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Karl Johan stationed himself with legs astride, and called across to the cliff: "What's Karl Johan's greatest treat?" And the echo answered straight away: "Eat!" It was exceedingly funny, and they all had to try it, each with his or her name even Pelle. When that was exhausted, Mons made up a question which made the echo give a rude answer. "You mustn't teach it anything like that," said Lasse.
There is nothing more obviously funny than the short paunchy man, let us not say cowardly, but disinclined to action, who finds himself engaged in a fight. Shakespeare puts that view of Falstaff too: Prince Hal words it. But Falstaff, the humorist in person, rises on the field of battle over the slain Percy and enunciates his philosophy of the better part of valour.
"Well, but father," and the boy's dark eyes glowed, "she was such a cunning little thing! she wasn't more than four years old; and she had such a pretty little yellow head; and she said so funny 'I want Polly." "Did she?" said the old gentleman, getting interested in spite of himself; "what then?"
She had spoken earnestly and quickly, but he laughed to assure her that he was not offended. "So that was it, was it?" "I think so; something like that. And you laughed too that day!" "Yes; why did I laugh?" he demanded. "Because you knew it was grotesque, and not to be taken at all seriously as people did take it. And then, maybe maybe I thought it funny that you should have employed Mr.
What I want to know is how the old people get upstairs. Or do they die young from using their elevators?" "No," mused Arcot. "That's the funny thing. They don't seem to be bothered by the acceleration. They actually jumped a little off the floor when we started, and didn't seem to experience much difficulty when we stopped." He looked thoughtful for a moment.
She could not yet know how she had been impressed by the simple page of plain, undramatic kindness and generosity which Jane's life opened daily to her eyes. One day Jane spoke to her sadly. "Lola," she said, "I'm afraid there won't be enough money to send you away to school this year." "But papa never denies me anything, tia." "I know, dear." "How funny you say that!
Then Malcolm, in high good-humour, sauntered over the rustic bridge and amused himself by looking down on Elizabeth's wild garden. "Oh, Betty, what a pity to wear your pretty new hat!" exclaimed Dinah, looking up from her accounts. She was rather a martinet on the subject of dress, and had funny little old-fashioned notions of her own; but Elizabeth, who was ten years younger, was more up-to-date.
Her nephew heard the stories so often that he had some expression or incident by which he could identify each, without paying much attention while she was reading. He and his aunt had just settled themselves on the porch for a reading. Jimmy was on his own porch cutting up funny capers, and making faces for the other child's amusement.
"Well, my advice would be to give yourself up, do your time like a man and then live straight. You're young enough to begin all over again and you might make something of yourself. The Governor has romantic ideas about the great game but that's no reason why you should walk the thorny road. Now pop would kill me if he knew I was talking this way. It's a funny thing about pop.
The girl laughed a laugh of such infectious jollity that Captain Jack was forced to join with her. "That's one for you, Captain Jack," she cried. "I know I am a pig where chocs are concerned, and I do love to drive a car. But, really, Rupert is quite nice. He is so funny. He makes Mamma laugh. Though he does tease me a lot." Captain Jack drove on in silence for some moments.