Ted was in trouble. He drove a car for Mr. Clark, a rich businessman. He enjoyed his work, but he couldn't work when he drank too much. Once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr Clark became very angry and was going to fire him. Ted had a big family and was afraid of this. He decided not to drink any more.Then Mr Clark told him to wait to be dealt with (处理). One morning Ted came into the office with two badly burned(烧伤的) ears.
"What happened to your ears?" asked Mr. Clark. "Well," said Ted. "I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes(熨衣服)at home. She had put the iron near the telephone. Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it. As soon as I went into the sitting room, the telephone rang and I answered the iron!" "And what happened to the other ear?"
"When I put the iron down on the desk, the telephone rang again!"
