The Amazing Magical Snake

"The Amazing Magical Snake"*

*Having arrived at the edge of the river, the fisherman
soon realized he had forgotten to bring any bait. Just
then he happened to see a little snake passing by
who had caught a worm. The fisherman snatched up
the snake and robbed him of his worm.

Feeling sorry for the little snake with no lunch, he
snatched him up again and poured a little beer
down his throat and went about his fishing.

An hour or so later the fisherman felt a tug at his pant leg.

Looking down, he saw the same snake with three more worms.

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"Pitching A Temp"*

*A soldier was asked to report to headquarters for
assignment. The sergeant said: "We have a critical
shortage of typists. I'll give you a little test. Type this,"
he ordered, giving him a pamphlet to copy and a
sheet of paper, and pointing to a desk across the
room that held a typewriter and an adding machine.

The man, quite reluctant to become a clerk typist,
made a point of typing very slowly, and saw to it
that his work contained as many errors as possible.

The sergeant gave the typed copy only a brief glance.

"That's fine," he said. "Report for work at 8 tomorrow."

"But aren't you going to check the test?" the prospective clerk asked.

The sergeant grinned. "You passed the test," he replied,
"when you sat down at the typewriter instead of at the adding machine."
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