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Grandma and Grampa are sitting there watching TV when Grandpa decides he's hungry for some ice cream

``Hey, Grandma - I'm going to the kitchen and get myself a dish of ice cream You want I should get you some, too?''

``Sure, Grandpa, sounds good. But you better write down what you're going out there for or else you'll forget'' replies Grandma.

``I will not!'' retorts Grandpa. '`In fact, tell me what you want on it and I'll show you I can remember that, too''

``OK,'' says Grandma, '`I'll have some chocolate sauce. But you're going to forget..''

Grandpa heads out to the kitchen and disappears for about 20 or 30 minutes, accompanied by a cacaphonous banging of pots and pans

Finally he emerges, carrying a plate of scrambled eggs.

``See there, Grandpa. I told you you'd forget!'' chides Grandma.

``What do you mean, 'forget,' Grandma? What did I forget?'' demands Grandpa

``You fool,'' says Grandma. '`You forgot my bacon!''

Vocabulary Help

  • hungry: faminto
  • ice cream: sorvete
  • dish: prato
  • sure: certamente
  • sounds good: parece bom
  • write down: escrever
  • forget (forget, forgot, forgotten): esquecer
  • retort: responder
  • heads out: ir em direção a
  • fool: tolo
  • scrambled eggs: ovos mexidos


Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,


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