«Самые смешные рассказы / The Best Funny Stories (+ аудиоприложение)» kitabından sitatlar, səhifə 2
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In the morning I was awakened by Bill’s screams. They weren’t yells, or shouts, such as you’d expect from a man – they were simply humiliating screams, such as women make when they see ghosts or caterpillars. It’s an awful thing to hear a strong, fat man scream in a cave at daybreak.
Before the end of the month I could think of them without disgust, at the end of second I could smoke them without discomfort. Now I prefer them to any other brand on the market.”
I interrupted, “it is as easy to jump out of bed early in the morning as to say ‘All Right,’ and turn over for another five minutes of sleep, when you have got the habit. Not to swear is as easy as to swear, if you make a custom of it. A piece of bread and water is as delicious as champagne, when you got used to its taste. It is only
decided to like them, and started with one a day. It was terrible work, I admit, but as I said to myself, nothing could be worse than the Havanas themselves in the beginning. Before the end of the month I could think of them without disgust, at the end of second I could smoke them without discomfort. Now I prefer them to any other brand on the market.”
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