Did your father punish you?

Teacher: Did your father punish you when you came home last night?
Sandy: Yes, sir.
Teacher: How did he do it?
Sandy: He made me stay in the room where my sister was doing her singing practice.

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Little Jim was the center of an admiring group of men and women for he had gone over a thin ice and saved his friend. "You have risked your life foor your friend!" they said.
"I had to," answered Jim. "He had my new skates on."

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I could never get my 12-years old daughter to read the book "Alice in Wonder Land1" until the BBC declared it unsuitable for children.