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Once, there was a man by the name of Mr Richard. Mr
Richard suspected that his wife
was ___1___ deaf. There
___2___ a number of occasions when
his
wife ___3___ no replies when Mr Richard asked her
questions. Recently, the ___4___ of times which she had kept
___5___ when Mr Richard
talked to
her had increased. ___6___ peaceful Sunday evening, Mr Richard was washing
his car at the
car porch ___7___ his wife was in the kitchen
___8___ the
evening
meal. It was ___9___ that he decided to test whether his
wife was ___10___ going deaf.
"Is dinner ready, dear?" he ___11___. His wife
continued to wash the
vegetables without ___12___ a word.
Mr Richard was beginning to ___13___ a little worried.
"Is dinner ready, dear?" he said in a
___14___ voice.
Again, there was ___15___ answer from his wife. Mr Richard's alarm
___16___.
He
decided to ___17___ one more time.
"Is dinner ready?" he shouted.
___18___
again, his wife ignored his ___19___ and began peeling
the
potatoes. By now, Mr Richard was convinced ___20___ his
wife was indeed going
deaf. He marched ___21___ the kitchen and said:
"Nancy, .I think there's something ___22___ with your
hearing. Why ___23___ you answer me when I asked you
___24___ dinner is
ready?"
Nancy looked up ___25___ her work.
"But I did answer you," she protested. "I said
'Not
yet, dear!' loudly - three times!" |
