Intermediate Story

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the

car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly

damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it.

The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which

was near there. The owner of the elephant said, 'I am very sorry!

My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car

was his chair, and he sat on it!' Then he gave the man a letter, in

which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the

damage.

When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers

would not believe his story. They said, 'You sold your new car

while you were abroad and bought this old one!'

It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus

man that they believed him.