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Show Long Way Between. John was the new boy at the boarding board-ing house. His mistress was scolding scold-ing him because he never surmounted an obstruction. "John," she said, "when I sent you for a two-pound loaf of cake and they had none, why in the world did you not bring two one-pound cakes? This would be exactly the same thing." John seemed to grasp the knowledge. knowl-edge. His mistress thought so until the next day. She was going on a journey, and, being a large, stout woman, told John to engage her two seats in the 'bus. When John returned she asked: "Did you have any difficulty?" "No, madam," replied the hopeless John, "but I could not get them both together, so I got one in the inside and one on the top!" |