1.OnceEinsteingavealectureinmanyplacesinAmerica．Hisdriveralwayslistenedtohimandknewthelecturesowellthathewassurebecouldgiveithimself．SoEinsteinagreedthatthedrivergavethelecturehim．

　　AsnobodyknewEinsteinthere,thedrivergavethelectureforEinsteinthatevening．Atfirsthewasabitafraid,butEinstein'ssmilemadehimfeelbetter．Hegaveagoodlectureandthepeoplewerequitepleased．

　　ThenthedriverstartedtoleaveandEinsteinfollowedhimwithoutaword．Whentheygottothedoor,amanaskedthedriveradifficultquestion．

　　Thedriversaidthatthequestionwasveryeasy,andtoldthemantoaskhisdriverbehindtoanswerit．

　　2.Ali,whowasworkingalongwayfromhomewantedtosendalettertohiswife,buthecouldneitherreadnorwrite,andhehadtoworkallday,sohecouldonlylookforsomebodytowritehisletterlateatnight.AtlasthefoundthehouseofaletterwriterwhosenamewasNasreddin.

　　Nasreddinwasalreadyinbed."Itislate,"hesaid."Whatdoyouwant?""Iwantyoutowritealettertomywife,"saidAli,Nasreddinwasnotpleased.Hethoughtforafewsecondsandthensaid,"Hasthelettergottogofar?""Whatdoesthatmatter?"answeredAli.

　　"Well,mywritingissostrangethatonlyIcanreadit,andifIhavetotravelalongwaytoreadyourlettertoyourwife,itwillcostyoualotofmoney."Aliwentawayquickly.

　　Multiplechoice.

　　3.Anoldmandiedandlefthissonalotofmoney.Butthesonwasafoolishyoungman,andhequicklyspentallthemoney,sothatsoonhehadnothingleft.Ofcourse,whenthathappened,allhisfriendslefthim.Whenhewasquitepoorandalone,hewenttoseeNasreddin,whowasakind,cleveroldmanandoftenhelpedpeoplewhentheyhadtroubles.

　　"Mymoneyhasfinishedandmyfriendshavegone,"saidtheyoungman."Whatwillhappentomenow?"

　　"Don'tworry,youngman,"answeredNasreddin."Everythingwillsoonbeallrightagain.Wait,andyouwillsoonfeelmuchhappier."

　　Theyoungmanwasveryglad."AmIgoingtogetrichagainthen?"heaskedNasreddin.

　　"No,Ididn'tmeanthat,"saidtheoldman."Imeantthatyouwouldsoongetusedtobeingpoorandtohavingnofriends."

　　Multiplechoice.