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The AbsentMinded Genius
Isaac Newton was often so deep interested in difficult problems that he became quite absentminded.
One day a gentleman came to see him, but he was told that Sir Isaac Newton was busy in his study and
that nobody was allowed to disturb.
As it was dinner time, the visitor sat down in the dining room to wait for the scientist. The servant came
in and placed on the table a boiled chicken under a cover. An hour passed, but Newton did not appear.
The gentleman, feeling hungry, ate the chicken and, covering up the skeleton, asked the servant to prepare
another one for his master.
Before the second chicken was ready, however, the scientist entered the room, apologizing for his delay.
Then he added: “As I feel rather tired and hungry, I hope you will excuse me a little longer, while I take
my dinner, and then I will be at your service.” With these words he lifted the cover, and without emotion
turned to the gentleman and said; “See what a strange set we scientists are! I quite forgot that I had dined
already.”
At this moment the servant brought in the other chicken. The visitor explained how matters stood. After
a hearty laugh, the hungry scientist sat down to dine.
1.
Isaac Newton was
a) Very forgetful
b) Quite ill
c) Lost in thoughts
2. What did the gentleman ask the servant to do?
a) He asked the servant to call his master.
b) He asked the servant to place the chicken on the table.
c) He asked the servant to cook another chicken for his master.
3. What did the servant do when he entered the room?
a) He asked why the gentleman had eaten his dinner.
b) He asked why the gentleman had com at his dinner time.
c) He said he was sorry to have kept the gentleman waiting.
4. Newton thought that
a) The servant hadn`t brought the chicken yet.
b) He had eaten the chicken himself.
c) The gentleman had eaten the chicken.
5. After a hearty laugh Isaac Newton sat down
a) To work again
b) To have dinner
c) To have a test
The absent-minded genius.
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