The PlumberAlady was expecting the plumber; he was supposed to come at ten o'clock. Ten o'clock came and went; no plumber; eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock one o'clock; no plumber She concluded he wasn't coming, and went out to do some errands. While she was out, the plumber arrived. He knocked on the door; the lady's parrot (did I mention she had a parrot?) said, ``Who is it?'' He replied, ``It's the plumber''.. He thought it was the lady who'd said, ``Who is it?'' and waited for her to come and let him in. When this didn't happen he knocked again, and again the parrot said ``Who is it?'' He said, '`It's the plumber!''. He waited, and again the lady didn't come to let him in He knocked again, and again the parrot said, ``Who is it?'' He said, ``IT'S THE PLUMBER!!!!!!!!'' Again he waited; again she didn't come; again he knocked; again the parrot said, ``Who is it?''; ``Aarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!'' he said, flying into a rage; he pushed the door in and ripped it off its hinges. He suffered a heart attack and he fell dead in the doorway. The lady came home from her errands, only to see the door ripped off its hinges and a corpse lying in the doorway. ``A dead body!'' she exclaimed, '`WHO IS IT?!'' The parrot said, ``It's the plumber''.
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