Nick Bullard

The genre of this book is human interest. I chose this book because I read one of the story in the class.
All story in this book are really interesting but I think the most interesting story is the second;The Burglary.
Sir Jehoshaphat does'nt like the portrait so he ask the burglar to steal it from his house.
This story seem ironical for me so I like this story very much.

This book has four short stories, I'll tell you about the first story, "news of the engagement".
22nd Dcember, Philip come to his mother's house to spend Christmas with her.
And he has a special thing to tell her, that is, he is going to marry Agnes.

He tries to talk to his mother about it, but he can't easily, loses his timing, it's funny! Humorous!
But if I was Philip, I couldn't satisfied myself of last scene.
I like the books including short stories like this because I can read one of it show more during recess easily. show less

On Christmas Day,One man goes to meet his mother to tell her his engagement.
But,he can't reveal it easily because he is her only son.
While he worry about various things,he is told a surprising news of her mother.

This is a first story of this book,and it warmed my heart.
The son had intended to think well about his mother,but he notices he actually thinks only about himself.
I think he became much kinder man than before after the day.

This book has a few stories of people living in five towns.
My favorite story is 'the BURGLARY'.A old man didn't like a portrait of himself.
So he decided to throw away it and asked a burglar to steal it.
On Christmas day ,burglar came to old man's house and work.
Old man feels happy.But then it happened that he hadn't expected...!
I laughed at last scene.I think old man is comical and pitiful.
I enjoyed other stories too.