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Nasrudin made a bet that he could spend a night on a mountain, despite the ice
and snow. The bet was accepted.
Nasrudin took a book and candle and sat (01).................. the coldest night he
(02)................... known. (03).................... the morning, he was half-dead as he went
(04).................... to the village to claim his money.
"Did you have (05).................... at all to keep you warm?" The people in the
village asked him, - "Not (06).................. a candle?"
"Yes, I had a candle."
"Then the bet is (07)......................". Nasrudin did not argue.
Some months later he invited the same people (08)................ a feast
(09)..................... his house. They sat. They waited. Hours (10)....................... They
started to mutter (11)....................... food.
Nasrudin said: "Let's go and see how it is getting (12)...................."
They all went (13)....................... the kitchen. They found a huge pot of water.
(14)..................... the pot a candle was burning. The water was tepid.
Nasrudin said: "It is not ready (15)........................ I don't know why - it has
been there since yesterday."
(01)................... the recession, Britain's pet owners are willing to pay for a
permanent memorial (02)......................... much-loved furred and feathered friends.
The Rossendale Pets Cemetery, near Rawtenstall in Lancashire, now stretches to over 10
acres covered by 1,600 graves and 800 plots for small caskets of ashes.
It was started 26 years (03)..................... by a local farmer who ran his dog
(04)........................ with a tractor and was (05).................... grief-stricken that he
put up a headstone. That has long since been dwarfed (06)......................... elaborate
monuments, including a marble gate flanked by pillars. Dedicated to a horse called
Brandy, it cost well (07)...................... £2,000 seven years ago. Other animals
commemorated in the cemetery vary from budgies to a lioness. The owners of the
cemetery, Mr and Mrs Annable, have had some upsetting experiences:
"We had a man (08)........................ tried to climb into the incinerator to kiss his
Irish wolfhound goodbye. He was an educated man (09)................... well, an English
teacher. In the end, he left half the ashes here and took half home.
"Every Sunday a long-distance driver brings fresh flowers (10)................. his
dog. Rain, hail, fog or snow, he never (11)....................... And then (12).................. is
Kakkoo the parrot, who spoke four languages. His grave is marked by a simple wooden
cross and a bronze plaque.
"(13)..................... couple arrived carrying a cage. They had not seen their
hamster for (14)............... time. Was it in hibernation or was it dead? They couldn't
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bear to look. In fact, it was as stiff as a board. When I told them, they burst into tears. I
didn't (15)....................... the heart to charge them."
EURO-DISNEY
RUBBER TREES
Los Angeles has planted 2,000 rubber trees (1)....................... the middle of one
of (2).................... main streets. These trees do not produce rubber. They are, in fact,
made of rubber. Mr Joe Dynamo, a spokesman (3)..................... Los Angeles city
council, explained the reasons. He said:
"These trees are representative of our virtual society. We have polystyrene grass
(4)....................... our golf courses. We have non-milk powder to (5)................... our
coffee. We make copies (6)................ plastic of old wooden furniture. We have
fibreglass tombstones. (7)................... shouldn't we have trees made of rubber?
"At 50 miles (8)................... hour, no motorist will see any difference. And our
maintenance costs will be lower. You give the trees an annual rinse (9)......................
detergent, and dust them off twice a year. We save a lot of money because
transplanting, pruning, weeding and leaf-collection are all unnecessary. And we have a
60-year non-fade guarantee on each plant. This is rationalisation (10)........................
its best."