The Man , The Rabbit & The Woman

Shady Abuyusuf

Sun, 08 Sep 2024

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Joke

A man was driving along the highway and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle of the road. He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit, but unfortunately the rabbit jumped in front of the car and was hit. The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road, and got out to see what had become of the rabbit.

Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead. The driver felt so awful, he began to cry. A woman driving down the highway saw the man crying on the side of the road and pulled over. She stepped out of her car and asked the man what was wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explained, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it."

The woman told the man not to worry. She knew what to do. She went to her car trunk, and pulled out a spray can. She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit, and sprayed the contents of the can onto the rabbit.

Miraculously the rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved it’s paw at the two humans and hopped down the road. 50 meters away the rabbit stopped, turned around, waved and hopped down the road, another 50 meters, turned, waved and hopped another 50 meters. The man was astonished. He couldn’t figure out what substance could be in the woman’s spray can!!

He ran over to the woman and demanded, "What is in your spray can? What did you spray on that rabbit?"

The woman turned the can around so that the man could read the label. It said: "Hair spray. Restores life to dead hair. Adds permanent wave."

Vocabulary Items:

1. Hop across
• Meaning: To jump quickly across something, usually in a playful or light manner.
• Pronunciation: /hɑːp əˈkrɔːs/
• Form: Verb phrase.
• Usage: "A man was driving along the highway, and saw a rabbit hopping across the middle of the road."
• Example Sentence: The frog hopped across the pond from lily pad to lily pad.

2. Swerve
• Meaning: To change direction suddenly, especially to avoid hitting something.
• Pronunciation: /swɜːrv/
• Form: Verb.
• Usage: "He swerved to avoid hitting the rabbit."
• Example Sentence: The driver swerved to avoid a collision with the cyclist.

3. Pull over
• Meaning: To steer one's vehicle to the side of the road and stop.
• Pronunciation: /pʊl ˈoʊvər/
• Form: Phrasal verb.
• Usage: "The driver, being a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulled over to the side of the road."
• Example Sentence: The police officer signaled for the car to pull over.

4. Dismay
• Meaning: A feeling of unhappiness and disappointment.
• Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmeɪ/
• Form: Noun.
• Usage: "Much to his dismay, the rabbit was dead."
• Example Sentence: She couldn't hide her dismay at the poor test results.

5. Limp
• Meaning: Lacking firmness or stiffness; not stiff or firm.
• Pronunciation: /lɪmp/
• Form: Adjective.
• Usage: "She walked over to the limp, dead rabbit."
• Example Sentence: The plant's leaves were limp from lack of water.

6. Paw
• Meaning: The foot of an animal that has claws or nails.
• Pronunciation: /pɔː/
• Form: Noun.
• Usage: "The rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the two humans..."
• Example Sentence: The cat injured its paw and couldn't walk properly.

7. Hair (two meanings)
• Meaning 1: The strands that grow from the skin of mammals.
• Meaning 2: In the joke, "hair" refers to a pun on "hair spray," which is used for styling hair.
• Pronunciation: /hɛər/
• Form: Noun.
• Usage: "Hair spray. Restores life to dead hair."
• Example Sentence: She brushed her long, flowing hair before bed.

8. Wave (two meanings)
• Meaning 1: To move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.
• Meaning 2: In the joke, "wave" refers to a hairstyle, indicating that the hair spray adds curls or waves to hair.
• Pronunciation: /weɪv/
• Form: Verb (Meaning 1), Noun (Meaning 2).
• Usage: "The rabbit came to life, jumped up, waved its paw at the two humans..." / "Adds permanent wave."
• Example Sentence: She waved goodbye as the train left the station. / Her hair had beautiful waves after using the new product.