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1185. A clever trick

Albert was for ever playing little tricks on his children. For example, when he was driving over a railway crossing with his kids in the back seat, he would stop on the railway line, pretend the car stalled, and ask “Any trains coming?”

The kids would always scream, “NO!”

Of course, Albert always checked both ways before pretending to stall on the railw…

747. Clever Seraphina

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Dismayed is hardly the word. Seraphina’s parents were outraged. They had donated a brand new gymnasium to Seraphina’s school, and she’d never made it into the top athletics’ team. What was the school on about? Seraphina was one of their most talented athletes.

Nor was she placed in the class for accelerated learners. Didn’t the school realise how clever she was at mathematics? Not to mention her creative writing. And her art! Hadn’t they seen Seraphina’s parent’s refrigerator door with art works under the magnets? And she learnt the piano; classical of course. Come the annual assessments, and Seraphina did not do well. That’s what happens when teachers are incompetent. Her parents removed her from that school and placed her in another.

Seraphina’s parents donated a brand new gymnasium. She was not placed in the class for accelerated learners. Didn’t the school realise how clever she was at mathematics? Not to mention her creative writing. And her art! Hadn’t they seen Seraphina’s parent’s refrigerator door with art works under the magnets? And she learnt the piano; classical of course. Come the annual assessments, and Seraphina did not do well. That’s what happens when teachers are incompetent. Her parents removed her from that school and placed her in another.

Seraphina’s parents donated a brand new gymnasium…

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