O’Toole volunteered to take care of his numerous children so that Mom could have an evening out. At bedtime he sent the youngsters upstairs to bed and settled down to read. One child kept creeping down the stairs, but O’Toole kept sending him back up.
At 10 o’clock the doorbell rang. It was the next door neighbor, Mrs. O’Brien. She asked if her son was there and O’Toole said no. Just then a little head appeared over the banister and a voice shouted. «I’m here Mom, but he won’t let me go home.»
«And how much of that stack of hay did you steal, Kavanaugh?» the priest asked at confession.
«I might as well confess to the whole stack, your Reverence,» said Kavanaugh. «I’m goin’ after the rest of it tonight!»
Why do people travel.
Куда я трачу свои деньги.
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