When I stopped the bus to pick up little five year old Chris for preschool, I noticed an older woman hugging him as he left the house.
«Is that your grandmother?» I asked Chris when he boarded.
«Yes,» Chris said. «She’s come to visit us for Christmas.» «How nice,» I said. «Where does she live?» «At the airport,» Chris replied. «Whenever we want her we just go out there and get her.»
You can take a horse to the water but you can't make him drink.
Здоровая пища топик.
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When I stopped the bus to pick up little five year old Chris