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Mr M的小作文: Apr 22, 2010 An old woman is waiting for the bus at bus station, she doesn't take her watch with her, therefore she asked a boy when he came to her. "Hi,boy,do you know what's the time now?" The boy look at his watch and then said"two to two" "sorry?" "two to two" She thought the boy is joking, so she shoot to him"hey,boy,you can not say like this next time, your mother will beat you if you threat others like this." The boy was confused then left. An other girl was pass by there,and the lady asked same question,"hello,baby,do you know the time?" "Two to two"she got the same answer. She was so angry about that and said to the girl:"I know it is two,but you don't need to repeat it for three times,right?" The girl run away immediately after that. Finally the old lady saw a man, she asked again:"what time it is now?" "Two o'clock,madam""thanks" After that the lady realized that the boy and girl didn't play a joke on her,it was "two to two"not "two two two".

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Mr M的小作文: Apr 22, 2010

An old woman was waiting for the bus at bus station. She didn't have her watch with her, so she asked a boy who approached, "Hi,boy,do you know time it is?"
The boy look at his watch and said, "Two to two"
"Sorry?"
"Two to two"
She thought he was joking, so she shouted, "hey, boy, you can't say like again. Your mother will beat you if you threaten others like this."
The boy was confused and left.

A girl passed by and the lady asked same question, "hello baby,do you have the time?"
"Two to two."  She got the same answer.
She was so angry about that and said to the girl:"I know it is two,but you don't need to repeat it it three times, OK?"
The girl run away immediately.
Finally the old lady saw a man, she asked again: "what time is it?"
"Two o'clock,madam""thanks"
After that the lady realized that the boy and girl didn't play a joke on her.  They meant "two to two"not "two two two".

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