Joke: reading class

I had a schoolmate who had come into school at an age later than usual£¬and could hardly read£®There was a book used by the leaners in reading called¡°Dialogues between a Missionary and an Indian£®¡±It was a poor performance£¬full of inconclusive arguments and other commonplaces£®The boy in question used to appear with this book in his hand in the middle of the school£¬the master standing behind him£®
The lesson was to begin£®The poor fellow£¬whose great fault lay in a deep toned drawl of his syllable and the omission of his stops£¬stood half looking at the book£¬and half casting his eye towards the right of him£¬ whence the blows were to proceed£®The master looked over him£¬and his hand was ready£®I am not exact in my quotation at this distance of time £»but the spirit of one of the passages that I recollect was to the following purport£¬and thus did the teacher and his pupil proceed£º
Master£®¡°Now£¬young man£¬have a care £»or I'll set you a swingeing task£®¡±-A common phrase of his£®
Pupil-making a sort of heavy bolt at his calamity£¬and neverremembering his stop at the word¡°Missionary¡±£®Missionary Can you see the wind£¿
-Master gives him a aslap on thehcheek£®
Pupil-raising his voice to a cry£¬and still forgetting his stop£®¡°Indian No£¡¡±
Master£®¡°Zounds£¬young man£¡have a care how you provoke me£¡¡±
Pupil-always forgetting the stop£®Missionary How then do you know that there is such a thing£¿¡±
-Here a terrible thump£®
Pupil-with a shout of agony£® Indian Because I feel it£®¡±

[Tag]:reading class
[Time]:6/29/2009