EXCUSES
A class of High School sophomores had been assigned a term paper. Now the day of reckoning had come, the papers were due to be handed in. The teacher knew that a particular student, named Gene, had not been working steadily on his paper as others had in the class. He was prepared for some sort of excuse. When the teacher went to collect the papers Gene said, “My dog ate it.” The teacher, who had heard them all, gave Gene a hard stare of unbelief. But Gene insisted and persisted, “It’s true. I had to force him, but he ate it.” Adapted from Reader’s Digest.
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