91. A Party

It is Christmas, and there is a big party in the house. Guests come and go, but theparty goes on. Then the bell rings. Several people shout, " Come in! "And a small man opensthe front door and comes in. Nobody knows him but the host goes to meet him and takeshim to have a drink. The man sits there for an hour and drinks happily. Then suddenly hestops and looks at his host. "you know, " he says, "Nobody invites me to this party. I don'tknow you. I don't know your wife and I don't know any of your guests. My wife and I wantto go out in our car, but one of your guests’ cars is in front of our gate, so I come here tofind him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back!"