Mr. Jones liked being comfortable, so when he got into a train he always used to put this suitcase on the seat beside him and pretend that it belonged to another passenger who had gone to buy something in the station.
One day he did this when the train was very crowded. Other passengers came and sat in all the other seats except the one which his suitcase was lying on. Then an old gentleman arrived, looked at Mr. Jones’s case and said, ‘Is this somebody seats ?”
“Yes,” answered Mr.Jones. “A friend of mine is traveling with me and he has gone to buy some cigarettes. He will return soon. “ Mr.Jones opened the window and looked out, to make the old gentleman think that he was anxious about his friend.
“all right, “ said the old gentleman, “I ‘ll sit here until your friend comes back, and then I’ll stand somewhere “ He put the suitcase up above him and sat down. Mr. Jone did not feel happy about this , but he was not able to do or to say anything, because all the other passengers were watching and listening.
Several minutes passed, the whistle blew and the train began to move. Then the old gentleman jumped up suddenly and said “I am very sorry, but your friend seems to have missed the train. We don’t want him to be separated from his suitcase, do we? I don’t believe he would like that at all” and before Mr.Jones was able to do or to say anything to prevent him, he took his suitcase down and threw it out of the window which Mr.Jones had opened. You can be sure that Mr.Jones never tried to play that game again.
(Taken From : Stepping More for Junior High School, 2005)
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