Lesson Twenty-three
Short Conversations 
Read aloud the concersation two times, and then listen to the tape without looking at the text.
The Piney Christmas Tree Spirit
Woman: Hey, careful guys! I don't want anything to happen to my new Christmas tree... or my furniture.
Bert: Don't worry. Nothing will happen, lady. Just tell us where you want it. 
Barney: Oh, watch it, Bert - you're sticking me with pine needles. 
Woman: Put it there in the corner, please. 
Bert: Oh, in the corner, right. Ow, watch where you're going, Barney. 
Barney: How can I watch where I'm going when I can't see where I'm going!
Woman: Guys, guys! It's Christmas - don't fight!
Bert and Barney: Who's fighting?
Bert: Is this where you want the Christmas tree? 
Barney: Look, I've got sap all over my shirt!
Bert: You are a sap, Barney. 
Barney: Oh, yeah? Well, let me tell you...
Woman: Guys, guys please - it's Christmas. 
Bert: Oh, really? It must have slipped my mind. 
Woman: Why are you two in such bad moods? "'Tis the season to be jolly", the Christmas spirit, peace on earth? 
Bert: Yeah, sure, lady. You deliver a load of sticky, pointy pine trees and see how you feel!