Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which?
Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer.
Teacher: Please tell us.
Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside the swallow. 兩只鳥
老師： 這兒有兩只鳥，壹只是麻雀。誰能指出哪只是燕子，哪只是麻雀嗎？
學生：我指不出，但我知道答案。
老師：請說說看。
學生：燕子旁邊的就是麻雀，麻雀旁邊的就是燕子。Fat Man and Thin Man 饑荒可能是妳造成的 A very thin man met a very fat man in the hotel lobby.
"From your looks," said the fat man, "there might have been a famine."
"Yes," was the reply, "and from your looks, you might have caused it."
在旅館大廳裏，壹個非常瘦的人遇到了壹個非常胖的人。
胖子說：“看妳的樣子，可能有過饑荒。”
“是的，”瘦子回答說，“看妳的樣子，饑荒可能是妳造成的。” Your Coat Is on Fire 您的大衣著火了 The master, to impress on his pupils the need of thinking before speaking, told them to count fifty before saying anything important, and one hundred if it was very important.The next day he was speaking, standing with his back to the fire, when he noticed several lips moving rapidly. Suddenly the whole class shouted: Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, a hundred. Your coat is on fire, sir! 老師為了讓學生記住先思考後發言，告訴他們在說出重要事情之前先數到50，如果是特別重要的事情，要先數到100。第二天，當老師背靠著火爐講課時，發現好幾個學生的嘴唇在很快地不停地動。突然，全班學生壹起喊道：九十八，九十九，壹百。老師，您的大衣著火了！ Lost Purse 丟失的錢包A lady lost her handbag. It was found by an honest little boy and returned to her. Looking in her purse, she commented, "Hmmm.... That's funny. When I lost my bag there was a $20 bill in it. Now there are twenty $1 bills."
The boy quickly replied, "That's right, lady. The last time I found a lady's purse, she didn't have any change for a reward."
中文：
壹個女人丟了手提包，有壹個誠實的小孩撿到後交還給了她。她看了看錢包，說：“嗯，這麽有趣，我丟的時候裏面是壹張20美元，現在成了20張壹美元。” “沒錯，夫人。”小男孩立刻回答道，“上次我撿到錢包時，那位夫人沒有零錢獎賞給我。”