and goings of a wedding。 After the photographs had been taken； everyone had driven off to the reception and all the excitement was over。 Karen said to her mother； “Why did the bride change her mind； Mummy？”
“What do you mean； change her mind？” asked Mrs。 Jones。
“Well；” said the moppet； “She went into the church with one man and came out with another！”
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聰明人生 第七章（1）
馬克·吐溫和理髮師
有一次，馬克·吐溫到一個小鎮上作演講。他想在晚飯前先去理髮店刮刮鬍子。
“你是外地人吧？”理髮師問。
“是的，”馬克·吐溫回答，“我是第一次來這裡。”
“你來得正巧，”理髮師繼續說，“今晚有馬克·吐溫的演講，我想你會去的，是嗎？”
“噢，我也是這樣想的。”
“你買到票了嗎？”
“還沒有。”
“票全都賣光了，你只能站著了。”
“真討厭！”馬克·吐溫嘆氣著說，“真倒黴，每次那個傢伙演講時我都不得不站著。”
Mark Twain and the Barber
In the course of one of his lecture trips； Mark Twain arrived at a small town。 Before dinner he went to a barber shop to be shaved。
“Are you a stranger？” asked the barber。
“Yes，” Mark Twain replied。 “This is the first time I’ve been here。”
“You chose a good time to e；” the barber continued。 “Mark Twain is going to read a lecture tonight。 You’ll go； I suppose？”
“Oh； I guess so。”
“Have you bought your ticket？”
“Not yet。”
“But everything is sold out。 You’ll have to stand。”
“How very annoying！” Mark Twain said with a sigh。 “I never saw such luck； I always have to stand when that fellow lectures。”
在電話中交談
每個星期天，牧師都會在教堂前面召集一群孩子，給他們講一個故事。有一次，為了更好地解釋祈禱的意義，他帶來了一部電話機。
“你們和電話裡的人說話，卻並沒有看到電話那端的人，對不對呀？”他開始說道。孩子們點頭表示同意。“其實，和上帝交談就好像透過電話交談一樣。他就在另一端，儘管你看不到他，他卻在傾聽你的心聲。”
就在這個時候，一個小男孩尖聲問道：“他的電話號碼是多少？”
Talking on the Telephone
Each Sunday the minister called the children to the front of the church while he told them a story。 Once he brought a telephone to better illustrate the