don't Worry 81
117.Constancy 82
118.More 82
119.A Gift 83
120.The Products 83
121.I Really Had to 84
122.Take a Chance 85
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 89
128.Not Necessary 89
129.Honesty 90
130.Unexpected 90
131.Ladies First 91
132.The Subject of My Essay 91
133.Please Kick! 92
134.I Used Them to Patch the Hole 92
135.I Don't Have the Time 93
136.Cut the Legs off the Bed 94
137.An Evidence 95
138.The Plural of Child 95
139.Fools Multiply Fast 96
140.Necessary Hole 96
141.They've Done Their Best 97
142.A Proof 97
143.You Must Have a Walking Stick 98
144.What's His Number? 99
145.At the End 100
146.Wonderful Machine 100
147.The Fool 101
148.Three and Three Hundred 101
149.They Know Everything 102
150.The Way to the Hospital 102
151.The New Teacher 103
152.Clever or Stupid? 103
153.A Polite Horse 104
154.Nothing to Nothing 105
155.At the Barber's 105
156.Training a Dog to Bark 106
157.The Man Running after the Bus 106
158.Regret 107
159.I Don't Hope You'll Be Late 108
160.Who Is He? 108
161.Wife and Dog 109
162.Peas 110
163.White Hair 110
164.A Nickel and Two Dimes 111
165.This Is Some Foolish Person 111
166.A Pair of Wrong Shoes 112
167.How Many Lights Were There? 113
168.Better Sold than Given 114
169.Answering the Phone 115
170.Two Vagrants 115
171.On the Field of Battle 116
172.They Never Stop 116
173.That Will Cost Me More 117
174.Brilliant Opinion 118
175.Boy and Grown-up 118
176.Dense Fog 119
177.I'm Not Having It All Cut Off 120
178.Who Shall I Blame? 121
179.On Shooting 121
180.Saying Good-bye 122
181.Husband and Son 123
182.Which of You Hears Me First? 124
183.The Rich and the Learned 125
184.The Float 125
185.Whom Do You Believe? 126
186.Who Is Fooled? 127
187.The Cat That Caused a Wedding 127
188.Did You Hear 128
189.I'd Better Come Later 129
190.What Happened in 1812? 129
191.Who Was the First Man? 130
192.A Call 130
193.The Sheep and the Money 131
194.The Pen 132
195.A Forgetful Man 132
196.What If He Does No Wrong Again? 133
197.Who Is a Miser? 133
198.Joe Richards'Birthday 134
199.How Much Is This One? 135
200.The Present 136
201.If I Was in It 137
202.Who Cheated? 138
203.The Dumb Speaks 139
204.Two Trips 140
205.Go through the Monkey Mountain 141
206.Too Clever 142
207.A Dance Teacher 143
208.We Have Caught Three of Them 144
209.Offer Choice 145
210.Invention 145
211.May I Look at the Book Again? 146
212.At the Box Office 147
213.The Call of the Child 147
214.An Apple and an Onion 148
215.Flying Age 148
216.He Didn't Notice It 149
217.The Bathroom Singer 149
218.A Sad Story 150
219.My Horse Eats Fish 151
220.Quick Thinking 152
221.That's Easy 153
222.Mark Twain and the Old Man 154
223.The Closest Answer 155
224.The Woman Knew Everything 155
225.The Carter's Light 158
226.100 Percent 159
227.What Do You Eat First? 160
228.Why Be Fired? 160
229.A Good Guesser 161
230.What Is It Made from? 161
231.All Changed 162
232.Disturbing 162
233.Congratulation 163
234.A History Examination 164
235.A Grazing Cow 164
236.Tit for Tat 165
237.The Shopkeeper's Journey 165
238.Mr.Baker In Trouble? 169
239.Poor Sidney 171
240.Saving Up for Shoes 174
241.Happiness 175
242.The First Things to Do 176
243.The Most Obedient 176
244.For the Owner 177
245.Six or Eleven 178
246.A Strange Place 178
247.The Secret of Success 179
248.A Bargain 180
249.A Considerate Son 180
250.Not for a Fight 181
251.An Expensive Idea 182
252.Qualified or Not 183
253.The Embarrassing Surname 184
254.A Long—cherished Wish 184
255.Not for This 185
256.The Hint 186
257.No Hoe 186
258.I Just Keep Seeing My Daddy! 187
259.Different Times 188
260.The Preacher and the Snorer 188
261.The Secret of Long Life 189
262.How Much More Do I Owe You? 190
263.Branch office 191
264.You've Hit It 191
265.Is Your Wife Home Now? 192
266.The Front Door 193
267.Too Late 193
268.It's Closed 194
269.In an Awkward Situation 195
270.To Make a Good Impression 195
271.Sucker 196
272.At a Dry Cleaner's 197
273.A Trick That Never Fails 197
274.She's on the Roof 198
275.A Bad Foot 199
276.How Could I Answer? 200
277.Dig a Bigger Hole at the Bottom 201
278.In a Maths Class 202
279.My Father Wouldn't Like That 202
