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A GIGGLE1 BOX AND A LEAKY FAUCET2
after Louis Sachar Every day after lunch Mrs Jewls read a story to the class. Dana hated stories. The last book was the story about a pig. It was very funny. All the children laughed. Dana couldn’t stop laughing. John called her ‘a giggle box’. When Dana broke out laughing3 at the lesson, John said: “There goes the giggle box.” She hated John. The other story was very sad. Dana couldn’t stop crying. John called her ‘a leaky faucet’. “Who will fix the leaky faucet?” he asked. Mrs Jewls rang her bell, and all the children sat quietly. The teacher was reading a story about a little baby-animal. The story was sad because a car killed his mother. Dana cried. The next day Dana came up to Mrs. Jewls for a talk. “Can I go out when you read?” asked Dana. “Why?” asked Mrs. Jewls. “I hate stories,” said Dana. “I laugh and cry too much.” “You don’t hate stories, Dana,” Mrs. Jewls told her. “You love stories. I would like other children to be able to laugh and cry like you.” “Really?” asked Dana. She always thought she hated stories when she really loved them … Hmm... She was glad.
to giggle [9gigl] — гоготати, сміятись a leaky faucet [9fc:sit] — несправний кран (що протікає) 3 to break out laughing — пирскати зі сміху 1 2
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