MARK TWAIN

   Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker. He liked to tell funny stories to make people laugh. He also liked to play jokes on his friends.

　Once Mark Twain was traveling with a friend of his. His friend lost money, so he asked Mark Twain to buy a train ticket for him.

　“But I don’t have enough money to buy two tickets,” said Mark Twain. His friend didn’t know what to do.

　“You can hide(躲藏)under my seat when the conductor comers to check the tickets,” Mark Twain said to him.

When the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets, one for himself and one for his friend. He said to the conductor, “My friend is a strange man. When we travel on a train, he does not like to sit on the seat. He likes to lie on the floor under the seat.” Everyone in the train looked at his friend under the seat and laughed.