280.Many Things in Common 203
281.At Your Service 203
282.How Much Is It? 204
283.Taken for a Ride 205
284.Jack Didn't Know Napoleon Was Ill 206
285.A Shave or a Haircut? 207
286.It's Unfair 208
287.A Pretty Carpet 208
288.I'm Qualified at Last 209
289.Just Helpless 210
290.How Did I Get Up Here? 211
291.The First Volunteer 212
292.On a Train 213
293.The Letter-box Key 214
294.Saving and Moan 215
295.Somebody with Imagination 216
296.Money Problem 217
297.A Note 218
298.What Had He Been Smuggling? 219
299.A Lucky Day 220
300.It's Terribly Noisy Down Stairs 221
301.It's Not Worthwhile to Do So 222
302.Asking for Trouble 223
303.Whose Fault 224
304.Sweet Wine 225
305.Missending 226
306.He Couldn't Swim the Atlantic 227
307.A Clear Conscience 228
308.The Loss Outweighs the Gain 229
309. Always Have to Stand 230
310.Single-minded 230
311.A Dentist and a Patient 231
312.Loving Couples 232
313.An Imaginative Wife 232
314.Not Even a Minute 233
315.Kind-hearted 234
316.Really Worried 235
317.Illegible Writing 235
318.Falling 236
319.Tom Wanted to Buy Reading 237
320.A Sly Parrot 238
321.A Forgetful Actor 239
322.Seeing a Doctor 240
323.Herman's Trouble 240
324.A Mural 241
325.An Avid Football Fan or Not 242
326.Women Live Longer Than Men 243
327.Being in Bank or Zoo 243
328.An Unexcepted Gift 244
329.A Wonderful Computer Scale 245
330.A Witty Reply 246
331.Marking the Spot 246
332.No Escape 247
333.A Birthday Present 249
334.Here I Am Again 250
335.I Never Listen 251
336.A Clever Painter 252
337.A Pair of Odd Shoes 253
338.Everything But the Door Is There 254
339.Drinking for My Friend 255
340.Ask for a Job 256
341.Amputation 257
342.You Might Have Forgotten 257
343.It's Mother Who Broke It 258
344.Hat Off 258
345.The Bull's Milk 259
346.A Drinker's Success 261
347.He Looks like a Monkey 262
348.Churchill and His Speech 263
349.A Friend to My House 264
350.Two Sailors 265
351.A Driver at the Court 266
352.The Rich Man's Sons 267
353.April Fool 269
354.Aren't You His Father? 270
355.Fully Prepared 271
356.That's My Bag 271
357.It Couldn't Be Worse 272
358.A Boy in the Letter-box 273
359.Older Hair 273
360.Glasses 274
361.A Disappointing Visit 274
362."On Time"Person 275
363.Taking a Taxi 276
364.Passage Six 276
365.Something Really Special 277
366.15 Years Earlier 278
367.Unexpected Resort 279
368.A Fire 279
369.A Fall 280
370.Little Anthony 281
371.A Holiday 281
372.Amercian Way of Lifev 282
373.What's the Matter with You? 282
374.What's the Matter? 283
375.Only Men's Clothes in the Shop 284
376.Poor Daddy! 284
377.Driving a Car 285
378.My Name Is Stonebreaker 285
379.The Naughty Monkey 286
380.What Are You Crying about? 287
381.A Silly Rabbit 288
382.My Husbands's Bones Are in the Box 289
383.Do You Have Something Cheaper? 290
384.It Must Be a Very Good Business 291
385.In a Train Car 292
386.The Coffee-pot Isn't Lost 293
387.That's All She Needs 293
388.The Pure Water 294
389.Ditto 295
390.The Priest and the Taxi-driver 296
391.A Tourist 297
392.Trouble with Nose and Ears 298
393.Such a Musical Voice 299
394.Train Yourself to Be Patient 300
395.The Lawyer's Trick 301
396.Sock Exchange 302
397.Have a Bath 302
398.The Signature 303
399.What was the Man's Crime? 303
400.Old Master 304
401.A Strange Will 305
402.A 650-pound Cook 306
403.Fire!Fire! 307
404.The Absent-minded Professor 308
405.The King and His Bag of Gold 309
406.Nothing to It 310
407.Flattery 311
408.Waiting to Make a Phone Call 312
409.Something Must Be Right 312
410.I Used to Be like You 313
411.Anybody Loses a Half-dollar? 313
412.Please Identify Yourself 314
413.Wait Until 315
414.The Sad Clown 315
415.A Good Friend 317
416.Only One Honest Way 317
417.What Happened to His Grandfather? 318
418.Tit for Tat 319
419.A Silly Boy 320
420.Use Your"And" 321
421.I Cannot Remember Anything 322
422.Sold Out 323
423.I Have Faith in the Lord 324
424.Can You Figure It Out? 325
425.The Effect 326
426.Singing or Crack? 327
427.Such a Forgetful Couple 328
428.A Handwriting Expert 329
429.Spread Flour on a Rope 330
430.The Man of Great Importance 332
431.The New World 333
432.Oh,That Garden! 336
433.A Broken Vase 339
Key to Exercises 342