Lesson Twenty-three
Short Conversations
Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.

The Piney Christmas Tree Spirit

Woman: Hey, careful guys! I don't want anything to happen to my new Christmas tree... or my furniture.
Bert: Don't worry. Nothing will happen, lady. Just tell us where you want it.
Barney: Oh, watch it, Bert - you're sticking me with pine needles.
Woman: Put it there in the corner, please.
Bert: Oh, in the corner, right. Ow, watch where you're going, Barney.
Barney: How can I watch where I'm going when I can't see where I'm going!
Woman: Guys, guys! It's Christmas - don't fight!
Bert and Barney: Who's fighting?
Bert: Is this where you want the Christmas tree?
Barney: Look, I've got sap all over my shirt!
Bert: You are a sap, Barney.
Barney: Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you...
Woman: Guys, guys please - it's Christmas.
Bert: Oh, really? It must have slipped my mind.
Woman: Why are you two in such bad moods? "'Tis the season to be jolly", the Christmas spirit, peace on earth?
Bert: Yeah, sure, lady. You deliver a load of sticky, pointy pine trees and see how you feel!