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A Family Happiness. Part 1
Once upon a time, a young man asked a wise man:
- How do you keep your family happiness? You and your wife have never had a fight, everyone respects you and comes to you for advise. What's your secret? *Everyone (and also 'noone') is singular.
The wise man smiled and called his wife. A smiling and beautiful woman entered the room. It seemed that all her appearance beamed a happiness: 1. It seemed that everything about her beamed with happiness. 2. It seemed from her appearance that she beamed with happiness.
- Yes, darling!
- Honey, please, make a some dough for a pie.
- Fine!
She came out and returned in twenty minutes to say that the dough was ready.
- Put in it all of the best butter we have and all those nuts we keep were keeping for our son's birthday cake. **past continunous tense.
- Okay.
And again she came back in ten minutes, and her husband said:
- Add a some clay from our yard to the dough and bake it.
- Okay, - the wife replied.
In a half an hour that strange pie was in her hands.
- Of course, we will not eat this! - the husband said. - Give it to the pigs outside.
- Okay, - the wife said.
The guest was surprised. How could it be possible? The wife hadn't said (*past perfect tense) say any a single word to argue with her husband, even when he offered made such an absurd thing suggestion. (**to make a suggestion)
The man decided to do a conduct such an experiment at his home. When he entered there, he heared his wife's laugh. She played was playing a board game with her friends. (**to conduct an experiment. **past continuous tense).
- Wife! - the man addressed to her. (to address someone BUT to address a letter to someone)
- I'm busy! - the spouse crossly replied from the bedroom.
- Wife!
She appeared in ten minutes:
- What do you need?
- Make a some dough!
- You are crazy! There is a lot of food in the house and I have something to do!
- I said make the some dough!
In half an hour the wife crossly reported that the dough is was ready. (**reported speech [this is the name of the grammar type. You can find it in your grammar book/the internet])
- Put in it the best nuts and all of the butter we have.
- You are crazy! My sister's wedding will be the day after tomorrow and I need those nuts to for the pie!
- Do as I said!
The wife put in the dough only a part some of the nuts and come to her husband again.
- And now, put some clay in the dough!
- Are you really crazy? Am I to waste all of those ingredients?
- Add some clay, I said! And bake it.
In an hour the wife brought the pie and throwed threw it on the table:
- I extremely really want to see as if you will eat this.
- I will not eat this, give the pie to the pigs!
- You know what, - the wife boiled over, go and feed your pigs by yourselfe!
She slammed the door and went to her room. She laughed at him for several more days telling this story for all to everyone.
So the guest decided to return to the wise man...
(To be continued)
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