Vì sao chú công nhân bị ngã

An Englishman went to the seaside for his summer holiday. He asked the woman looking after his house to forward all the mail that arrived while he was away. She promised to do so.

He was enjoying a very relaxing holiday, but a month went by without a single letter. Thinking something must be wrong, he called her.

‘Why haven't you sent me any of my mail?’

‘Because you didn't leave me the key to the mailbox, sir.’

He apologized and promised to send her the key. On Sunday, he put it in an envelope, wrote the address on it, and posted it.

Another month passed, but still no letters arrived. At the end of the month, he returned home and complained angrily to the woman.

‘But what could I do, sir?’ the poor woman asked. ‘The mailbox key you sent me was inside the locked mailbox too!’

Từ vựng trong truyện

• forward: chuyển tiếp thư đến địa chỉ khác
• mailbox: hòm thư
• apologized: xin lỗi
• envelope: phong bì
• complained: phàn nàn

A man visited a friend and found him struggling with the cooking and floor cleaning.

"What happened to Liên, your maid? Why are you doing everything yourself?"

"She got married."

"Really? Who did she marry?"

"Me!"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• struggling: vất vả xoay xở
• maid: người giúp việc
• got married: đã lấy chồng

A scientist was busy gardening when an arrogant count approached him.

"From a distance, I thought you were a cow. Now that I'm closer, I see it's you," the count said.

The scientist replied cheerfully, "The same thing happened to me. From a distance, I thought it was you. Now that I'm closer, I see it's a cow."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• arrogant: ngạo mạn, kiêu căng
• count: bá tước
• from a distance: nhìn từ xa
• cheerfully: một cách vui vẻ

Before leaving on a business trip, a man asked his elderly neighbor to keep an eye on his young wife. He told her to contact him immediately if she noticed anything unusual.

A week passed peacefully. At the beginning of the next week, the neighbor called.

"That man who regularly visits your wife at night didn't come yesterday."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• elderly: cao tuổi
• keep an eye on: trông nom; để mắt đến
• unusual: khác thường
• regularly: đều đặn

In a village, a family had recently welcomed a bride for their son. In time, she gave birth to a healthy baby boy. At his one-month celebration, they forgot to invite an elderly woman from the village.

Furious, she put a curse on the child: 'Whichever family member this baby calls for will die.'

By the time the boy learned to talk, everyone had forgotten the curse. One day he called, "Grandma!" The next day, his maternal grandmother died.

When he called, "Mum!" his mother died that very night.

The following day, he called, "Dad!" His father was distraught. He lost all interest in food and drink and lay down to await death.

But the next morning he woke up alive and well. Hearing crying next door, he learned that his perfectly healthy neighbor had suddenly died that morning.

Từ vựng trong truyện

• curse: lời nguyền
• maternal grandmother: bà ngoại
• distraught: đau khổ, tuyệt vọng
• await: chờ đợi