One day a lady walked into a hat shop. The shopkeeper smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, madam.’
‘Good afternoon,’ the lady answered. ‘There is a green hat with red flowers and blue leaves on it in your window. Will you please take it out of there.’
‘Yes, madam,’ the shopkeeper said. ‘I will be very pleased to do that for you.’ Usually ladies looked at a lot of hats before they chose one, and the shopkeeper got very tired. ‘Good’, he thought, ‘I will sell this hat very quickly — and it has been in my window for a very long time.’
‘Do you want it in a box, madam,’ he asked, ‘or will you wear it?’
‘Oh, I don’t want it,’ she answered. ‘I only wanted you to take it out of your window. I pass your shop every day, and I hate to see the ugly thing there!’
What happened one day ?
What did the shopkeeper do ?
What did he say ?
What did the lady answer ?
What did the shopkeeper say then ?
What usually happened in the shop ?
What did the shopkeeper think ?
What did he say to the lady ?
What was her answer ?
