Page 126 - TRWRR 8-6-2016_Neat
P. 126

The Red Well-Read Reader
Story 207

                          At the Spa

       “ Pa, how’s about goin’ to the spa ?” asked Ma to her husband Mr. I. Saah.
       He answered, “ Bah, only girls use a spa ! Why do you think spa
       rhymes with bra?”

       “ Ha !” exclaimed Mrs. C. Saah. “I’ve seen Mr. Hugh Baugh using the spa,
       and I heard ‘im comment, ‘Ah !’ ”

Story 208

                          They Began to Sob

       Bob and Rob were called “The Blob” and “The Squab,” respectively; and
       “The Slobs, collectively.

       They thought about becoming Navy gobs, but refused not liking their
       would-be jobs of mopping ship decks with swabs. So instead they
       started to hobnob with the mob. Soon they pulled their first bank job.
       Caught red-handed, they immediately began to sob.

       In jail they would continually sob, realizing how wrong it was to rob !

-106-
   121   122   123   124   125   126   127   128   129   130   131