Writing in groups:

Passage 1:

A man from the city came to visit a small farm, and he saw a farmer feeding pigs in a very strange way. The farmer would lift a pig up to a nearby apple tree, then the pig would eat the apples directly off the tree. The farmer would move the pig from one apple to another until the pig was full, then he would start again with another pig.

The man from the city was pretty puzzled. He watched for quite a while and finally said, “What a strange way to feed pigs! It’s a waste of time! You could save a whole lot of time if you just shook the apples off the tree and let the pigs eat them from the ground!” The farmer looked puzzled and replied, “What’s time to a pig?”

Passage 2:

A young man was waiting in line at the bank and he developed a loud case of hiccups. It got worse and worse. By the time he got to the teller’s window, he could hardly talk. He handed the teller his check to cash.

The teller was tapping numbers into the computer. In a moment, she was looking up and frowning and said, “I can’t cash your check.”

The man was shocked and asked, “Why not?”

She said, “the computer indicates that you do not have sufficient funds to cover this amount. In fact, our records show that your account is overdrawn by more than $5000.00.”

“It can’t be!” cried the man. “You’ve got to be kidding!”

“You’re right. I am,” she smiled. She started counting out his cash. “You will notice that your hiccups are gone, though!”

Source: M. S. Samston (2005)