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Mark Twain, the famous American writer, like to play jokes on others. But once a joke was played on him.

①One day at a dinner party, he was asked to sit next to a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when Mark Twain took his seat beside her. After a while tired to make conversation. The lady told Mark Twain she felt really sad as she had an uncle and that nobody and nothing could possible make him smile or laugh.

“You bring your uncle to my lecture tonight,” said Mark Twain, “I’m sure I can make him laugh.”

Toward evening, the lady and her uncle came and sat in the first row. Mark Twain began his lecture and spoke directly at the old man. He told some rather funny stories, while amused everyone except the old man, who sat there, neither laughed nor smiled. Mark Twain told the funniest stories he knew. The wonderful lecture almost brought down the gallery. But the old man’s face was still blank. In despair, Mark Twain