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An old blacksmith relized he was soon going to quit working so hard. He picked out a strong young man to become his apprentice. The old fellow was crabby and exacting. "Don`t ask me a lot of questions," he told the boy. "Just do whatever I tell you to do." One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil. "Get the hammer over there," he said. "When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard." Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.
An old blacksmith realized he was soon going to quit working so hard. He picked out a strong young man to become his apprentice. The old fellow was crabby and exacting. " Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told the boy. " Just do whatever I tell you to do."
One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil. " Get the hammer over there," he said. " When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard."
Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.
The university team was a man short for their needle match with the rival college.
'Listen,' said the captain,' as long as he doesn't speak to anyone, we could use the blacksmith.
He's a marvellous player.' So they rigged out the smith in college colours and he tore into the fray, taking eight wickets for ten runs. Afterwards, in the bar, the rival captain came up to him and said I say, old man, that was a terrific performance. Tell me, what are you studying at the University?
'The blacksmith thought for a moment, then said brightly,' Sums!'
During the game, the batsman noticed that the splice was coming out of his bat. In his small village, he was at a loss where to take it to be repaired. Finally, he decided that the blacksmith might do the job and went along to ask.
'Splice coming loose, eh?' said the blacksmith.' I get a lot of you chaps in here. I'll have it fixed in a minute.'
He put the bat on the anvil, took an enormous hammer and gave it a mighty smash. The bat was as good as new.
'Marvellous!' enthused the batsman.' How much do I owe you?'
'Let's say a fiver, eh?'
'A fiver? All you did was hit it with a hammer.
'I'll make you out a bill,' said the blacksmith.
He scribbled on a piece of paper and handed it over. The batsman read: To hitting bat with hammer 10 pence. For knowing were to hit 4. 90 pounds.
Realizing that the time had come for him to stop working so hard, an old blacksmith chose a strong young man to become his apprentice.
The young man was full of questions and the old blacksmith was ill-tempered and exacting.
"Don't ask me a lot of questions," grumbled the old man. "Just do whatever I tell you to do!"
One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil.
"Get the hammer over there," he snapped at the apprentice. "When I nod my head, hit it as hard as you can."
The town is now looking for a new blacksmith.
The village blacksmith finally found an apprentice willing to work hard at low pay for long hours. The blacksmith immediately began his instructions to the lad, "When I take the shoe out of the fire, I'll lay it on the anvil; and when I nod my head, you hit it with this hammer." The apprentice did just as he told. Now he's the village blacksmith.
An old blacksmith relized he was soon going to quit working so hard. So he picked out Santa to become his apprentice. The old fellow was crabby and exacting.
"Don't ask me a lot of questions," he told Santa. "Just do whatever I tell you to do."
One day the old blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil.
"Get the hammer over there," he said. "When I nod my head, hit it real good and hard."
Now the town is looking for a new blacksmith.