Rebuilding the world (来源：英语论坛 http://bbs.englishcn.com)

A father was trying to read the newspaper, but his little son kept pestering him. Finally, the father grew tired of this and, tearing a page from the newspaper - one that bore a map of the world - he cut it into several pieces and handed them to his son. (来源：英语美食指南 http://food.englishcn.com)

"Right, now you"ve got something to do. I"ve given you a map of the world and I want to see if you can put it back together correctly."

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He resumed his reading, knowing that the task would keep the child occupied for the rest of the day. However, a quarter of an hour later, the boy returned with the map. (来源：英语学习门户网站EnglishCN.com)

"Has your mother been teaching you geography?" asked his father in
astonishment. (来源：英语聊天室 http://chat.EnglishCN.com)

"I don"t even know what that is," replied the boy. "But there was a photo of a man on the other side of the page, so I put the man back together and found I"d put the world back together too."

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