Mr. Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr. Black, a rich business -man, He worked hard and the boss liked him. But he couldn't work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away. Mr. Smith had a big family to raise and was afraid of losing his job. So he promised that he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with（处理）.

One Monday morning Mr. Smith came into the office with two badly burned ears.

"What happened to your ears ?"asked Mr. Black.

"Well,"said the man."I was watching a football match on TV yesterday while my wife was ironing（熨） clothes. She had put the iron near the telephone before she went to cook supper. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!"

"And what happened to the other car?"

"When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!"