He poured some soda into a glass. The bubbles rose in the glass. He looked at the bubbles. He listened to the bubbles. He dropped a couple of ice cubes into the glass. The ice cubes floated to the top. He waited until the ice cubes got a little small

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The husband and wife wanted to have a baby. They prayed for a baby. God answered their prayers. The doctor said they were going to have a baby. The wife asked, How many? The doctor said he didn't know yet. The husband and wife were very happy. Now th

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She called the landlord. Her apartment was full of roaches. Roaches were everywhere. They were under the kitchen sink. They were in the kitchen cabinets. They were on the kitchen counters. They were in the oven. They were on the stove. She turned on

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It was time to go to the market. He had no bananas, no apples, and no milk. He got into his car and drove to the market. It was only five minutes away. The parking lot was almost empty. Good, he thought. He wouldn't have to stand in a long line. He p

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A while later, he put her clothes into the dryer. He selected Hot Dry. That'll kill the rest of the germs, he thought. The dryer finished. He took her clothes upstairs. His wife came home. Her clean clothes were on the bed. She looked at them. She sm

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She said the gulf disaster wasn't a big problem. How can you say that? he asked. Millions of gallons of oil are pouring into the ocean. She said it was a big ocean. The oil spill was a drop in the bucket. Besides, oil and water are natural, she said,

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Millions of gallons of oil were pouring into the gulf. A pipeline had broken. The drilling platform had burned and sunk. Workers had died. The oil flowed freely from the broken pipe. It was a mile beneath the ocean surface. The oil company tried to s

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He asked for a price check. The shirt was $4, not $2. He told the cashier he didn't want it. The jacket was only $2, not $4. He couldn't believe it. He held up the jacket. He looked at it carefully. No stains, no rips, no holes. Only $2? What a deal!

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The caller said she was taking a nationwide poll. She asked if he had a few minutes. He said yes. This was the first time a pollster had ever called him. She asked if he was on his cell phone. He said yes. She asked if he was driving. He said no. She

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They stopped at the cookie store. His wife wanted something sweet. Buy me some cookies, she said. He said sure. He looked at the price list. The cookies were $1 each. He ordered two cookies. His wife couldn't believe it. I don't want just TWO cookies

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In baseball, 27 batters up and 27 batters down is a perfect game. A perfect game usually occurs less than once every five years. In 2010, two perfect games occurred in May alone. Then in June a third perfect game occurred. But there was a problem. Th

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Mark heard a noise. What was the noise? It was a steady noise. It wasn't a loud noise. It was a steady, quiet noise. He opened his apartment door. He looked outside. A painter was next door. A painter was spray painting a fence. He was spray painting

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No one will ever marry me, said Paula. Of course someone will marry you, said her sister Joan. Paula said she wasn't pretty. A man wants to marry a pretty woman. I think you're pretty. Some man will marry you. Look at Mama, said Joan. Mama is not a p

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The lady's dog barked too much. It barked in the morning. It barked in the afternoon. It barked at night. Every time Kevin walked past the front door, the dog barked. Every time Kevin walked past the back door, the dog barked. Every time anybody walk

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Carol said they must leave early. They were going to the airport. They were going to JFK airport. We must leave two hours early, she said. You never know what can go wrong. What can go wrong? Clint asked. We get on the train. We take the train to JFK

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She was 40. She was tired. She felt tired all the time. She went to the doctor. The doctor asked, What's the matter? What's your problem? She said, I'm tired. I feel tired all the time. The doctor examined her. The doctor asked her a lot of questions

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Good morning, Amanda! You look so nice today. Is that a new dress? Are those new shoes? asked Fay. Good morning. You look nice, too. No, it isn't a new dress. Yes, these are new shoes, Amanda said. I bought them at Macy's. They were on sale. Fay aske

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Danny's fence needed painting. He wanted to paint it white. He looked in the phone book. He looked under P for Painters. He called up a painter. How much to paint my fence? he asked. How big is your fence? the painter asked. It goes all the way aroun

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Where is the mustard? asked a prisoner. There is no mustard, said the cook. We ran out of mustard. We have no more mustard. We'll get more mustard tomorrow. The prisoner looked at his hot dog. A hot dog without mustard is not a hot dog. I can't eat t

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The water was getting higher and higher. The rain was coming down. It kept raining and raining. Leslie was worried. I'm worried, she said to her brother. She was worried about Moo. Moo was her cow. Moo was in the field. Moo was in the rain. Leslie di

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