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Reading Comprehension
Volume 4, Number 4, September 28, 1998
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Funny Jokes, Part One
Mr. El was very
proud of his poster. He had spent hours making it look as appealing as
possible. “Sign Up for the Great Tiger Camping
Weekend!” it read. The poster went on to urge everyone who
worked at Tiger Elementary School to participate in the first annual
camping trip at the nearby Willow Bay Campground. At the bottom of the
poster was a place to sign up for a reservation. At the top, Mr.El had
glued a Willow Bay Campground magnet. He collected magnets, and this
was one of his favorites.
On Monday morning,
Mr. El tacked the poster to the bulletin board in the faculty room. On
Monday afternoon, after the kids had gone home, he checked the poster
to see if anyone had signed up.
“That’s
good,” he said to himself. Mr. Smitty, Mrs. Plant, and Mr.
Dee had already put their names on the list. “This is
wonder--,” Mr. El noticed something at the top of the poster.
Or to put it more accurately, he noticed that he could not notice
something at the top of the poster. “Someone stole my
magnet!” he roared.
At that very
moment, Mr. Smitty walked into the room. “Are you
OK?” he asked.
“No, I
am not OK! My poster has been defaced, robbed,
looted, attacked by some evil criminal!”
“It
looks the same as when I signed on,” Mr. Smitty remarked.
“You
didn’t see a magnet shaped like a tree with the name of the
campground on it?” Mr. El asked, pointing to the bare spot at
the top of the poster.
“No, I
don’t remember seeing anything like that.”
“Are you
sure?”
“I’m
sure.”
“Are you
certain you’re sure?”
“I’m
certain I’m sure.”
“Are you
positive you’re certain you’re sure?”
“I’m
definitely confident that I’m positive that I’m
certain that I’m sure,” Mr. Smitty said.
“At least I think so.”
“I’m
going to get to the bottom of this,” Mr. El announced,
“and find the criminal!”
Mrs. Daxon, the
senior teachers’ aide, walked into the room.
“What’s this about a criminal?” she
inquired.
Mr. Smitty told
Mrs. Daxon what had happened. She looked at Mr. El and smiled a knowing
smile.
“You
know something,” he said. “You always know
everything that’s going on around here.”
“That is
true,” she conceded. “I can’t divulge my
sources, but I know exactly what happened to your magnet.”
Mr. El
didn’t speak a word, but his eyes said, “Please,
please tell me!”
Mrs. Daxon
whispered, “My very reliable sources tell me that Miss Joan
thought it would be a funny joke to play on you.”
“Funny!”
Mr. El stated with a wild look in his eyes. “Well, he
who laughs last, laughs best!”
1. Mr. El’s poster was a kind of _______________.
a. story
b. photograph
c. advertisement
d. poem
2. The camping trip would not
be _______________.
a. fun
b. on a weekend
c. expensive
d. very far away
3. How did Mr. El feel about the magnet
being gone?
a. He thought it was funny.
b. He felt very angry.
c. It made him hungry.
d. It made him feel very lonely.
4. Which is probably true about Mrs. Daxon?
a. She is mean.
b. No one likes to talk to her.
c. She is younger than the other aides.
d. It is hard to keep a secret from her.
5. Mr. El probably intends to
_______________.
a. immediately take down his poster
b. tell Miss Joan that she has a great
sense of humor
c. get even with Miss Joan
d. change his mind about going camping
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