Words to know• Apparel • Array • Guise • Nestle • Beckon • Frisky • Wiggle • Confess • Pointless • Impress • Counter • Circumstance • Dab • Exorbitant • Propose • Fib • Stopper

Tomorrow was his girlfriend Tomorrow was his girlfriend birthday and the young man was birthday and the young man was having a difficult time deciding having a difficult time deciding on a present for her. Moreover, on a present for her. Moreover, he was getting into he was getting into blue funk about that.about that.

She already had more clothes than she knew what to do with, so she couldn’t get any kind of apparel. She never ate sweets so candy was out of question. What then? He had a very special reason for waiting to impress her with just the right gift.

(WHY?)

Because tomorrow he was Because tomorrow he was going to going to proposepropose her. her.

He finally decided on …

All girls liked …

What kind did she prefer? He couldn’t ask her,

WHY?

because that would ruin the surprise.

At last the young man was tickled pinktickled pink!

That afternoon, under the guise of taking his girlfriend’s fox terrier, Fritz, for a walk, he went to his girl’s house and got the little dog. WHY?

Together, the young man and the dog went directly to the perfume countercounter of the town’s biggest department store. Good! There was a large array of perfume. He beckoned a clerk [kla:k], instructing her to open a large number of bottles and wave the stoppers under the dog’s nose.

Nestled in the young man’s arms, the terrier began to be restless and bored as this seemingly pointless game went on. Then Fritz suddenly became frisky, wiggling in the young man’s arms and barking excitedly, as the clerk waved one stopper under his nose.

WHY?

“I’ll take that one,” said the young man to the clerk. The price was exorbitant; but it was worth it.

WHAT WAS THE REACTION OF A GIRL?

“My favourite perfume!” said the delighted girl the next evening when she unwrapped the package. “How did you know?” she asked, dabbing some perfume behind each ear.

WHAT DID THE YOUNG MAN ANSWER?

“Intuition, I guess,” said the young man, deciding that it

wasn’t exactly wrong to tell a fib under the circumstances.

WHY DID HE TELL A LIE?

DID HE CONFESS LATER ABOUT A FIB?

One day, after they were married, he would confessconfess that his intuition had really been a

little dog named Fritz.

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THE REAL TITLE:

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TO GET INTO BLUE TO GET INTO BLUE FUNKFUNK

Example:The young man was getting into a blue funk because he couldn’t

decide on a present.

TO BE TICKLED PINK

Example:At last he gained a reward: the young man was tickled pink to

take a girl’s dog.

Make up a reported speech out of the direct one:

“I’ll take that one,” said the young man to the

clerk.

The young man said to the clerk that he

would take that one.

“My favourite perfume!” said the delighted girl the

next evening when she unwrapped the package.The delighted girl said the next evening when

she unwrapped the package that it was her

favourite perfume.

““How did you know that?” How did you know that?” she asked, dabbing some she asked, dabbing some perfume behind each ear.perfume behind each ear.

She asked him how he She asked him how he had known that, dabbing had known that, dabbing

some perfume behind some perfume behind each ear each ear

The young man said that it was his intuition as he

guessed.

(The young man guessed it was his intuition.)

“Intuition, I guess,” said the young man.

“What do you want?” the clerk asked the young

man.

The clerk asked the young man what he

wanted.

“How much does it cost?” the young man

asked the clerk.

The young man asked the clerk how much it

cost.

In your opinion, do problems with In your opinion, do problems with money frequently put people in a money frequently put people in a blue funk? Explain your answer.blue funk? Explain your answer.

When were you last in a blue funk?

What can cause you to be tickled pink?

Have you ever told a fib?

What can make you frisky if you are tired?

Make up a dialogue between the amused, curious clerk and the

young man with a dog.

Make up a dialogue between the girl who is married to that young

man and the young man who confessed on his fib. (the girl is angry because he didn’t tell it

before)

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“WITH THE HELP OF A DOG”